The purpose of this study was to investigate how Botswana children in Southern Africa
would perform on Piagetian concrete operational tasks when judgment versus judgment …

The assessment of cognition in Indigenous populations is often complicated by cultural and
language differences and unfamiliarity with the assessment process. Cognitive tasks are …

Reviews studies over the past 30 yrs regarding the performance of African children on
Piagetian tasks. The overall performance of African children is qualitatively and …

Background The majority of available psychometric tests originates from the Western World
and was designed to suit the culture, language, and socio‐economic status of the respective …

This Piaget replication study was done in Botswana. Six tasks were completed by 554
primary school children from urban, rural, and traditional village environments. Conservation …

A test of verbal intelligence, and a test of classificatory ability based on Piaget's theory, were
given to low-socioeconomic rural European children and to reserve-and town-dwelling rural …

Perception et raisonnement chez les enfants zambiens.—l'A. présente une série de
recherches expérimentales qui ont été réalisées ou récemment entreprises par l'Unité de …

Examined the influence of schooling and technology on the development of logical thought
using comparative cross-cultural data from 109 9–10 yr olds. Four groups of Ss were …

This review indicated that much of the confusion surrounding cognitive research in Africa
results from the intrusion of cultural factors which Western theories of cognition are ill …

Diversity is an acknowledged characteristic of the South African society. Traditional
standardised methods of assessment for cognitive functioning have been discouraged or …