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Peer reviewedSilverman, Irwin W.; Briga, Janis – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1981
Evaluated the possibility that three-year-olds solve small-number conservation problems by an empirical procedure whereby the sets are quantified each time presented. Children chose the more numerous of two arrays, one containing two elements and the other three elements. Results disconfirmed claims that three-year-olds can conserve small numbers.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Conservation (Concept), Learning Processes
