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Peer reviewedMastropieri, Margo A.; Scruggs, Thomas E.; Boon, Richard; Carter, Karen Butcher – Remedial and Special Education, 2001
A study involving 75 elementary students, 51 with high-incidence disabilities, investigated variables associated with learning in an inquiry-oriented approach to the study of density and buoyancy. Preconceptions, scientific predictions, and academic achievement measures were not predictive of task performance. However, grade level and IQ were…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Discovery Learning, Elementary Education, Inquiry
