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Peer reviewedBliss, Beverly; Docherty, Edward M. – Child Study Journal, 1979
Descriptors: Adolescents, Concept Formation, Conservation (Concept), Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedOnyehalu, Anthony Sunday – Journal of Negro Education, 1984
Hypothesized that there would be no significant sex differences in the performance of conservation tasks on substance or volume, among 247 Ibo-speaking Nigerian children. Attributed confirmation of the hypothesis to social change and greater sexual equality in this developing society. (GC)
Descriptors: Children, Conservation (Concept), Developing Nations, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedOnyehalu, Anthony S. – Journal of Psychology, 1982
Investigates the effect of the Verbal Rule Instruction Technique in facilitating the acquisition of conservation concepts. Data were collected from 247 Nigerian schoolchildren divided into three groups: verbal, nonverbal, and no-training. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Conservation (Concept), Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedEhindero, O. J. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1982
The concepts of distance, area, and the coordinate reference systems were investigated in relation to the displacement volume task among 300 randomly selected primary and high school children in Nigeria. Although results support Piaget's hypothesis, a developmental lag of about two years was observed in Nigerian students. (JN)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Conservation (Concept), Developmental Stages
