Learning in the Choice Environment. Advancing Education Through Science-Oriented Programs.

Linn, Marcia C.; Thier, Herbert D.

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ERIC Number: ED182157

Record Type: RIE

Publication Date: 1973

Pages: 25

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Learning in the Choice Environment. Advancing Education Through Science-Oriented Programs.

Linn, Marcia C.; Thier, Herbert D.

Reported is a study to investigate the effects of a free-choice program on children's ability to interpret experiments, design simple investigations, and recognize variables that could affect the outcome of observed events. (Author/SA)

Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Decision Making, Educational Research, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Enrichment, Problem Solving, Science Activities, Science Education, Science Experiments

Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Speeches/Meeting Papers

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Language: English

Sponsor: National Science Foundation, Washington, DC.

Authoring Institution: California Univ., Berkeley. Lawrence Hall of Science.

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Note: For related documents, see SE 029 877-881 and SE 029 945-947; Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching (46th, San Francisco, CA, April 1973); Contains occasional light and broken type