Tool Time: Gender and Students' Use of Tools, Control, and Authority.

Jones, M. Gail; Brader-Araje, Laura; Carboni, Lisa Wilson; Carter, Glenda; Rua, Melissa J.; Banilower, Eric; Hatch, Holly

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ERIC Number: EJ615570

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Publication Date: 2000

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Tool Time: Gender and Students' Use of Tools, Control, and Authority.

Jones, M. Gail; Brader-Araje, Laura; Carboni, Lisa Wilson; Carter, Glenda; Rua, Melissa J.; Banilower, Eric; Hatch, Holly

Journal of Research in Science Teaching, v37 n8 p760-83 Oct 2000

Observes 16 students from five elementary science classes to examine how students use tools when constructing new knowledge during science instruction, how control of tools is actualized from pedagogical perspectives, how language and tool accessibility intersect, how gender intersects with tool use, and how competition for resources impacts access to tools. (Contains 45 references.) (Author/YDS)

Descriptors: Concept Formation, Constructivism (Learning), Elementary Education, Ethnicity, Human Geography, Inquiry, Learning Processes, Science Equipment, Science Materials, Scientific Concepts, Sex Differences

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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