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Teaching Science for Understanding: Implications of Spontaneous Conceptions and the History of Science.
MacDonald, Dougal – 1989
This study explored the usefulness of an approach to science instruction which specifically considered children's spontaneous conceptions about natural phenomena. The aim of the instruction was the development of conceptual understanding. The instructional approach involved diagnosing children's spontaneous conceptions, making them aware of their…
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Concept Formation, Elementary School Science, Foreign Countries
Science: Grade 4. Interim Guide.
Manitoba Dept. of Education and Training, Winnipeg. – 1991
This guide is one of a set of 10 science guides, each covering a separate grade in Manitoba, together covering kindergarten through grade 9. The guides have been designed to provide a framework for building scientific concepts and developing the learning of process skills. They replace an earlier set of guides dated 1979. Each guide is essentially…
Descriptors: Acoustics, Classroom Environment, Curriculum Guides, Earth Science
Science: Grade 5. Interim Guide.
Manitoba Dept. of Education and Training, Winnipeg. – 1991
This guide is one of a set of 10 science guides, each covering a separate grade in Manitoba, together covering kindergarten through grade 9. The guides have been designed to provide a framework for building scientific concepts and developing the learning of process skills. They replace an earlier set of guides dated 1979. Each guide is essentially…
Descriptors: Chemical Reactions, Classroom Environment, Curriculum Guides, Earth Science
Science: Grade 6. Interim Guide.
Manitoba Dept. of Education and Training, Winnipeg. – 1991
This guide is one of a set of 10 science guides, each covering a separate grade in Manitoba, together covering kindergarten through grade 9. The guides have been designed to provide a framework for building scientific concepts and developing the learning of process skills. They replace an earlier set of guides dated 1979. Each guide is essentially…
Descriptors: Astronomy, Classroom Environment, Curriculum Guides, Earth Science