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The influence of primary children's ideas in science on teaching practice

Creator:

Dickinson, Valarie L.

Abstract:

A large body of research has examined how children enter the science classroom with previously formed ideas about the content they will learn. These ideas influence how the child interprets instruction. This study reversed the investigative focus by exploring how children's ideas in science influence teaching. Specifically, the study examined...

Resource Type:

Dissertation
Voices from the coast : drawing on family funds of knowledge to build ocean literacy and home school partnerships

Creator:

Roebber, Susan Merwin

Abstract:

In this qualitative study, ethnographic methods were used to identify parent funds of knowledge related to ocean literacy in a rural, coastal context. Participants included 16 parents of students in the teacher-researcher's third-grade classroom. Interactions between parent-child, parent-parent, and parent and the teacher-researcher were studied in order to determine factors...

Resource Type:

Dissertation

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family night, and (3) exploration of the interactions that occurred through study activities