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ERIC Number: EJ162962
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1977
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-4308
Teaching Children to Control Variables: Investigation of a Free-Choice Environment
Linn, Marcia C.; And Others
Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 14, 3, 249-255, May 77
Investigated were children's reactions when allowed to choose their own apparatus and perform experiments with appropriate directions available. Few students invented their own experiments; most followed the available printed instructions. (SL)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Instruction, Science Activities, Science Education, Student Attitudes, Student Behavior
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Audience: Practitioners
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