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Promoting Science Education in Early Childhood: A Research in a Nursery School
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Lichene, Claudia – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2019
European and international research shows how the child has an attitude, in relation to the knowledge of the natural world, characterized by curiosity and free exploration. My research refers to the theoretical contribution of Dewey ([1933. "How We Think: A Restatement of the Relationship of Reflective Thinking to the Educational…
Descriptors: Science Education, Preschool Education, Intellectual Development, Educational Philosophy
On Science For Young Children
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Williams, David L. – Science and Children, 1975
Stresses the importance of learner involvement, and adult patience and understanding, for a child's success in learning and consequently in living. (EB)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Discovery Learning, Elementary Education, Intellectual Development
Using Perplexity to Stimulate Curiosity
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Vidler, Derek C.; Lawlor, Francis X. – Science and Children, 1976
Demonstrations are presented in which children can be introduced to evidence of specific concepts enabling them to participate in such a way that any conceptual conflicts that might arise in this learning situation can be gradually reduced. (EB)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Concept Teaching, Discovery Learning, Elementary Education
From a Bird's Eye View to a Worm's Eye View: A Comprehension-Based Program of Foreign Language Instruction.
Manning, Phyllis J. – 1978
The language teaching method presented here is an inter-related set of techniques for teaching target comprehension skills directly to students on both university and high school levels. Three elements of the method are discussed: (1) the basics of a comprehension-based classroom; (2) the expanded speaking component; and (3) the expanded reading…
Descriptors: Comprehension, German, Higher Education, Intellectual Development
General Growth Model for Evaluation of an Individual's Progress in Learning.
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Sagiv, Abraham – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1979
A general model for a quantitative description of individual growth in learning was developed. Published data in a variety of areas and data on learning sequences in a classroom were processed through the model. Findings suggest that the general growth model governs growth phenomena. (Author/RD)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Individual Development
Predicting IQ from the Young Child's Everyday Experience.
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Carew, Jean V. – 1975
The present study states as its purpose the delineation of everyday transactions with the environment of a group of children observed longitudinally in their own homes and neighborhoods from age one to three. This research is considered to have been designed to answer: (1) what types of experiences are intellectually valuable to the young child;…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Early Experience, Human Development
Learning to Teach Listening Comprehension.
Tinkler, Trevor – 1978
This article describes a course in listening comprehension methodology in a College of Education in Holland. The main concern of the article is to examine the teacher-trainer's organization of the students' learning process. The course is divided into three sections: (1) group discussion of the concept of listening comprehension; (2) discussion of…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Comprehension, Course Descriptions, English (Second Language)