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ERIC Number: EJ292057
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1983
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Conservation of Length Redux: A Perceptual-Linguistic Phenomenon.
Schiff, William
Child Development, v54 n6 p1497-1506 Dec 1983
Children 3.5 to 5.5 years of age who were unable to conserve length with Piaget's classical task did conserve length with parallel nonverbal tasks. Findings suggest that "preoperational" children apparently do not fail to conserve length because of centration, misleading perceptual information, or immature cognitive operations regarding quantities held invariant over transformations. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Conservation (Concept), Logical Thinking, Nonverbal Ability, Nonverbal Tests, Preschool Children, Preschool Education
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Length; Nonverbal Intelligence; Piagetian Tasks; Piagetian Theory