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Developing Children's Early Competencies to Engage with Science
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Sandoval, William A.; Sodian, Beate; Koerber, Susanne; Wong, Jacqueline – Educational Psychologist, 2014
Science educators have long been concerned with how formal schooling contributes to learners' capacities to engage with science after school. This article frames productive engagement as fundamentally about the coordination of claims with evidence, but such coordination requires a number of reasoning capabilities to evaluate the strength of…
Descriptors: Science Teachers, Science Instruction, Science Process Skills, Competence
Developmental Perspectives on Reflective Practices of Elementary Science Education Students
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Olson, Joanne K.; Finson, Kevin D. – Journal of Elementary Science Education, 2009
Instructors of elementary science methods classes have long lamented the significant difficulties their students exhibit when trying to understand the many complexities of teaching science. As noted by some researchers and practicing teachers, preservice teachers often fail to developmentally function at desired levels with respect to…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Education Majors, Preservice Teachers, Elementary School Science
Peer Learning in Primary School Science: Theoretical Perspectives and Implications for Classroom Practice
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Thurston, A.; Van de Keere, K.; Kosack, W.; Gatt, S.; Marchal, J.; Mestdagh, N.; Schmeinck, D.; Sidor, W.; Topping, K. J.; Donnert, K. – Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 2007
This article examines cognitive models of peer learning in school and the implications that these models have for the teaching of science in primary schools. The article is a product of the European Commission, Socrates Comenius 2.1 funded project "The Implementation of Scientific Thinking in (Pre) Primary Schools Settings (STIPPS)" project…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Science Instruction, Peer Teaching, Cooperative Learning
Preparation and Validation of a Videotaped Test of Conservation Suitable for Grade 6 Students in Jamaica.
Isaacs, Patricia A. – 1981
Described is the development and validation of a test designed to assess the cognitive levels of Jamaican sixth graders. Instead of the usual clinical procedure, a 30-minute videotaped test was designed in order to standardize variables associated with the test's administration. The film presented situations involving seven conservation concepts…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Tests, Conservation (Concept), Elementary Education
Reassessment of Developmental Constraints on Children's Science Instruction.
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Metz, Kathleen E. – Review of Educational Research, 1995
Developmental assumptions that are frequently regarded as constraints on elementary school science curricula are analyzed. The argument that elementary school children cannot function as experimentalists because they have not yet attained formal operational thought is not supported by the Piagetian or non-Piagetian research reviewed. (SLD)
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Development, Elementary School Science, Elementary School Students
Critical Analysis of an Elementary Science Curriculum: Bouncing around or Connectedness? Elementary Subjects Center Series No. 32.
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Eichinger, David; Roth, Kathleen J. – 1991
This paper is based on a portion of the curriculum analysis of elementary science textbooks that was conducted as part of a larger Elementary Subjects Center study of curriculum materials used in literature, mathematics, science, social studies, and the arts. A commonly used elementary science curriculum series, Silver Burdett and Ginn's…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Content Analysis, Curriculum Development