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Tunnicliffe, Sue Dale – 2000
A visit to the natural history museum is part of many pupils' educational program. One way of investigating what children learn about animals is to examine the mental models they reveal through their talk when they come face to face with animal representations. In this study, representations were provided by: (1) robotic models in a museum; (2)…
Descriptors: Animals, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Models
Download full textTunnicliffe, Sue Dale; Reiss, Michael J. – 1999
This study examines what children learn about animals. The mental models that children reveal through their talk when they are faced with several different types of representations are reviewed. These representations are provided by robotic models in a museum, preserved animals in a museum, and preserved animals borrowed from a museum and…
Descriptors: Animals, Concept Formation, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries
