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ERIC Number: EJ580253
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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ISSN: ISSN-0012-1649
On Facts and Conceptual Systems: Young Children's Integration of Their Understandings of Germs and Contagion.
Solomon, Gregg E. A.; Cassimatis, Nicholas L.
Developmental Psychology, v35 n1 p113-26 Jan 1999
Five studies investigated preschoolers' understanding of the biological germ theory of illness compared to that of 6- or 10- to 11-year-olds. Found that the younger the child, the less likely he or she was to judge germs as causes of illness. Studies undermined claim that preschoolers understand germs to be uniquely biological causal agents. (JPB)
Descriptors: Children, Cognitive Development, Comprehension, Concept Formation, Diseases, Elementary Education, Knowledge Level, Preschool Education
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Germs