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Download full textTimur, Serkan; Yalçinkaya-Önder, Eylem; Timur, Betül; Özes, Belemir – International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, 2020
The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of astronomy activities in science education with preschool children through semi-structured interviews. The interviews were conducted with the children before and after the implementation of the activities. Five activities about astronomy were conducted for five weeks in practice. A total…
Descriptors: Astronomy, Science Instruction, Science Activities, Preschool Education
Güçhan-Özgül, Sinem – Journal of Inquiry Based Activities, 2021
This study aims to introduce inquiry-based play activities and to examine their effectiveness on young children's conceptual understanding of the shape of the Earth and the day-night cycle. The inquiry-based play activities for preschool children were designed to support children to learn the concepts of the shape of the Earth and the day-night…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Inquiry, Play, Preschool Children
Direct linkSaçkes, Mesut; Trundle, Kathy Cabe – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2014
This study investigated the predictive ability of an intentional learning model in the change of preservice early childhood teachers' conceptual understanding of lunar phases. Fifty-two preservice early childhood teachers who were enrolled in an early childhood science methods course participated in the study. Results indicated that the use…
Descriptors: Prediction, Models, Change Strategies, Preservice Teachers
Dogru, Mustafa; Seker, Fatih – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2012
Present research aims to determine the effect of science activities on concept development of preschool period age 5-6 children groups. Parallel to research objective, qualitative research pattern has been the selected method. Study group comprises of collectively 48 children from 5-6 age group attending to a private education institution in city…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Activities, Concept Formation, Astronomy
Ashbrook, Peggy – Science and Children, 2012
Spotting the Moon in the sky is like finding a treasure--unexpected and beautiful. When children look for the Moon in the sky, they don't know where to look. The Moon is far away and most easily observed at a time when most young children are sleeping. Because direct contact isn't possible, adults have to be creative in how they help children…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Teacher Role, Young Children, Earth Science
Kallery, Maria – International Journal of Science Education, 2011
In the present study, we test the effectiveness of a teaching intervention aiming at acquainting children aged four to six years with the concept of the sphericity of the earth and the causes of the phenomenon of day and night. The treatment comprised three units of activities that were developed collaboratively by a researcher and early years…
Descriptors: Young Children, Action Research, Long Term Memory, Astronomy
