Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ544989
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
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ISSN: ISSN-0009-3920
Young Children's Recognition of Commonalities between Animals and Plants.
Inagaki, Kayoko; Hatano, Giyoo
Child Development, v67 n6 p2823-40 Dec 1996
Results from several experiments indicated that by age 5, children distinguished animals and plants from nonliving things in terms of growth; many 5-year olds attributed growth, intake of food and water, and illness to both animals and plants; and 5-year olds responded affirmatively when asked whether plants would manifest phenomena similar to those observed for animals. (BC)
Descriptors: Animals, Biology, Childhood Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Plants (Botany), Young Children
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Japan (Tokyo); Living (Concept)


