The Infuence of Some Task Variables and of Socioeconomic Class on the Manifestation of Conservation of Number

A total of 156 kindergarten children were given Piagetian conservation of inequality tasks. The results indicated that number conservation is more likely with higher interest materials, with smaller aggregate sizes, with higher socioeconomic class females, and with children who perform better on add...

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Published inJ Genet Psychol Vol. 116; no. 1; p. 21
Main Authors Baker, Nancy E, Sullivan, Edmund V
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 1970
Subjects
Cognitive Processes
Conservation (Concept)
Interest Inventories
Logical Thinking
Socioeconomic Status
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Summary:A total of 156 kindergarten children were given Piagetian conservation of inequality tasks. The results indicated that number conservation is more likely with higher interest materials, with smaller aggregate sizes, with higher socioeconomic class females, and with children who perform better on addition and subtraction tasks. (DR)