%0 Journal Article
%T Preschool science learning: The construction of representations and explanations about color, shadows, light and images
%A LETICIA GALLEGOS-C¨¢ZARES
%A FERNANDO FLORES-CAMACHO
%A ELENA CALDER¨®N-CANALES
%J Review of Science, Mathematics and ICT Education
%D 2009
%I Metaichmio Publications
%X The present work shows the construction that preschool students can make about conceptions of color, light, formation of shadows and images in a plane mirror, with the application of a didactic proposal (EduCienPre) in which didactic sequences and materials are developed and which can be introduced to a classroom under normal conditions. The characteristics of the didactic proposal are described and preschoolers conceptual constructions are analyzed as a function of their explanations and representations. Analysis of children¡¯s actions in diverse physical situations offers deeper elements for understanding the construction of representations and scientific notions which could be reflected in a more adequate teaching of the sciences for small children.
%K Explanations construction
%K teaching
%K sciences
%K preschool
%U http://www.ecedu.upatras.gr/review/papers/3_1/3_3.pdf