You Are Teaching Grade 4 Science to a Group of 9-

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Essay

You are teaching Grade 4 science to a group of 9- and 10-year-old students.What can you expect from them with regards to the scientific method,and are there things that you,as the teacher,can do to help your students improve their scientific reasoning?

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Definitions:

Salient

Being most noticeable or important; prominently standing out.

Stimuli

Environmental factors or changes that elicit a response from an organism or part of the body.

Learning Theorists

Scholars and researchers who study and develop theories about how people learn, often focusing on the processes of acquiring, modifying, or responding to information and behavior.

Antecedent

An event, condition, or cause that logically comes before another event, condition, or effect.