Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ620540
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2000
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ISSN: ISSN-0036-8148
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Students' Ideas about Animals: Results from a National Study.
Barman, Charles R.; Barman, Natalie S.; Cox, Mary Lou; Newhouse, Kay Berglund; Goldston, M. Jenice
Science and Children, v38 n1 p42-47 Sep 2000
Explains a study that assesses students' ideas about animals. Evaluates textbooks and trade books according to the identifications and words they use. Discusses student responses from different grade levels on the classification of animals and identifying what is an animal. Summarizes the results of the study and makes recommendations on the implications to teaching. (YDS)
Descriptors: Animals, Biology, Classification, Elementary Education, Inquiry, Misconceptions, Science Education, Textbooks
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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