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US and Turkish Preschoolers' Observational Knowledge of Astronomy
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Saçkes, Mesut; Smith, Mandy McCormick; Trundle, Kathy Cabe – International Journal of Science Education, 2016
The purpose of this cross-cultural study was to describe and compare US and Turkish children's observational knowledge of the day and night cycle and to identify similarities predicted by framework theory. Fifty-six (27 US and 29 Turkish) young children (ages 48-60 months) participated in the study. Semi-structured interviews were individually…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Children, Astronomy, Observational Learning