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Liquid Conservation Concept in the Water Boiling Phenomenon among 4-, 6-, 8- Year Olds

물의 비등현상에 대한 4, 6, 8세 아동의 액체보존개념

  • Kim, Eun Young (Department of Child Development & Family Studies, Seoul National University) ;
  • Yi, Soon Hyung (Department of Child Development & Family Studies, Seoul National University)
  • 김은영 (서울대학교 아동가족학과) ;
  • 이순형 (서울대학교 아동가족학과)
  • Received : 2012.11.07
  • Accepted : 2012.12.13
  • Published : 2012.12.30
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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate children's conception of liquid conservation according to their ages and tasks in the boiling phenomenon The subjects were thirty 4-year-olds, thirty 6-year-olds, and thirty 8-year-olds recruited from two day-care center, one kindergarten, and one elementary school, in Seoul. Statistical methods used for data analysis were frequencies, percentiles, means, standard deviations and repeated measures ANOVA. As the result, there was a significant difference in children's conception of liquid conservation in the boiling of water according to their ages. 8-year-old children showed higher levels of cognition than 4 and 6-year-olds. There was no difference in children's conception of liquid conservation in the boiling of water according to tasks.

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