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ERIC Number: EJ557514
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-4308
Third and Fourth Graders' Conceptions of Repeated Trials and Best Representatives in Science Experiments.
Varelas, Maria
Journal of Research in Science Teaching, v34 n9 p853-72 Nov 1997
Explores how third- and fourth-grade children (N=24) make sense of a scientific procedure introduced to them which they had used before in their own experimental inquires. Findings provide a picture of the complexity of understandings in this simple process. Contains 42 references. (DDR)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Elementary Education, Grade 3, Grade 4, Hands on Science, Inquiry, Science Activities, Scientific Research
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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