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ERIC Number: EJ338088
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1986
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-4308
Children's Strategies for Discovering Cause-Effect Relationships.
Rudnitsky, Alan N.; Hunt, Charles R.
Journal of Research in Science Teaching, v23 n5 p451-64 May 1986
This study describes strategies fifth- and sixth-grade children used to solve the problem of determining how to control a "vehicle" they "drove" by pressing particular keys on a computer. The problem involves identifying or discovering a set of cause-effect relationships. (Author/JN)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Elementary School Science, Intermediate Grades, Learning Strategies, Problem Solving, Relationship, Science Education
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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Identifiers: Cause Effect Relationship; Science Education Research