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Direct linkBascandziev, Igor; Harris, Paul L. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2011
Young children seem to operate under the assumption that objects always fall in a straight vertical line. When asked to search for a ball dropped down an S-shaped opaque tube, they repeatedly search directly below. Hood proposed that children have difficulty in inhibiting their prepotent expectation that objects fall in a straight line (Hood,…
Descriptors: Inhibition, Young Children, Physics, Scientific Concepts
Peer reviewedHeath, Phillip A.; Heath, Pearl – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1982
Investigated effects of limited oral/physical teacher intervention on object manipulation by preschool/early elementary children (N=70). Experimental students had magnets placed in their hands and were orally invited to explore. Results indicated differences between experimental/control groups in time spent with objects, number of activities…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Elementary School Science, Kindergarten Children, Object Manipulation
