Facilitating Inductive Reasoning in the Elementary Classroom: A Novel Approach

Authors

Gregory Stefanich, University of Northern IowaFollow

Document Type

Article

Abstract

Educational experiences often tend to leave children with the feeling that there is only one pathway to success. At an early age children are taught to perceive in a way consistent with an adult viewpoint. This is accomplished through repetitive conditioning during which children are taught that an adult, who possesses authority, perceives correctly. As a result, children begin to think in "acceptable" traditional modes and base their behavior on the standards and expectations of others.

Publication Date

September 1978

Journal Title

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Volume

15

Issue

2

First Page

17

Last Page

21

Copyright

© Copyright 1978 by the Iowa Academy of Science

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

Recommended Citation

Stefanich, Gregory (1978) "Facilitating Inductive Reasoning in the Elementary Classroom: A Novel Approach," Iowa Science Teachers Journal: Vol. 15: No. 2, Article 15.
Available at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/istj/vol15/iss2/15