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Peer reviewedMetz, Kathleen E. – Review of Educational Research, 1995
Developmental assumptions that are frequently regarded as constraints on elementary school science curricula are analyzed. The argument that elementary school children cannot function as experimentalists because they have not yet attained formal operational thought is not supported by the Piagetian or non-Piagetian research reviewed. (SLD)
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Development, Elementary School Science, Elementary School Students
Download full textDecker, Barbara C.; Silverman, Fredrick L. – 1986
Effective teaching strategies must be developed to help students bridge the gap between concrete operational thinking and full formal thinking in the content areas. Reading for meaning requires readers to categorize subjects, recognize relationships, develop and maintain a sequence of thought, recognize and understand inferences, and draw…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Development, Content Area Reading, Critical Thinking
