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Alternative Conceptions about Micro-Organisms Are Influenced by Experiences with Disease in Children
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Direct linkProkop, Pavol; Fancovicová, Jana; Krajcovicová, Adriána – Journal of Biological Education, 2016
Children's ideas concerning natural phenomena often differ from those of scientists, and these ideas are termed as alternative conceptions. The prevalence of alternative conceptions is highest among young children who possess less experience with the natural world as compared with adults. Children's ideas about micro-organisms are of special…
Descriptors: Misconceptions, Experience, Diseases, Scientific Concepts
Jeong, Hye In; Kim, Yeolib – Interactive Learning Environments, 2017
This study investigated kindergarten teachers' decision-making process regarding the acceptance of computer technology. We incorporated the Technology Acceptance Model framework, in addition to computer self-efficacy, subjective norm, and personal innovativeness in education technology as external variables. The data were obtained from 160…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Technological Literacy, Self Efficacy, Guidelines
Hovsepian, Alice – First Language, 2018
Four-year-old (n = 20) and five-year-old (n = 22) bilingual children were tested twice in six months on Armenian (minority language) and English (majority language) picture identification and picture naming tasks to examine receptive and expressive vocabulary growth in both languages. Parental education, Armenian/English language exposure, and…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Predictor Variables, Bilingualism, Language Minorities
Winsler, Adam; Kim, Yoon Kyong; Richard, Erin R. – Developmental Psychology, 2014
This article analyzes the role that individual differences in children's cognitive, Spanish competence, and socio-emotional and behavioral skills play in predicting the concurrent and longitudinal acquisition of English among a large sample of ethnically diverse, low-income, Hispanic preschool children. Participants assessed at age 4 for language,…
Descriptors: Individual Differences, Cognitive Ability, Spanish Speaking, Language Skills
