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Direct linkBarrutia, Oihana; Ruíz-González, Aritz; Villarroel, José Domingo; Díez, José Ramón – Research in Science Education, 2021
Rainfall is a key process in the water cycle, the most structured scientific knowledge about water movement on Earth. Nevertheless, despite being a common topic covered in school science, it entails several cognitive difficulties for young children. This study uses a pictorial task and semi-opened questions to examine primary (11/12 years old) and…
Descriptors: Water, Earth Science, Scientific Concepts, Concept Formation
Malleus, Elina; Kikas, Eve; Marken, Tiivi – Research in Science Education, 2017
The purpose of this research was to explore children's understandings of everyday, synthetic and scientific concepts to enable a description of how abstract, verbally taught material relates to previous experience-based knowledge and the consistency of understanding about cloud formation. This study examined the conceptual understandings of cloud…
Descriptors: Scientific Concepts, Science Instruction, Kindergarten, Grade 2
Prokop, Pavol; Kubiatko, Milan; Fancovicova – Research in Science Education, 2007
Research into children's ideas showed that children's interpretations of natural phenomena often differ from those of scientists. The aim of our study was to identify children's ideas of various age classes (7/8-14/15) about birds. A questionnaire with 31 multiple choice and open ended questions and eight photographs were administered to 495…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Concept Formation, Misconceptions, Animals
