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Peer reviewedNewton, Douglas P.; Newton, Lynn D. – Educational Studies, 1999
Examines aspects of 10-year-old children's conceptions of understanding. Analyzes to what extent they (1) recognize understanding as a cohesive whole, (2) know when a descriptive understanding versus a causal understanding is expected, and (3) can distinguish between the types of causal understanding in science and history. Includes references and…
Descriptors: Children, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Structures, Elementary Education
