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ERIC Number: EJ222451
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1980-Apr
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Free-Choice Experiences: How Do They Help Children Learn?
Linn, Marcia C.
Science Education, v64 n2 p237-48 Apr 1980
Compares the effectiveness of interactive free choice learning experiences to and combined with the lecture-demonstration approach in teaching sixth-grade children (N=50) to criticize and control experiments. Results contradict Piagetian theory regarding the importance of interactive experiences and exposure to materials in fostering these abilities. (CS)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Discovery Learning, Educational Research, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Grade 6, Lecture Method, Nontraditional Education, Open Education, Science Education
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Piaget (Jean)