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Peer reviewedSmith, Edward L.; Padilla, Michael J. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1977
Examines strategies used by first grade children in performing a seriation task, using materials varying in length or weight. Most first-grade children employed a concept-task-strategy in serially ordering objects by length and weight. In addition Piaget's observation that length can be serially ordered before weight was upheld. (CP)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Educational Research, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science
