Work

Educational Interventions to Advance Children’s Scientific Thinking

Year: 2011

Type: review

Abstract: The goal of science education interventions is to nurture, enrich, and sustain children's natural and spontaneous interest in scientific knowledge and procedures. We present taxonomy for classifying different types of research on scientific thinking from the perspective of cognitive development and associated attempts to teach science. We summarize the literature on the early--unschooled--development of scientific thinking, and then focus on recent research on how best to teach science to children from preschool to middle school. We summarize some of the current disagreements in the field of science education and offer some suggestions on ways to continue to advance the science of science instruction.

Source: Science

DOI: 10.1126/science.1204528

Authors: David Klahr, Corinne Zimmerman, Jamie Jirout

Institutions: Carnegie Mellon University, Illinois State University

Language: English

Topic: Science Education and Pedagogy

Subfield: Education

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Quality education

Open Access status: green

Funder: Institute of Education Sciences