DWELLS@G.BBN.COM (Dori Wells) (06/15/88)
Date: Tue, 14 Jun 88 08:51 EDT
From: Dori Wells <DWELLS@G.BBN.COM>
Subject: Lang. & Cognition Seminar
To: ai-folks@G.BBN.COM
BBN Science Development Program
Language & Cognition Seminar Series
CHILDREN'S REORGANIZATION OF KNOWLEDGE
IN THE DOMAIN OF ASTRONOMY
Stella Vosniaoov
University of Illinois
BBN Laboratories Inc.
10 Moulton Street
Large Conference Room, 2nd Floor
10:30 a.m., Wednesday, June 15, 1988
Abstract: Some preliminary findings from an ongoing project on children's
acquisition of knowledge in the domain of astronomy will be presented.
The findings indicate that elementary school children's early beliefs
are consistent with their phenomenal explanation of a stationary flat
earth and an up and down movement of the sun and moon. These beliefs
appear to be quite resistant to change and rise to a number of
misconceptions which reveal children's difficulty to assimilate
current scientific views.
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