Bridging Research and Practice: A Cognitively Based Classroom Intervention for Teaching Experimentation Skills to Elementary School Children.

Toth, Eva Erdosne; Klahr, David; Chen, Zhe

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ERIC Number: EJ626915

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 2000

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Bridging Research and Practice: A Cognitively Based Classroom Intervention for Teaching Experimentation Skills to Elementary School Children.

Toth, Eva Erdosne; Klahr, David; Chen, Zhe

Cognition and Instruction, v18 n4 p423-59 2000

Developed and tested a cognitive theory-based intervention teaching a procedure for designing simple controlled experiments to fourth graders. Found that the intervention produced significant gains in students' ability to create controlled experiments, provide valid justifications for their experiments, and evaluate experiments designed by others. (JPB)

Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Educational Research, Educational Theories, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Elementary School Students, Grade 4, Intervention, Science Experiments, Science Instruction, Science Process Skills, Scientific Concepts, Theory Practice Relationship

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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