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Peer reviewedBeveridge, Michael – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 1985
This investigation of the development of young children's concept of evaporation examines their intuitive explanations of real world events involving evaporation. A study of the effects of providing evidence contradicting their explanations and of directing their attention to relevant situational features provides insight into the development of…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Development, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries
