Preschooler reasoning on physical phenomena

This work analyzes how preschoolers establish inferences in order to interpret and understand physical phenomena. Based on an epistemological-inferential approach towards representations, we determine which epistemic tools students use to establish their reasoning. The participating children are rur...

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Autores: Flores-Camacho, Fernando, Gallegos-Cázares, Leticia, Calderón-Canales, Elena
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:México
Institución:UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO
Repositorio:Perfiles Educativos
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/61128
Acceso en línea:https://perfileseducativos.unam.mx/iisue_pe/index.php/perfiles/article/view/61128
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Preschool
Reasoning
Representations
Sound
Learning Science
Preescolar
Razonamiento
Representaciones
Sonido
Aprendizaje de las ciencias
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Sumario:This work analyzes how preschoolers establish inferences in order to interpret and understand physical phenomena. Based on an epistemological-inferential approach towards representations, we determine which epistemic tools students use to establish their reasoning. The participating children are rural preschoolers who were interviewed while confronting experimental and daily life sound situations. Our results show a series of epistemic tools constituting a model or functional representation that allows children to engage in coherent and complex reasoning. Our conclusions lead us to convene that science teaching processes should let students experience diverse external representations and activities specifically addressing their reasoning processes.