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Peer reviewedMiller, Patricia H.; Heldmeyer, Karen H. – Child Development, 1975
Variations of the screening method developed by Piaget and Frank made it possible to systematically vary the number and type of perceptual cues in the conservation of liquid quantity task. Results of testing 192 kindergarten and first graders suggest that the development of conservation involves several levels, beginning with a concept which can…
Descriptors: Conservation (Concept), Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Testing
Peer reviewedMiller, Patricia H. – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1978
Suggests an approach to the assessment of children's conservation ability which analyzes the stimulus variables and cognitive performance. The analysis of performance variables focuses on the role of attention. (MP)
Descriptors: Attention, Children, Cognitive Measurement, Conservation (Concept)
Peer reviewedMiller, Patricia H.; West, Richard F. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1976
Study compared provoked and spontaneous one-to-one correspondence along with two tasks having more preceptual support for correspondence. In opposition to Piaget's predictions, the four levels of correspondence did not differ in difficulty for kindergarteners. (Author/SB)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Conservation (Concept), Early Childhood Education, Kindergarten Children
Peer reviewedMiller, Patricia H.; And Others – Child Development, 1973
Preschool and kindergarten nonconservers (N=114) were examined for their use of dimensions relevant to quantity in two conservation-of-substance tasks. The results were interpreted as being counter to Piaget's 4-step equilibration model of the development of compensation and conservation. (ST)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Conservation (Concept), Dimensional Preference
Download full textMiller, Patricia H.; And Others – 1972
Two studies examined how nonconservers use the dimensions relevant to quantity in the conservation of substance task. Most nonconservers are very selective in their use of the information provided by these dimensions. Most preschool and kindergarten nonconservers used length to define amount, while ignoring width. This was true regardless of how…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Conservation (Concept), Dimensional Preference
Peer reviewedMiller, Patricia H.; Heller, Kirby A. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1976
This study examined the relation between number conservation and attention to number, density, and length or area in 86 kindergarteners and 18 third graders. (Author/SB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Attention, Conservation (Concept), Dimensional Preference
Peer reviewedMiller, Patricia H.; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1975
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Conservation (Concept), Cues, Developmental Psychology
Miller, Patricia H.; West, Richard F. – 1974
A total of 72 kindergarteners received eight conservation of number trials which varied in the degree of perceptual support for one-to-one correspondence (four levels) and type of stimuli (toy animals or corks). A between-subjects variable was the method of presentation (standard conservation presentation, a partially fixed array, or a fixed…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Processes, Conservation (Concept), Cues
Peer reviewedMiller, Patricia H. – Child Development, 1973
Results show that both kindergarten nonconservers and kindergarten conservers found height most salient. Third-grade conservers found quantity most salient but could easily attend to height and width. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Attention, Conservation (Concept), Data Analysis
Miller, Patricia H.; And Others – 1973
Nursery school children (N=64) received seven tests of conservation of number which varied in the type and number of perceptual supports for conservation. Most of the tests with these supports facilitated performance in comparison to the standard conservation test. Conservation appeared earlier than usual. There were significant effects of…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Conservation (Concept)
Miller, Patricia H.; Heldmeyer, Karen H. – 1974
This paper presents a study designed to clarify the role of perceptual-attentional factors in the development of conservation, and relates the results to procedures for assessing conservation. Subjects were 192 first and second graders. The number and type of perceptual cues in the conservation of liquid quantity task were systematically varied.…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Age Differences, Cognitive Processes, Conservation (Concept)
