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ERIC Number: EJ654586
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2002
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ISSN: ISSN-1090-185X
Conceptual Understandings Resulting from Interactive Science Exhibits.
Marek, Edmund A.; Boram, Robert D.; Laubach, Tim; Gerber, Brian L.
Journal of Elementary Science Education, v14 n2 p39-50 Fall 2002
Investigates the relationships between students' free exploration of interactive science museum exhibits, conceptual understandings, and cognitive developmental levels. Classifies participating subjects (n=45), ages 5-13, as preoperational, concrete operational (empirical-inductive), or formal operational (hypothetical-deductive). (Contains 22 references.) (Author/YDS)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Elementary Education, Exhibits, Hands on Science, Informal Education, Misconceptions, Museums, Physical Sciences, Science Education
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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