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ERIC Number: EJ285817
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1983-Sep
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Early Adolescence: Minerals and Formal Thought.
Garver, Janice B.
Science and Children, v21 n1 p54-56 Sep 1983
Describes a unit on the physical properties of minerals. The unit, based on the learning-cycle approach, encourages students to move from single to more complex reasoning patterns. Concepts fostered are orderlines, quantification, and replication. (JN)
Descriptors: Concept Teaching, Elementary School Science, Geology, Intermediate Grades, Learning Processes, Science Education, Science Instruction, Units of Study
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Minerals