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ERIC Number: EJ197059
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1979-Feb
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What Children Know Best.
Egan, Kieran
Social Education, v43 n2 p130-34,139 Feb 1979
Suggests that educators will increase learning if they base curriculum on children's thinking patterns. Discusses prominent characteristics of young children's thinking and selection of content appropriate to these thinking patterns. (DB)
Descriptors: Child Development, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Needs, Educational Practices, Elementary Education, Experiential Learning, Knowledge Level, Social Studies
Publication Type: Journal Articles
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Language: English
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