Weight Conservation and Matrix-Solving Ability in Papuan Children.

Heron, Alastair; Dowel, Wendy

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ERIC Number: EJ080515

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Publication Date: 1973

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Weight Conservation and Matrix-Solving Ability in Papuan Children

Heron, Alastair; Dowel, Wendy

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 4, 2, 207-220, Jun 73

Purpose of study was: (1) to obtain data in a cultural setting concerning the ability of children to conserve weight at the point of transition from primary to secondary education; and (2) to explore the relationship between performance or reasoning tasks of the kind employed in nonverbal psychometric tests and the presence or absence of ability to conserve weight. (RJ)

Descriptors: Academic Ability, Conservation (Concept), Cultural Influences, Intelligence Tests, Nonverbal Ability, Secondary School Students, Testing

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Identifiers - Location: Papua New Guinea

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