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Fleer, Marilyn – Cambridge University Press, 2010
"Early Learning and Development" provides a unique synthesis of cultural-historical theory from Vygotsky, Elkonin and Leontiev in the 20th century to the ground-breaking research of scholars such as Siraj-Blatchford, Kratsova and Hedegaard today. It demonstrates how development and learning are culturally embedded and institutionally defined, and…
Descriptors: Play, Early Childhood Education, Child Development, Constructivism (Learning)
Amir, Ruth; Tamir, Pinchas – 1991
The use and analysis of student generated propositions linking two scientific concepts (photosynthesis and respiration) were examined before and after the study of photosynthesis. A proposition-generating task (PGT) was used as a diagnostic tool to indicate student misconceptions and partial understandings. Focus was on determining: how the nature…
Descriptors: Biology, Comparative Analysis, Concept Formation, Concept Teaching