Compensation and Combinatorial Systems in the Acquisition and Generalization of Conservation
1974; Wiley; Volume: 45; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1111/j.1467-8624.1974.tb00656.x
ISSN1467-8624
Autores Tópico(s)Attention Economy in Education and Business
ResumoSHEPPARD, JOHN L. Compensation and Combinatorial Systems in the Acquisition and Generalization of Conservation. CHGm DEVELOPrENTr, 1974, 45, 717-730. A training study of conservation investigated whether learning of compensation could be used to develop conservation and lead to generalization. From a sample of 174 children, 2 experimental and 2 control groups totaling 80 5-6-year-old Ss were selected on the basis of low scores on a conservation pretest. The experimental groups were given training sessions, 1 with water containers 1 with plasticine, while 1 control group had experiences with multiplication of relations in a matrix of beakers without water, and another had no training. A significant number of experimental Ss acquired the conservation involved and generalized in posttests to other conservations, but in almost all instances control Ss did not change. Practice in the anticipationof-levels type of task leading to compensation in a structural system such as a groupoid for conservation was effective in producing concept acquisition.
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