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Re: [xmca] conservation



Hi all,
In discussing the issue of conservation, David refers to how misleading a question about quantity can be (e.g., "more" can refer to a higher level). However, that's an issue that would have to be addressed, and I believe it has been addressed, in competent clinical interviews with children. A good questioner always rewords repeatedly his or her questions so that the meaning of more is set. Both Piaget and Inhelder were, in my view, careful enough with the lack of a precise language on the child's part.

Jorge


Jorge Larreamendy-Joerns, Ph.D.
Associate Professor and Dean
Departamento de Psicología
Universidad de los Andes







On Feb 25, 2010, at 8:50 PM, David Kellogg wrote:

Martin:

I'm REALLY glad you asked this. When I raised it before Mike said that basically young children DO have conservation but they are misled by the context of the question (which is more or less my explanation, because even for adults "more" can mean something like "the level is higher").

But he said that there's a bunch of stuff on both sides, including Bruner and Greenfield (1966) and Greenfield (1972). I haven't been able to track down the articles that he means; in general my resources are on-line and they don't go back very far into the pre- internet age.

He did, however, invite me to Skype on this sometime this weekend when sanity returns to his schedule. Unfortunately, I have a grad retreat today and tomorrow (that's YOUR Thursday and Friday, my Friday and Saturday) and an informal wine and cheese (well, kimchi and smoked duck) with some undergrads about T&S Chapter 1 on Sunday (your Saturday).

But if Mike is agreeable, maybe we could cobble something together for:






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That's your dinner time, but it's just about Mike's high tea, so he might be agreeable.

dk

--- On Thu, 2/25/10, Martin Packer <packer@duq.edu> wrote:


From: Martin Packer <packer@duq.edu>
Subject: [xmca] conservation
To: "eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity" <xmca@weber.ucsd.edu>
Date: Thursday, February 25, 2010, 5:26 PM


Can I ask if anyone has, or has come across, a Vygotskian explanation of children's 'failure to conserve' in early childhood?

Martin


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