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Direct linkBrowning, 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
Strouse, Gabrielle A.; Ganea, Patricia A. – Early Education and Development, 2016
Research Findings: Prior research indicates that shared book reading is an effective method for teaching biological concepts to young children. Adult questioning during reading enhances children's comprehension. We investigated whether adult prompting during the reading of an electronic book enhanced children's understanding of a biological…
Descriptors: Books, Electronic Publishing, Teaching Methods, Preschool Children
Peer reviewedColeman, Elaine B.; Rivkin, Inna D.; Brown, Ann L. – Journal of the Learning Sciences, 1997
Explores the influence of offering different instructions to undergraduate students prior to their learning an expository text on evolutionary biology. Participants were asked to either explain, summarize, or listen to another's explanation. Overall, explainers outperformed summarizers. Moreover, the teach-through-explanation condition had the…
Descriptors: Biology, Books, Elementary Secondary Education, Evolution
