Children's Astronomy. Development of the Shape of the Earth Concept in Polish Children between 5 and 10 Years of Age

Autor/in	Jelinek, Jan Amos
Titel	Children's Astronomy. Development of the Shape of the Earth Concept in Polish Children between 5 and 10 Years of Age
Quelle	In: Education Sciences, 11 (2021), Artikel 75 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2227-7102
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Young Children; Schemata (Cognition); Earth Science; Astronomy; Science Tests; Problem Solving; Scientific Concepts; Concept Formation; Poland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Frühe Kindheit; Cognition; Schema; Kognition; Earth sciences; Geowissenschaften; Astronomie; Problemlösen; Concept learning; Begriffsbildung; Polen
Abstract	The Earth's shape concept develops as consecutive cognitive problems (e.g., the location of people and trees on the spherical Earth) are gradually resolved. Establishing the order of problem solving may be important for the organisation of teaching situations. This study attempted to determine the sequence of problems to be resolved based on tasks included in the EARTH2 test. The study covered a group of 444 children between 5 and 10 years of age. It captured the order in which children solve cognitive problems on the way to constructing a science-like concept. The test results were compared with previous studies. The importance of cultural influences connected to significant differences (24%) in test results was emphasised. Attention was drawn to the problem of the consistency of the mental model approach highlighted in the literature. The analysis of the individual sets of answers provided a high level of consistency of indications referring to the same model (36%), emphasising the importance of the concept of mental models. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01