Children's Cosmographies: Understanding the Earth's Shape and Gravity.

Sneider, Cary; Pulos, Steven

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Children's Cosmographies: Understanding the Earth's Shape and Gravity.

Sneider, Cary; Pulos, Steven

Science Education, v67 n2 p205-21 Apr 1983

Assessed Nussbaum's developmental model (SE 024 045) using a new sample given no special instructions in spherical earth/gravity concepts. Also identified distribution of notions among students (N=159 in grades three to eight), compared distribution of notions at each age level with those in other studies, and explored role of individual differences in concept attainment. (JN)

Descriptors: Comprehension, Concept Formation, Earth Science, Elementary School Science, Elementary Secondary Education, Gravity (Physics), Individual Differences, Learning Theories, Science Education, Scientific Concepts, Secondary School Science, Student Characteristics

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