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Marek, Edmund A. – Journal of Elementary Science Education, 2008
The learning cycle is a way to structure inquiry in school science and occurs in several sequential phases. A learning cycle moves children through a scientific investigation by having them first explore materials, then construct a concept, and finally apply or extend the concept to other situations. Why the learning cycle? Because it is a…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Science Education, Elementary School Science, Sequential Learning
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Hannula, Minna M.; Rasanen, Pekka; Lehtinen, Erno – Mathematical Thinking & Learning: An International Journal, 2007
Children differ in how much they spontaneously pay attention to quantitative aspects of their natural environment. We studied how this spontaneous tendency to focus on numerosity (SFON) is related to subitizing-based enumeration and verbal and object counting skills. In this exploratory study, children were tested individually at the age of 4-5…
Descriptors: Number Concepts, Computation, Path Analysis, Skill Development