Explicit versus tacit knowledge in early science education : the case of primary school children's understanding of object speed and acceleration

Children are not blank slates when they begin school; instead, they bring prior conceptions about the everyday world with them. Situations of motion are ubiquitous in everyday life, and because of much interchange with the physical world conceptions are affected from a very early age. Yet prior conc...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hast, Michael
Other Authors: Howe, Christine
Published: University of Cambridge 2011
Subjects:
370
Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.541845