Lions and tigers and bears, oh my! children's conceptions of forests and their inhabitants Export

@article{citeulike:4155453, abstract = {Forty first-grade children, drawn from urban areas in Nebraska and New Jersey, were asked to produce drawings of forests and were interviewed about forests and the types of living things found in them. Results indicate that the children's concepts of animals and where they live are quite diverse, but highly concrete and unorganized. Although children correctly assigned most forest-dwellers to the forest (deer and squirrels, for example), they also tended to assign almost all other animals (elephants, sharks, etc.) to the forest as well, especially carnivores. A general lack of awareness of plant life, insects, water resources, and other forest features was also observed.}, address = {Interactive Technologies, Children's Television Workshop, One Lincoln Plaza, New York, New York 10023}, author = {Strommen, Erik}, citeulike-article-id = {4155453}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/tea.3660320704}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/112759528/ABSTRACT}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.playfulefforts.com/archives/papers/JRST-1995.pdf}, doi = {10.1002/tea.3660320704}, journal = {Journal of Research in Science Teaching}, keywords = {children, conceptions, ecology, scientific-concepts, scientific-knowledge}, number = {7}, pages = {683--698}, posted-at = {2009-08-10 18:34:07}, priority = {2}, title = {Lions and tigers and bears, oh my! children's conceptions of forests and their inhabitants}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/tea.3660320704}, volume = {32}, year = {1995} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:4155453 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4155453 N2 - Forty first-grade children, drawn from urban areas in Nebraska and New Jersey, were asked to produce drawings of forests and were interviewed about forests and the types of living things found in them. Results indicate that the children's concepts of animals and where they live are quite diverse, but highly concrete and unorganized. Although children correctly assigned most forest-dwellers to the forest (deer and squirrels, for example), they also tended to assign almost all other animals (elephants, sharks, etc.) to the forest as well, especially carnivores. A general lack of awareness of plant life, insects, water resources, and other forest features was also observed. IS - 7 JF - Journal of Research in Science Teaching AD - Interactive Technologies, Children's Television Workshop, One Lincoln Plaza, New York, New York 10023 EP - 698 TI - Lions and tigers and bears, oh my! children's conceptions of forests and their inhabitants VL - 32 SP - 683 KW - children KW - conceptions KW - ecology KW - scientific-concepts KW - scientific-knowledge AU - Strommen, Erik PY - 1995/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/tea.3660320704 ER -