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ERIC Number: EJ398188
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1989
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Pluralism in Children's Reasoning about Social Justice.
Thorkildsen, Theresa A.
Child Development, v60 n4 p965-72 Aug 1989
Determined whether 72 first, third, and fifth graders would construe the fairness of societal practices as dependent on the implicit contract or definition of a situation. Children judged the fairness and effectiveness of practices differently for different situations. (RJC)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Public Education, Social Attitudes, Social Cognition
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Fairness; Social Justice