Piaget's Grouping II: The model, its assessment, and the effects of training |
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Authors: | Elizabeth Dunkman Riesz Gordon N Cantor |
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Institution: | 1. College of Education, The University of Iowa U.S.A.;2. Center for Educational Experimentation, Development and Evaluation at The University of Iowa, U.S.A. |
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Abstract: | Although Piaget emphasized the importance of negation in equilibration theory, few data are available pertaining to children's use of Grouping II (Gr. II) logic, which relies on negation. Three approaches to assessing Gr. II capability are reviewed in light of Piaget's (1949, Traité de logique: Essai de logistique opératoire, Paris: Colin) discussion of Gr. II. The paper describes a new task to assess three aspects of Gr. II thought: (a) naming secondary classes, (b) comparing a secondary class with a primary class contained within it, and (c) reasoning about vicariance relationships. An experimental group of third graders trained to use Gr. II logic performed significantly better on post-test tasks than did an untrained control group. Training included rule instruction, evaluative and informative feedback, and manipulative activities. |
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Keywords: | Requests for reprints should be sent to Gordon N Cantor College of Education The University of Iowa Iowa City IA 52242 |
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