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Conservation Competence and Performance in Chiapas

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Steinberg, Brenda M.; Dunn, Lynne A. – Human Development, 1976

The influence of language and familiarity with clay upon performance of traditional tasks involving conservation of quantity and weight was examined. Children from a village in which all the women are potters did not perform differently from their peers in a neighboring village on any task. (MS)

Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Conservation (Concept), Cultural Influences, Elementary Education

Cognitive Development, Cross-Cultural and Sub-Cultural Comparisons.

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Reyes-Lagunes, Isabel; And Others – Human Development, 1979

Reports on the findings of a comparative study of mental abilities of Mexican and American children. Discusses age, sex, social class, and urban-rural differences, as well as cultural differences. (SS)

Descriptors: Age Differences, Children, Cognitive Development, Cross Cultural Studies