A method for eliciting scale errors in preschool classrooms

作者：Rosengren Karl S^*; Carmichael Caitlin; Schein Stevie S; Anderson Kathy N; Gutierrez Isabel T

来源：Infant Behavior and Development, 2009, 32(3): 286-290.

DOI：10.1016/j.infbeh.2009.03.001

• Cognitive development
• Scale errors

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 280 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.

• 出版日期2009-7
• 单位西北大学