The axes of a precursor model for electricity in the thinking of 5–6-year-old children

• Konstantinos Ravanis ^[1] ; George Kaliampos ^[2] ; Danai Arnantonaki ^[4] ; Panagiotis Pantidos ^[3]
  1. [1] University of Patras

     University of Patras

     Dimos Patras, Grecia

     
  2. [2] University of Nicosia

     University of Nicosia

     Chipre

     
  3. [3] National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

     National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

     Dimos Athens, Grecia

     
  4. [4] Brest University

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• Localización: Precursor models for teaching and learning science during Early Childhood / coord. por Jean Marie Boilevin, Konstantinos Ravanis, Atice Delserieys, 2022, ISBN 9783031081583, págs. 155-168
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The present study depicts synthetically the results of two studies on mental representations of children aged 5–6 years on the wider field of electricity; that is children’s ideas about the construction of an electric circuit, the main components of the circuit and their role, as well as the electrical appliances and their function. The data are illuminated in a new perspective of detecting the ability of children to construct a precursor model for elementary electricity. From the analysis of children’s thinking it seems that this is plausible and thus the main axes of such a precursor model are presented.