A series of standardized conservation tasks was administered to 126 lower socioeconomic status Indian, Negro, and white children in the first three grades. The tasks included the conservation of area, number, continuous and discontinuous quantity, weight, and mass. Comparisons were made between the performances of the three racial groups. The performance of the entire sample was also compared with the results of a norming study carried out by the test's authors on a racially and socially heterogeneous group. Significant differences were found between the Negroes and the Indian and white groups on age of acquisition of conservation, and the entire research sample differed significantly from the norming group. Age of acquisition of conservation is at least a year retarded in the Negro sample, and in lower socioeconomic status children, with older children showing the most retardation. There were significant correlations between conservation and CA and IQ within all groups at every age level. 1 This study is based on a dissertation done under the direction of Aubrey Roden and submitted to the State University of New York at Buffalo in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the PhD degree in May of 1970.2 Requests for reprints should be sent to the author,

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