2011
DOI: 10.1007/s11618-011-0240-1
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A model for analyzing scientific literacy in pre-school children

Abstract: Zusammenfassung: Frühkindlichen Bildungsprozessen wird seit einiger Zeit große Bedeutung beigemessen. Dabei wird auch das naturwissenschaftliche lernen in den Blick genommen. Für das Vorschulalter liegen bislang jedoch kaum Untersuchungen zur naturwissenschaftlichen Kompetenz und ihrer Förderung vor. im vorliegenden Beitrag wird die entwicklung und Validierung eines Testinstruments zur erfassung von naturwissenschaftlicher Kompetenz bei fünfjährigen Kindern vorgestellt. Thematisch konzentriert sich der Test au… Show more

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“…To address these questions, we measured children's scientific thinking and their science content knowledge at two measurement points (at the beginning and at end of the last year of kindergarten), and we used correlational and regression analyses to investigate the associations between the constructs. For testing science content knowledge, we chose the concept of melting and evaporation which has been widely investigated and for which basic competencies were found in preschool (Carstensen et al 2011;Steffensky et al 2012).…”
Section: The Present Studymentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…To address these questions, we measured children's scientific thinking and their science content knowledge at two measurement points (at the beginning and at end of the last year of kindergarten), and we used correlational and regression analyses to investigate the associations between the constructs. For testing science content knowledge, we chose the concept of melting and evaporation which has been widely investigated and for which basic competencies were found in preschool (Carstensen et al 2011;Steffensky et al 2012).…”
Section: The Present Studymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Science content knowledge was measured with 18 items that assessed children's understanding of melting and evaporation. These items were adapted from the SnAKe project (Carstensen et al 2011;Steffensky et al 2012) to match the format of the scientific-thinking inventory (i.e., each item was visually displayed and three answer options were given, again resulting in chance of correct responding of 33.3%). One of the science content knowledge test items, for instance, asked the children to select an answer on how one can find out whether a gummi bear melts: (a) you put it onto a warm radiator (correct), (b) you put it into cold water, or (c) you put it into a dark room.…”
Section: Science Content Knowledge (Melting and Evaporation)mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…(2009) zeigen, dass die im Rahmen des Science Learning Assessments entwickelten prozess-und konzeptbezogenen Komponenten empirisch trennbar sind . Darüber hinaus liegen auch Analysen im Rahmen eher explorativer Item-Entwicklungen vor, in denen sich die prozess-und konzeptbezogenen Komponenten als nicht trennbar erwiesen (Carstensen et al ., 2011;Hahn et al ., 2013) . (Eccles, Adler, Futterman, Goff, Kaczala, Meece & Midgley, 1983;Wigfield, Eccles, Yoon, Harold, Arbreton, Freedman-Doan & Blumenfeld, 1997) .…”
Section: Naturwissenschaftliche Kompetenzen Jüngerer Kinderunclassified
“…In the domain of inanimate nature, mention can be made here of a test developed within the framework of the SNaKE project with which terms and concepts in the domain of aggregate states and solutions can be measured (see Table 1, Carstensen, Lankes, & Steffensky, 2011;Steffensky, Lankes, Carstensen, & Nölke, 2012). Moreover, the test comprises several items with which selected aspects of the ways of thinking and working (observing/measuring and [systematically] comparing) can be measured that are related to the said content-specific aspects.…”
Section: Measurementmentioning
confidence: 99%