Teaching Children to Control Variables: Investigation of a Free-Choice Environment.

Linn, Marcia C.; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ162962

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Publication Date: 1977

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Teaching Children to Control Variables: Investigation of a Free-Choice Environment

Linn, Marcia C.; And Others

Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 14, 3, 249-255, May 77

Investigated were children's reactions when allowed to choose their own apparatus and perform experiments with appropriate directions available. Few students invented their own experiments; most followed the available printed instructions. (SL)

Descriptors: Educational Research, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Instruction, Science Activities, Science Education, Student Attitudes, Student Behavior

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