Stage 2: Conservation

Question 1

What is conservation

Answer 1

The ability to realise the quantity remains the same even when the appearance of object display changes

Question 2

What is the research evidence for conservation

Answer 2

• Children were given the same amount of coins that were spaced out similarly in 2 lines, in which they admitted the number of coins was the same
• When the coins were spaced out different, children that were 7 and under claimed the lines with greater spacing had more coins

Question 3

What is the counter to the conservation task

Answer 3

Naught Teddy Study

Question 4

What is the naughty teddy study

Answer 4

• Children were given the same amount of coins that were spaced out similarly in 2 lines, in which they admitted the number of coins was the same
• When the coins were spaced out different by a ‘naughty teddy’, 68% of children (even those as young as 4) knew the change in formation was an accident and remained with the same answer