Achieving a New Dimension: Children Integrate Three Stimulus Dimensions in Volume Estimations

Autor/in	Ebersbach, Mirjam
Titel	Achieving a New Dimension: Children Integrate Three Stimulus Dimensions in Volume Estimations
Quelle	In: Developmental Psychology, 45 (2009) 3, S.877-883 (7 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0012-1649
DOI	10.1037/a0014616
Schlagwörter	Novelty (Stimulus Dimension); Grade 3; Preschool Children; Grade 1; Kindergarten; Adults; Cognitive Development; Foreign Countries; German; Interaction; Geometry; Mathematics; Cognitive Ability; Germany + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? School year 03; 3. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 03; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; School year 01; 1. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 01; Kognitive Entwicklung; Ausland; Deutscher; Interaktion; Geometrie; Mathematik; Denkfähigkeit; Deutschland
Abstract	Although J. Piaget (1968) assumed that children up to 7 years old are unable to consider more than 1 stimulus dimension in their judgments, subsequent research has demonstrated that preschoolers can consider 2 dimensions, such as the width and length of rectangles to estimate their area (F. Wilkening, 1979). The present study addressed the question of whether children can also take 3 stimulus dimensions into account. Kindergartners, 1st and 3rd graders, and adults (N = 73) estimated the volume of cuboids that required the consideration of 3 dimensions: width, height, and length. The results showed that the majority of kindergartners already based their volume estimations on all 3 dimensions. A considerable proportion of kindergartners even integrated width, height, and length multiplicatively. There was no dramatic improvement with age, implying the implicit understanding of volume to develop relatively early in childhood. The results are discussed in light of children's cognitive competencies concerning multidimensional reasoning. (Contains 2 figures and 4 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10