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ERIC Number: EJ246261
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1981-May
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-4308
How Do Intermediate and Junior High School Students Conceptualize Living and Nonliving?
Tamir, Pinchas; And Others
Journal of Research in Science Teaching, v18 n3 p241-48 May 1981
The extent to which grades 3-7 students (N=424) hold animistic notions and the meanings of these notions were evaluated. A classification test composed of 16 pictures (8 living and 8 inanimate objects) and a questionnaire were used. Ninety-nine percent classified animals, 80 percent classified plants, and 56 percent classified embryos as living. (DS)
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Classification, Concept Formation, Elementary School Science, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education, Junior High School Students, Questionnaires, Science Education, Scientific Concepts, Secondary School Science, Student Characteristics
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Science Education Research