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Miller, Patricia H.; West, Richard F. – 1974
A total of 72 kindergarteners received eight conservation of number trials which varied in the degree of perceptual support for one-to-one correspondence (four levels) and type of stimuli (toy animals or corks). A between-subjects variable was the method of presentation (standard conservation presentation, a partially fixed array, or a fixed…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Processes, Conservation (Concept), Cues
Miller, Patricia H.; Heldmeyer, Karen H. – 1974
This paper presents a study designed to clarify the role of perceptual-attentional factors in the development of conservation, and relates the results to procedures for assessing conservation. Subjects were 192 first and second graders. The number and type of perceptual cues in the conservation of liquid quantity task were systematically varied.…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Age Differences, Cognitive Processes, Conservation (Concept)