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Peer reviewedMetz, Kathleen E. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1991
The development of children's causal knowledge is investigated by analyzing changes in the content and form of the explanations they generate across the age span of three to nine years. The balance of incremental versus fundamental change and the forms each takes in children coming to understand the working of gears are examined. Three phases of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Structures, Developmental Stages, Elementary Education
