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Direct linkRuckert, Jolina H. – Early Education and Development, 2016
Research Findings: This study investigated folkbiological concepts that structure children's moral reasoning regarding conservation. Participants (N = 52; 7- and 10-year-olds, gender balanced) were interviewed regarding their values, moral obligations, and rights concerns for endangered and extinct animals. Across the 2 ages, children drew on the…
Descriptors: Children, Childhood Attitudes, Knowledge Level, Conservation (Environment)
Peer reviewedEisenberg, Nancy; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1991
Examined prosocial moral reasoning in children during an 11-year period. Found that (1) hedonistically oriented reasoning declined until adolescence; (2) reasoning based on others' needs increased until early adolescence and then declined; and (3) girls' overall reasoning was higher than boys'. Found some association of prosocial reasoning with…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Adolescents, Altruism, Children
Jordan, Valerie Barnes; Waite, Donna – 1979
The effects of self-oriented and other-oriented questions on moral reasoning scores for two moral dilemmas involving stealing and school cheating were investigated. The reasoning scores of elementary school-aged children increased on other-oriented questions by the fifth grade. Females' scores showed consistent reasoning on self-oriented and…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Children, Cognitive Ability, Elementary School Students
Peer reviewedMcGillicuddy-De Lisi, Ann V.; And Others – Child Development, 1994
Investigated how children's decisions about allocating money to story characters were affected by the relationship (friends versus strangers) among the characters. Children's rationales for their decisions showed that equality was the most salient principle for decisions at all ages and that older children provided rationales based on benevolence…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Age Differences, Child Development, Children
Download full textLipman, Matthew – 1976
A philosophy reader for seventh and eighth graders, "Lisa" presents a story about daily experiences of a group of schoolchildren. The story is a sequel to ED 103 298. "Lisa" focuses on ethical and social issues such as lying and truth-telling, fairness, naturalness, and what are rules and standards. Other issues such as job and sex discrimination,…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Childhood Attitudes, Children, Discovery Processes
Lipman, Matthew; And Others – 1977
This handbook for educators and parents discusses the need to include philosophy in the elementary classroom. The authors point out that as a question-raising discipline, philosophy is appropriate to guide children's natural inquisitiveness through the educational process. It encourages intellectual resourcefulness and flexibility which can enable…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Child Development, Childhood Attitudes, Children
De Lisi, Richard – 1979
A review of Piaget's theory and research on children's cognitive development is presented, including a discussion of the psychological structures of intelligence, developmental constructivism, and the evolution of knowledge as a subject-object relation. Piaget's assessment techniques are summarized, including moral development, number…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Annotated Bibliographies, Children, Cognitive Development
