Young children’s impressionable use of teleology: the influence of question wording and questioned topic on teleological explanations for natural phenomena

Halls, Jonathan; Ainsworth, Shaaron E.; Oliver, Mary

doi:10.1080/09500693.2018.1451008

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Mapping out the landscape of literature on assessment in engineering education (2021)
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Over recent decades, literature on assessment in higher education has intensified generating a wealth of frameworks to inform practice. Generic frameworks for assessment practice are sometimes perceived as missing subject-specific considerations. Thi... Read More about Mapping out the landscape of literature on assessment in engineering education.

Using dialogic interventions to decrease children’s use of inappropriate teleological explanations (2021)
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A belief in teleology is often suggested to be a barrier in children’s science education. Many studies have catalogued children’s use of teleological explanations, but fewer have developed approaches to tackle children’s use in scientific contexts. T... Read More about Using dialogic interventions to decrease children’s use of inappropriate teleological explanations.

The impact of peer assessment on mathematics students' understanding of marking criteria and their ability to self- regulate learning (2019)
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At the University of Nottingham peer-assessment was piloted with the objective of assisting students to gain greater understanding of marking criteria so that students may improve their comprehension of, and solutions to, future mathematical tasks. T... Read More about The impact of peer assessment on mathematics students' understanding of marking criteria and their ability to self- regulate learning.

Young children’s impressionable use of teleology: the influence of question wording and questioned topic on teleological explanations for natural phenomena (2018)
Journal Article

There is a significant body of research on children's preconceptions concerning scientific concepts and the impact this has upon their science education. One active issue concerns the extent to which young children's explanations for the existence of... Read More about Young children’s impressionable use of teleology: the influence of question wording and questioned topic on teleological explanations for natural phenomena.