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ERIC Number: EJ157381
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1976
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-4308
Effects of Generating Hunches on Subsequent Search Activity When Learning by Inquiry
Wilson, John T.; Koran, John J.
Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 13, 6, 479-488, Nov 76
Forty-five children, ages nine through eleven, were divided into control group and experimental groups that read or wrote hunches concerning a discrepant event involving sliding blocks. Those who generated hunches were shown to learn more in subsequent inquiry behaviors designed to explain the discrepant event. (MLH)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Inquiry, Instruction, Learning, Problem Solving, Science Education
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Identifiers: Hunches