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The role of conflict and of agreement between intellectual strategies in children's ideas about measurement

The role of conflict and of agreement between intellectual strategies in children's ideas about... Four experiments tested the hypothesis that it is agreement and not conflict between strategies which produces intellectual change in young children. The argument behind the hypothesis is that conflict tells the child that something is wrong but not what it is, and certainly not what is the right strategy. On the other hand if one strategy consistently produces the same answer as another, the child can be reasonably sure that both are right. In the first experiment it was demonstrated that children measured more after seeing that measurement agreed with direct comparisons. In the next two experiments experience of conflict failed to have any effect on children's willingness to measure. The final experiment looked at the effect of telling children that their measurements were right. This did not increase measurement either. Together these experiments provide support for the idea that children learn when strategies agree rather than when they conflict. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png British Journal of Psychology Wiley

The role of conflict and of agreement between intellectual strategies in children's ideas about measurement

British Journal of Psychology , Volume 73 (2) – May 1, 1982

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Publisher
Wiley
Copyright
1982 The British Psychological Society
ISSN
0007-1269
eISSN
2044-8295
DOI
10.1111/j.2044-8295.1982.tb01807.x
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Abstract

Four experiments tested the hypothesis that it is agreement and not conflict between strategies which produces intellectual change in young children. The argument behind the hypothesis is that conflict tells the child that something is wrong but not what it is, and certainly not what is the right strategy. On the other hand if one strategy consistently produces the same answer as another, the child can be reasonably sure that both are right. In the first experiment it was demonstrated that children measured more after seeing that measurement agreed with direct comparisons. In the next two experiments experience of conflict failed to have any effect on children's willingness to measure. The final experiment looked at the effect of telling children that their measurements were right. This did not increase measurement either. Together these experiments provide support for the idea that children learn when strategies agree rather than when they conflict.

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British Journal of PsychologyWiley

Published: May 1, 1982

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