Passkeys to Learning Science in the Elementary Schools: The Data and Language of Science.

Marek, Edmund A; Cavallo, Ann M. L.

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ERIC Number: EJ504030

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1995

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Passkeys to Learning Science in the Elementary Schools: The Data and Language of Science.

Marek, Edmund A; Cavallo, Ann M. L.

Journal of Elementary Science Education, v7 n1 p1-15 Win 1995

Examines teachers' differing uses of student-gathered data during science investigations. The results show that student language use and concept understanding differed between two different instructional approaches. Suggestions are provided for using student-gathered data in teaching elementary school science. (LZ)

Descriptors: Concept Formation, Data Processing, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Science Achievement, Science Activities, Science Education, Science Instruction, Scientific Concepts, Teaching Methods, Vocabulary Development

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Audience: Teachers; Researchers; Practitioners

Language: English

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