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Peer reviewedParsonson, Barry S.; Naughton, Kathleen A. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1988
Results of two experiments with five-year-olds indicated that: (1) conservation can be quickly taught with lasting results; (2) training on a limited range of exemplars will produce generalized correct responses to other, untrained classes of conservation problems; and (3) children's explanations of their judgments change as a result of exposure…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Conservation (Concept), Generalization, Preschool Children
Peer reviewedBerch, Daniel B. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1972
Descriptors: Cues, Data Analysis, Discrimination Learning, Hypothesis Testing
