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Solis, S. Lynneth; Grotzer, Tina A. – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2016
The aim of this study was to investigate kindergartners' exploration of interactive causality during their play with a pair of toy sound blocks. Interactive causality refers to a type of causal pattern in which two entities interact to produce a causal force, as in particle attraction and symbiotic relationships. Despite being prevalent in nature,…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Play, Interaction, Concept Formation
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Ergazaki, Marida; Alexaki, Aspa; Papadopoulou, Chrysa; Kalpakiori, Marieleni – Science & Education, 2014
This paper aims at exploring (a) whether preschoolers recognize that offspring share physical traits with their parents due to birth and behavioural ones due to nurture, and (b) whether they seem ready to explain shared physical traits with a "pre-biological" causal model that includes the contribution of both parents and a rudimentary…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Heredity, Genetics, Parents