Cue Cards

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What is conservation?

Conservation refers to the ability of the quantity wouldremain the same, although changing up the shape or the container. Conservation alsoalludes to an intelligent speculation capacity which, is not present in kidsamong the preoperational phase of their advancement at ages 2–7, howevercreates in the concrete operational stage at ages 7–11. The concrete stage isthe stage of the child’s life where they begin to recognise their errorseasier, and start noticing the logical answer.

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Who is JeanPiaget & What Experiments Have Been Tested?

First of all, Jean Piagetis Psychologist known for his discovered work in child development. CognitiveDevelopment is Jean Piaget's theory, he created multiple test for youngchildren showing all stages of Cognitive Development. For example they cannotcomprehend that if you pour liquid from a short, wide glass into a tall, narrowglass, it’s still the same amount.

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What experiments have been tested?

Stef will talk a bit then show the video.

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Creating a NewTest

The new test that we havecreated is using a soccer ball. We will have two soccer balls inflated at thesame volume and ask the child if they are the same size or is one bigger thanthe other. After that we will deflate one of the balls and then ask the childthe same questions.

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What Exactly IsBeing Tested

From our understanding thistest from Piaget's experiments has not been tested. This experiment is showinganother understanding of a conservation test in a different way. The result isthat changes in the shape of an object do not change its volume.

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Whom the test will be on?

The test will beapplied to young children from the ages of 2-7 years old. This is thepreoperative stage which is they don't understand concepts of volume, speed,amount etc. During this stage, children begin to take part in typical play andlearn to operate symbols.

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Hypothesis

The objective of this humanconduct science task is to find out about Piaget's concept of protection and toexplore when youngsters find out about the balance of volume and amount.

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How will it be applied?

A mum got her little 3 year old son two play-doe balls thatare the same size, she asks which ball is bigger, he replies with the samesize. The mum rolls one of the play-doe ball laid out on the table and makes itlook bigger than the other play-doe ball. She then asks which one is nowbigger, he replies with the rolled out one. The Mum asks him why and answerswith, the play-doe laid out is now longer than the ball play-doe which makes itbigger. Proving that the 3 year old isin the preoperational phase.

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The applicable variable

The independent variables is the apparent size of the ball,whether it’s inflated or not. While the dependent variable perceives the sizeof the ball.

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Ethics

Some conservational ethics within the “101 experiment” isthat the kid could feel wrong and disappointed towards themselves, which couldpotentially lead the little kid being upset and furthermore depressiondepending on the condition of the kid. This conservational experiment could notjust effect the kid but can also affect the parent whom is doing the test. Theparent could be self- conscious towards the honesty of their kid’s answer whichcould lead to potential embarrassment from the parent towards the kid.

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Conclusion

Conservation refers to two big stages, aged 2-7 most kidswould be in the pre operational stage, fooling for simple conservation. Whilstat ages 7-11 they are introduced to the concrete operational stage, which iswhen they notice the equation a lot easier and figure out the right answer.With minor ethics involved due from nothing too wrong with testingconservation, there were a couple ethics which can be a reason some peopleavoid it. On Alex’s opinion and myself we have found that it is amazing thatsomething so simple and logical, can be so difficult to function for kids inthe pre operational stage, although when kids hit the concrete operationalstage, they finally start to understand the logic of conservation.

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from alex and jake