Reassessment of Developmental Constraints on Children's Science Instruction.

Metz, Kathleen E.

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ERIC Number: EJ511030

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Publication Date: 1995

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Reassessment of Developmental Constraints on Children's Science Instruction.

Metz, Kathleen E.

Review of Educational Research, v65 n2 p93-127 Sum 1995

Developmental assumptions that are frequently regarded as constraints on elementary school science curricula are analyzed. The argument that elementary school children cannot function as experimentalists because they have not yet attained formal operational thought is not supported by the Piagetian or non-Piagetian research reviewed. (SLD)

Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Development, Elementary School Science, Elementary School Students, Experiments, Formal Operations, Intellectual Development, Piagetian Theory, Science Curriculum, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods

Publication Type: Information Analyses; Reports - Evaluative; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Note: Supported in part by Research Grant No. 9255398 from the National Science Foundation.