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Peer reviewedMiller, Scott A.; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1973
These results stand in sharp contrast to those previously reported which concluded that most college students will abandon conservation; the present finding is of strong (though less than perfect) resistance. (Authors/CB)
Descriptors: College Students, Conservation (Concept), Data Analysis, Extinction (Psychology)
Peer reviewedSinger, Dorothy G.; Kornfield, Barbara – Developmental Psychology, 1973
Given a chance to eat the candy or drink the juice in this study, the 5-year-olds, 7-year-olds and young adults failed to conserve and made choices based on what they said was appearance of greater quantity rather than upon the already established equivalencies. (Authors/CB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Processes, Conservation (Concept), Data Analysis
Peer reviewedLancaster, Roy P.; McManis, Donald L. – Journal of Psychology, 1973
Descriptors: Adults, Cognitive Processes, Conservation (Concept), Educational Research
Peer reviewedKershner, John R. – Developmental Psychology, 1971
Results of an experiment investigating the effects of laterality, movement, and language on 160 first grade children's ability to conserve multiple-space relations seem to be consistent with neurophysiological evidence attesting to the asymmetrical functioning of the cerebral hemispheres. (Author/WY)
Descriptors: Cerebral Dominance, Conservation (Concept), Grade 1, Language Ability
Peer reviewedFriedman, Frederica; Fink, Barbara – Science and Children, 1972
Describes instructional techniques derived from the Piagetian tests for determining the stage of cognitive development of a child. Examines the principle of reflection and conservation of quantity. (AL)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Conservation (Concept), Elementary School Science, Instruction
Peer reviewedLangley, Jan; And Others – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1972
Descriptors: Conservation (Concept), Exceptional Child Research, Mental Retardation, Performance Factors
Verizzo, Ouida – Sch Sci Math, 1970
Compares the ages of intellectual development of conservation and reversibility concepts by gifted children with established norms. Study shows a substantial percentage of gifted children made abstract conceptions well ahead of children in general. Where the concepts of conservation and displacement of volume had not been grasped, students…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Concept Formation, Conservation (Concept), Elementary School Science
Peer reviewedFeigenbaum, Kenneth D. – Journal of Genetic Psychology, 1971
Descriptors: Conservation (Concept), Kindergarten Children, Preschool Children, Role Playing
Peer reviewedHarasym, Carolyn R.; And Others – Child Development, 1971
Sixty-one children in grades 1, 2, and 3 in rural county schools were compared in their semantic differential judgments of relational terms used in assessing conservation. (WY)
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Componential Analysis, Concept Formation, Conservation (Concept)
Peer reviewedPhillips, Darrell G. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1971
Tested were six levels of a twelve-level hierarchical model for the attainment of concepts leading to the conservation of displacement volume. Presentation was by individual interview using either objects or drawings to present tasks. Results show five of six tested followed anticipated order and that method of presentation showed no significant…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Conservation (Concept), Elementary School Science, Learning
Schoenfeld, Clay – NUEA Spectator, 1971
On how successfully the university extension establishment adapts to the new environment may well hinge the survival of extension. (Author/EB)
Descriptors: Conservation (Concept), Continuing Education Centers, Ecology, Environmental Education
Morrison, Charles C., Jr. – Conservationist, 1971
Descriptors: Agencies, Community Action, Community Organizations, Conservation (Concept)
Ford, Leroy H., Jr. – Child Develop, 1970
Portions of this paper were read at the Eastern Psychological Association meeting, April 1968, Washington, D.C. (DR)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Conservation (Concept), Geometric Concepts, Perceptual Development
Whiteman, Martin; Peisach, Estelle – Develop Psychol, 1970
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Conservation (Concept), Cues, Sensory Experience
Sinclair, Hermina; Kamii, Constance – Sch Rev, 1970
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Development, Conservation (Concept), Experimental Teaching
