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Allen, Michael – International Journal of Science Education, 2017
Aspects of preschoolers' ecological understandings were explored in a cross-age, quantitative study that utilised a sample of seventy-five 3- to 5-year-old children. Specifically, their concepts of feeding relationships were determined by presenting physical models of three-step food chains during structured interviews. A majority of children,…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Preschool Children, Food, Concept Formation
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Peterman, Karen; Cranston, Kayla A.; Pryor, Marie; Kermish-Allen, Ruth – International Journal of Science Education, 2015
This case study was conducted within the context of a place-based education project that was implemented with primary school students in the USA. The authors and participating teachers created a performance assessment of standards-aligned tasks to examine 6-10-year-old students' graph interpretation skills as part of an exploratory research…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Place Based Education, Elementary School Students, Elementary School Teachers