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Elkind, David – 1998
This paper asserts that any intellectually responsible program to instruct young children in math, science, and technology must overcome at least three seemingly insurmountable obstacles: (1) adults' inability to discover, either by reflection or analysis, the means by which children acquire science and technology concepts; (2) the fact that young…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Concept Formation, Early Childhood Education, Learning Motivation