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Peer reviewedCauzinille-Marmeche, Evelyne; And Others – Science Education, 1985
Investigated the role of "a priori" ideas in planning experiments and data processing leading to inferences. Thirty-one students (ages 11-13) observed a "combustion/candle in a closed container" experiment and were asked to interpret sets of measurements. Findings, among others, show that children preferentially experiment on…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Structures, Comprehension, Elementary Education
