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ERIC Number: EJ168411
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1977
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-4308
Strategies Used by First-Grade Children in Ordering Varying Numbers of Objects by Length and Weight
Smith, Edward L.; Padilla, Michael J.
Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 14, 5, 461-466, Sep 77
Examines strategies used by first grade children in performing a seriation task, using materials varying in length or weight. Most first-grade children employed a concept-task-strategy in serially ordering objects by length and weight. In addition Piaget's observation that length can be serially ordered before weight was upheld. (CP)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Educational Research, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Learning Processes, Science Education, Serial Ordering, Weight
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Identifiers: Piaget (Jean)