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ERIC Number: EJ152199
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1976
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The Effect of Language on a Child's Conception of Speed: A Comparative Study on Japanese and Thai Children
Mori, Ichio; And Others
Science Education, 60, 4, 531-534, Oct-Dec 76
Japanese and Thai kindergarten children were shown the same visual displays of moving objects and asked to compare the speed of those moving objects. The results significantly indicated that Thai children's concept of speed is further advanced than that of Japanese children. (MLH)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Educational Research, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Science Education, Velocity
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Identifiers: Japan; Piaget (Jean); Speed; Thailand