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Villarroel, José Domingo; Ros, Iker – International Education Studies, 2013
This study examines the conceptual understanding of the mechanisms of rainwater among elementary educational level children by means of two different experimental procedures: a semi-open questionnaire and drawings. The sample study comes from four different schools located in The Basque Autonomous Community (Spain) and is comprised of 124 children…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Student Attitudes, Childhood Attitudes
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Brooks, Margaret – International Journal of Science Education, 2009
It is in the visualisation of ideas, and the expression or representation of our ideas, that we can bring something more clearly into consciousness. A drawing might be seen as an externalisation of a concept or idea. Drawing has the potential to play a mediating role in the visualisation of ideas and concepts in relation to young children…
Descriptors: Young Children, Scientific Concepts, Visualization, Freehand Drawing
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Nelson, P. Laverne; Martin, Sue S.; Baldwin, Vernoice G. – Studies in Art Education, 1998
Investigates relationships between drawing skills of children ages four to eight and their ability to identify materials. Regression of measures of aesthetic drawing, developmental drawing, design making, symbol creation, and developed schemata found a positive correlation between total drawing scores and material identification scores; age…
Descriptors: Art Education, Art Expression, Child Development, Childrens Art