Children's Ideas in Science (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780335150403)

Children arrive in their science classrooms with their own ideas and interpretations of the phenomena they are to study even when they have received no systematic instruction in these subjects whatsoever. These ideas and interpretations are a natural result of everyday experience - of practical physical activities, of talking with other people, and of the media.
This book documents and explores the ideas of school students (aged 10-16) about a range of natural phenomena such as light, heat, force and motion, the structure of matter and electricity. It also examines how students' conceptions change and develop with teaching.
The editors have brought together science educators who come from different parts of the work but whose work is focused on the same determination to bring insight into the conceptual world of children in science classrooms - insight which will be helpful in making science teaching and learning more rewarding for teachers and children alike.

Author: Rosalind Driver, Driver Rosalind
ISBN-10: 0335150403
ISBN-13: 9780335150403
Publisher: Open University Press
Language: English
Published: 06/01/1985
Pages: 222
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.95w x 0.71d