A Child's Forming the Concept of Speed.

Mori, Ichio; And Others

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Publication Date: 1976

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A Child's Forming the Concept of Speed

Mori, Ichio; And Others

Science Education, 60, 4, 521-529, Oct-Dec 76

Sixty-one Japanese kindergarten children were pretested on their concept of speed; approximately half of the children (experimental group) were then given a demonstration of visual speed, and the entire group was posttested. Concludes that the experimental group could acquire the concept of speed significantly better than the control group. (MLH)

Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Educational Research, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Instruction, Learning Processes, Learning Theories, Science Education, Velocity

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