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ID no. (ISBN etc.): 00071269
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Clé de citation BibTeX: Nobes2007
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Nobes, G., & Panagiotaki, G. (2007). Adults' representations of the earth: Implications for children's acquisition of scientific concepts. British Journal of Psychology, 98(4), pp. 645–665.
Ajoutée par: Lynda Taabane 2009-10-16 18:57:25
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Résumé
When children are asked to draw the Earth they often produce intriguing pictures in which, for example, people seem to be standing on a flat disc or inside a hollow sphere. These drawings, and children's answers to questions, have been interpreted as indicating that children construct naïve, theory-like mental models of the Earth (e.g. Vosniadou & Brewer, 1992). However, recent studies using different methods have found little or no evidence of these mental models, and report that many young children have some scientific knowledge of the Earth. To examine the reasons for these contrasting findings, adults (N = 350) were given the drawing task previously given to 5-year-old children. Fewer than half of the adults' pictures were scientific, and 15% were identical to children's 'naïve' drawings. Up to half of the answers to questions (e.g. 'Where do people live?') were non-scientific. Open-ended questions and follow-up interviews revealed that non-scientific responses were given because
Ajoutée par: Lynda Taabane
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