Assignment Specifics: You will test 3 children on each of the conservation tasks. Test three children age 4, 5, and 6 years of age (one child of each age). Record their responses on the form attached.
Conservation Exercise of
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| Ages of children | Two rows of pennies same distance apart | Two rows of pennies, one row more distance apart |
| 4-year-old response | ||
| 5-year-old response | ||
| 6-year-old response | ||
| Type of thinking skills used (perception-based thinking, unidimensional thought or reversing an operation) | ||
| Conservation Exercise of Liquids | ||
| Two identical glasses | Two glasses of different sizes | |
| 4-year-old response | ||
| 5-year-old response | ||
| 6-year-old response | ||
| Type of thinking skills used (perception-based thinking, unidimensional thought or reversing an operation) | ||
| Conservation Exercise of Mass | ||
| 2 equal size balls play dough | 1 ball of play dough, 1 rolled snake or hot dog | |
| 4-year-old response | ||
| 5-year-old response | ||
| 6-year-old response | ||
| Type of thinking skills used (perception-based thinking, unidimensional thought or reversing an operation) |
