Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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917497 | Infant Behavior and Development | 2009 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
Six preschool classrooms, containing children between the ages of 4.0 and 40.0 months, were seeded with miniature items to examine how easily scale errors could be elicited. Observations occurred over a period of 3 months, with a total of 280Â min of observations per classroom. A concealed observer documented all interactions with the miniature items. A total of 93 scale errors occurred, with a higher frequency committed by the younger children. These results confirm findings from previous research and suggest that scale errors can be effectively elicited in a preschool classroom. Our approach may provide a useful method for systematically studying the factors that influence scale errors.
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Authors
Karl S. Rosengren, Caitlin Carmichael, Stevie S. Schein, Kathy N. Anderson, Isabel T. Gutiérrez,