The effect of experimental activities on science learning by elementary school children

In this paper we present a reflection on the elementary school science laboratory. Contrary to what happen in other countries, laboratory teaching is not a common practice amongst elementary school science teachers in Portugal. This paper intends to question this fact. It's a reflection resulti...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: M. Goreti Matos, Jorge Valadares
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul 2001-05-01
Series:Investigações em Ensino de Ciências
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Online Access:http://www.if.ufrgs.br/ienci/artigos/Artigo_ID75/v6_n2_a2001.pdf