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Browning, Emma; Hohenstein, Jill – Education 3-13, 2015
This study explores learning about evolution when information is presented in either a narrative or an expository text (ET). Narratives engage the imagination, and consequently may allow children to overcome conceptual constraints that make evolution difficult to comprehend. Participants were 16 Year One, 21 Year Two and 25 Year Three pupils from…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Science Instruction, Imagination, Evolution

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