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ERIC Number: EJ512856
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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ISSN: ISSN-0267-1522
Working Practices and Children's Application of Subject Knowledge in the Primary School.
Bristow, Stephen; Desforges, Charles
Research Papers in Education: Policy and Practice, v10 n2 p273-93 Jun 1995
Examines young children's learning, focusing on strategies used to apply old knowledge in new learning. Data from a longitudinal study of early elementary students' mathematical knowledge indicated that children's abilities to learn were strongly influenced by their understanding of the contexts in which they were required to participate in learning. (SM)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary School Students, Knowledge Level, Learning Strategies, Prior Learning, Student Experience
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Knowledge Acquisition; Subject Content Knowledge