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CONSERVATION IN COMMUNITY SCHOOL CHILDREN FROM THE MILNE BAY AND MOROBE PROVINCES OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Author(s) -
Shea John D. C.,
Butuna Elena,
Zeming Agewa
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
international journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.75
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1464-066X
pISSN - 0020-7594
DOI - 10.1080/00207598108247402
Subject(s) - new guinea , bay , humanities , geography , ethnology , sociology , demography , art , archaeology
Three hundred and forty primary level boys and girls from the Milne Bay and Morobe Provinces of Papua New Guinea were tested for conservation of number, length, quantity, and area. Relationships observed between schooling, age, sex and conservation confirmed previous conclusions from work in Papua New Guinea about the importance of the first two of these variables for conservation. Comparisons between different language‐culture groups suggested that explanations of any lag in achieving conservation in Papua New Guinean children must give attention to specific characteristics of children's environments since groups which were significantly superior performers on some tasks were significantly inferior on others.