ERIC Number: EJ1348660
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022-May
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In Search of a Better Book for Teaching Science
Hughes, Andrea
Primary Science, n173 p16-18 May 2022
The author relates their involvement in the process of testing a picture storybook to teach science concepts. The project asked: If children were learning through a story where the science content was explicit, would children be able to explain the science in the context of the story and then in real-world contexts? Would the learning become embedded? In this article, the author helps to develop a picture storybook to teach science concepts and compares it with a non-fiction text. To compare learning from the picture book with non-fiction texts, the author compared the effect of reading a non-fiction text with reading the story.
Descriptors: Picture Books, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Scientific Concepts, Learning Processes, Comparative Analysis, Nonfiction, Concept Formation, Childrens Literature, Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries, Animals
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom
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