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ERIC Number: EJ159239
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1976
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The Development of Conservation in the Meru Children of Tanzania
Nyiti, Raphael M.
Child Development, 47, 4, 1122-1129, Dec 76
A total of 72 schooled and 67 unschooled Tanzanian 8-14 year-olds from the Meru tribe were interviewed individually to determine their degree of mastery of conservation. Methodological defects in the application of Piaget's clinical method in cross-cultural studies were corrected. (SB)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Conservation (Concept), Cross Cultural Studies, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Methods, Research
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Identifiers: Tanzania