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Direct linkWard, Hellen – Primary Science, 2011
Many scientists have been fascinated by how the brain works, but much of what is known about the brain has been discovered within the last twenty years. In this article, the author explores how thinking and using one's mind are essential to understanding. She contends that children need to be in control of their learning; the adult's role is to…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Brain, Science Instruction, Elementary School Science
Sharp, John G.; Kuerbis, Paul – Science Education, 2006
Findings from a quasi-experimental study of children's ideas about the solar system and how these ideas changed in response to a 10-week intervention period of formal astronomy teaching at a single primary school in England are presented in detail. Initial interviews with all of the 9- to 11-year-olds involved revealed a relatively poorly…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Prior Learning, Intervention, Student Attitudes
