Children’s ability to conserve

Children’s ability to conserve

volume of the blue water in both glasses are equal the only difference is that the size of the two glasses are different.

On the issue of clay balls -the adult observed that both balls have the same amount of clay. When I smashed one of the clays to a shape that resembles that of a pan cake the adult insisted that the same amount of clay was used the only difference is the space the one that is smashed occupies.

Based on the little boys’ answers and the adult (adolescents), you experimented on, what can you conclude about the knowledge of conservation? Why did you come into this conclusion?

On the experiment on the five coins the little boy is confused by space between the coins when the coins are wide spread across but the adult is so keen hence, she said that the total number of coins are the same despite being widely spread..

On the length of the two sticks -the little boy is confused when one stick is placing a head of the other one but the adult claims that the height remains the same even when one is placed a head of the other one. Here the little boy does not understand that the length remains the same despite the changes in distance.

On the experiment on the blue water -the little boy is confused by the height of the glass hence he thinks that the taller glass has a lot of blue water but to the adult this is not the case.

REFERENCE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v_{= gn ArvcWaH6I}