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ERIC Number: EJ536639
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-1090-185X
Children's Understandings of Science: Goldilocks and the Three Bears Revisited.
McClelland, Amy Kennard; Krockover, Gerald H.
Journal of Elementary Science Education, v8 n2 p32-65 Fall 1996
Examines whether first-grade students adopted misconceptions about temperature from the story "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" and whether they could make conceptual changes when presented with activities that challenged the misconceptions. Results indicate that students adopted misconceptions embedded in the story but made conceptual changes after experiencing lessons that challenged their misconceptions. Contains 41 references. (Author/JRH)
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Elementary Education, Grade 1, Heat, Misconceptions, Science Activities, Science Instruction, Temperature
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Conceptual Change