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ERIC Number: EJ148771
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1976
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-4308
The Factor Structure of Some Piagetian Tasks
Lawson, Anton E.; Nordland, Floyd H.
Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 13, 5, 461-466, Sep 76
Investigated was the hypothesis that conservation tasks are unifactor by administering eight different conservation tasks to 96 seventh-grade science students and performing a principal component analysis on the data. Results indicated that conservation tasks may measure up to three different components of cognitive thought. (SL)
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Processes, Conservation (Concept), Educational Research, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Evaluation, Science Education
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Identifiers: Piagetian Research