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Direct linkRobbins, Jill – Research in Science Education, 2005
How do we see young children's thinking in science? Is it, as much previous research has led us to believe, that their ideas can be neatly boxed like "brown paper packages tied up with strings"--as the song from "The Sound of Music" goes? Or are their ideas like "wild geese that fly with the moon on their wings" ("Sound of Music"): fluid, complex,…
Descriptors: Sociocultural Patterns, Young Children, Science Education, Scientific Research
