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Teaching for Understanding in Primary Science.
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Newton, Lynn D. – Evaluation & Research in Education, 2001
Discusses what counts as understanding in primary school science (elementary school science) in the context of the United Kingdom's National Curriculum Order for Science. Considers the problems elementary school teachers face in pressing for understanding and suggests some ways to encourage teachers and enable them to support the construction of…
Descriptors: British National Curriculum, Comprehension, Elementary Education, Science Instruction
Encouraging Historical Understanding in the Primary Classroom.
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Newton, Lynn D. – Evaluation & Research in Education, 2001
Discusses what counts as understanding in history at the elementary school (British primary school) level and describes some strategies that have been shown by research to be effective in supporting the construction of historical understanding. Identifies implications for teachers' practices. (SLD)
Descriptors: British National Curriculum, Comprehension, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students