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| Conservation (Concept) | 2 |
| Observational Learning | 2 |
| Elementary Education | 1 |
| Elementary School Students | 1 |
| Interaction | 1 |
| Social Influences | 1 |
| Student Participation | 1 |
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| Child Development | 2 |
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Peer reviewedRobert, Michele; Charbonneau, Claude – Child Development, 1977
Seventy second-grade children who had succeeded on pretests involving liquid conservation observed a nonconserving model and were subsequently retested. Regression to nonconservation was obtained only among some of the children who had been submitted to maximal pressure in the presence of an adult model. (Author/JMB)
Descriptors: Conservation (Concept), Elementary Education, Observational Learning, Social Influences
Peer reviewedBotvin, Gilbert J.; Murray, Frank B. – Child Development, 1975
Significant gains in conservation of number, amount, mass and weight were made by 53 previously nonconserving first graders who either simply observed conservers' performance on mass and weight problems or argued with conservers about these problems. (Author/CW)
Descriptors: Conservation (Concept), Elementary School Students, Interaction, Observational Learning
