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ERIC Number: EJ341763
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1986
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Illusion versus Reality: Children's Understanding of Temperature Adaptation.
Arnold, Kevin D.; And Others
Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, v42 n2 p256-72 Oct 1986
Compares kindergartners' and third and sixth graders' understanding of an illusion reported by the philosopher John Locke, in which two hands simultaneously experience two different temperatures from a container of water at one temperature. (HOD)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Ability, Comparative Analysis, Concept Formation, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Perception Tests, Perceptual Development, Prior Learning, Temperature
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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Identifiers: Concrete Operations; Illusions; Locke Tests; Piagetian Tests; Temperature Adaptation