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The Anticipation of Conservation Phenomenon: Conservation or Pseudoconservation.
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Acredolo, Curt; Acredolo, Linda P. – Child Development, 1980
Tests Piaget's assertion that the anticipation of conservation among otherwise nonconserving children is a pseudoconservation since it is limited to those lacking knowledge of covariation. Number, area, and length conservation tasks and a covariation task were given to 96 children from kindergarten through the fifth grade. (Author/SS)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Conservation (Concept), Elementary School Students, Kindergarten Children
Identity, Compensation, and Conservation.
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Acredolo, Curt; Acredolo, Linda P. – Child Development, 1979
Tests Piaget's assertions regarding compensation, identity, and conservation using a modified replication of Piaget and Taponier's classic study of liquid conservation. A total of 96 children in kindergarten and first grade were presented with a sequence of anticipation-of-liquid-conservation, anticipation-of-water-levels, and standard…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Compensation (Concept), Conservation (Concept), Developmental Stages