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Direct linkLeman, Patrick J.; Skipper, Yvonne; Watling, Dawn; Rutland, Adam – Child Development, 2016
Three hundred and forty-one children (M[subscript age] = 9,0 years) engaged in a series of science tasks in collaborative, same-sex pairs or did not interact. All children who collaborated on the science tasks advanced in basic-level understanding of the relevant task (motion down an incline). However, only boys advanced in their conceptual…
Descriptors: Child Development, Gender Differences, Science Activities, Task Analysis
Hitt, Austin Manning; Townsend, J. Scott – Science Activities: Classroom Projects and Curriculum Ideas, 2015
Elementary, middle-level, and high school science teachers commonly find their students have misconceptions about heat and temperature. Unfortunately, student misconceptions are difficult to modify or change and can prevent students from learning the accurate scientific explanation. In order to improve our students' understanding of heat and…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Scientific Concepts, Misconceptions, Heat
