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- Title
The Development of a Concept of Material Kind.
- Authors
Dickinson, David K.
- Abstract
The article examines the children's conception of material kind. The findings suggests that there are two points of transition during the ages studied between four-year-olds and first grader and between middle elementary-school children and junior high-school children. The changes in responses observed during the school years suggest development in children's concept of material from a perceptually based concept to a more abstract adult-like concept. First and fourth graders consistently used material classifications when appropriate. Part of the task of developing an understanding of materials is learning to interpret the phrase of made of. As children's conception of materials develops, their interpretation of this phrase necessarily shifts. Clearly there is dramatic improvement during the years studied in children's abilities to talk and think about materials.
- Subjects
CHILD development; MATERIALS; CONCEPTS; LEARNING; SCHOOL children; CHILDREN; STUDENTS; COMPREHENSION; RESEARCH
- Publication
Science Education, 1987, Vol 71, Issue 4, p615
- ISSN
0036-8326
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/sce.3730710412