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ERIC Number: EJ329399
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1986
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Moonwatching: Learning and Teaching as a Scientific Enterprise.
Cordeiro, Patricia
Language Arts, v63 n2 p148-52 Feb 1986
Describes fourth graders' observations and hypotheses about the sun and moon and how the three-dimensional reality gradually replaced the inadequate two-dimensional models of textbooks. Discusses implications for instruction of this progression from concrete to abstract. (HTH)
Descriptors: Astronomy, Cognitive Style, Concept Formation, Experiential Learning, Grade 4, Intermediate Grades, Language Arts, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Note: Thematic Issue: Transactional Discourse