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The Influence of Early Science Experience in Kindergarten on Children's Immediate and Later Science Achievement: Evidence from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study
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Sackes, Mesut; Trundle, Kathy Cabe; Bell, Randy L.; O'Connell, Ann A. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2011
This study explores the impacts of selected early science experiences in kindergarten (frequency and duration of teachers' teaching of science, availability of sand/water table and science areas, and children's participation in cooking and science equipment activities) on children's science achievement in kindergarten and third grade using data…
Descriptors: Science Activities, Teacher Education Programs, Economic Status, Structural Equation Models
Determinants of K-2 School Teachers' Orientation towards Inquiry-Based Science Activities: A Mixed Method Study
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Gado, Issaou – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2005
The purpose of this study was to describe attitudes of first and second grade teachers in Benin, toward school science and their instructional preferences (inquiry-based and traditional noninquiry-based instruction), and determine some factors that could explain these attitudes and preferences. Three hundred (N = 300) preparatory classroom…
Descriptors: Science Activities, Science Equipment, Science Teachers, Grade 2