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ERIC Number: EJ544983
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0009-3920
The Interaction of Domain-Specific Knowledge and Domain-General Discovery Strategies: A Study with Sinking Objects.
Penner, David E.; Klahr, David
Child Development, v67 n6 p2709-27 Dec 1996
Nine- through 14-year-old girls made predictions about and performed experiments involving sinking objects. Found that children initially believed that weight alone determined an object's sinking rate, older but not younger children viewed experimentation as a way of exploring object attributes other than weight, and experimentation helped children understand the effects of object shape and material on sinking rate. (BC)
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescents, Age Differences, Childhood Attitudes, Children, Discovery Learning, Experiments, Females, Thinking Skills, Weight (Mass)
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Scientific Thinking; Sinking