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Download full textYi-Chun Chen – Journal of Baltic Science Education, 2024
This study examined the impact of spatial ability on science achievement by distinguishing between domain-general and domain-specific spatial abilities, focusing on their relationship with the conceptual understanding of the apparent path of the sun. Additionally, the mediating effects of domain-specific spatial knowledge on the relationships…
Descriptors: Astronomy, Science Instruction, Spatial Ability, Science Achievement
Real-World Word Learning: Exploring Children's Developing Semantic Representations of a Science Term
Direct linkBest, Rachel M.; Dockrell, Julie E.; Braisby, Nick R. – British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2006
Assessments of lexical acquisition are often limited to preschool children on forced-choice comprehension measures. This study assessed the nature of the understandings 30 school-age children (mean age = 6;7) acquired about the science term eclipse following a naturalistic exposure to a solar eclipse. The knowledge children acquired about eclipses…
Descriptors: Children, Language Acquisition, Vocabulary, Scientific Concepts
