Young Children's Construction of Physical Knowledge on Swings in the Outdoor Play Environment
Description:
This investigation examined the development of young children's behaviors on swings in the outdoor play environment and their emerging understanding of the physics principles associated with those behaviors. The children's language interactions were also examined in an effort to determine the relationship between language and cognitive development in their construction of physical knowledge. The procedures involved observing the children's behaviors and collecting samples of their spontaneous l…
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Date:
December 1993
Creator:
Fox, Jill Englebright