Samuel and Bryant
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- Samuel and Bryant
- Aim
- Whether children under the age of 7 and 8 had the ability to conserve
- Participants
- 252 boys and girls from Credition Davon, nursery and primary schools
- split into 4 age groups 5y3m, 6y3m, 7y3, 8y3m
- Split into 3 sub groups standard, one judgement, fixed array
- split into 4 age groups 5y3m, 6y3m, 7y3, 8y3m
- 252 boys and girls from Credition Davon, nursery and primary schools
- Method
- Independent measures
- Lab experiment
- Procedure
- Fixed array
- Not shown pre transformation and only asked post transformation question
- One judgment
- Only asked post transformation question
- Standard
- Ask pre and post transformation question
- Each child did 4 trails for each material (volume, mass, number)
- Fixed array
- Results
- One judgement made less mistakes than fixed array and standard across all materials
- Older children did consistently better than young children
- Children made fewer errors on the number task
- Conclusion
- Standard question confused children
- made more errors than one judgement
- Standard question confused children
- Aim
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