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ERIC Number: EJ630194
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2001
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0950-0693
Looking for Ideas: Observation, Interpretation and Hypothesis-Making by 12-Year-Old Pupils Undertaking Science Investigations.
Tomkins, Stephen P.; Tunnicliffe, Sue Dale
International Journal of Science Education, v23 n8 p791-813 Aug 2001
Studies English comprehensive secondary school students' interpretation and hypothesis-making while 12 year-old students are observing a bottle ecosystem of brine shrimps without any prior instruction and keeping diaries. Studies students through the task of open-ended diary writing and through small group discussions about the scientific phenomena observed. (Contains 41 references.) (Author/YDS)
Descriptors: Creative Thinking, Diaries, Ecology, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Misconceptions, Observation, Science Education, Science Process Skills, Writing (Composition)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: United Kingdom