The objective of this paper was to study the passage of non-operative to operative level of thinking, mediated by social-cognitive situations in pairs of 5, 6 and 7 old children. Three sessions of social interaction were conducted to evaluate knowledge of conservation of length in the children. Results revealed five patterns of learning conducts, ranging from the presence of constant fluctuations to answer stability since the first operative argument. Therefore this work concluded that the use of the social-cognitive conflict technique was efficient in promoting learning in the subjects.
learning; social-cognitive conflict; social interaction
