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ERIC Number: EJ246182
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1981-Mar
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Can Preschool Children Really Learn to Conserve?
Field, Dorothy
Child Development, v52 n1 p326-34 Mar 1981
In a replication study, children 3 and 4 years old were given verbal rule training in order to probe the importance of identity, reversibility, and compensation explanations in training number and length concepts. Among the results, as before, identity was found to be the most significant factor in conservation acquisition. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Concept Formation, Conservation (Concept), Number Concepts, Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Training
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Length; Rule Learning