The Growth of Scientific Understanding, 1978-1979 (doi:10.7910/DVN/THNGYQ)

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The Growth of Scientific Understanding, 1978-1979

doi:10.7910/DVN/THNGYQ

Harvard Dataverse

2007-11-28

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Selman, Robert L., 1981, "The Growth of Scientific Understanding, 1978-1979", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/THNGYQ, Harvard Dataverse, V2, UNF:3:W3l3Q3A4/Xx1eMxFgssg4w== [fileUNF]

The Growth of Scientific Understanding, 1978-1979

doi:10.7910/DVN/THNGYQ

00590

Selman, Robert L.

Harvard Dataverse

Murray Research Archive

1981

https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/THNGYQ

Social Sciences

mra murraydata, 101-500, female, male, 0-5, 6-12, 13-17, White, working, middle, 1, yes, Special aspects of education

This data set consists of three studies designed to explore the substance and method of cognitive learning about scientific facts and theories within a cognitive developmental framework. <br /><br /> Study I was designed to assess children's understanding of four science concepts (electromagnetism, gravity/falling objects, chemical bonding, and biology) at different points along the age/experience continuum. The child was asked to predict the results of an experiment and explain the reasons for his/her prediction. After the experiment was conducted, the child was asked to describe and explain the results. The subjects, five boys and five girls, were selected by their teachers from the first, third, fifth, seventh, and ninth grades, representing a range from average to bright in science-related activities. <br /><br /> Study II aimed to assess the consistency of levels of scientific understanding and the relationship between developing science concepts and logical reasoning skills. In addition to the electromagnetism and gravity interviews, children were given a measure of class inclusion (Inhelder &amp; Piaget, 1969) and a measure of substance and weight conservation (Inhelder &amp; Piaget, 1958). Participants were 15 preschoolers, 30 kindergartners and 60 first graders.<br /><br /> Study III examined developmental patterns in how children progress in science understanding. Participants received a battery of pre- and post-tests including concrete operational tasks, a formal operational task, and two science problem interviews. Three groups of 10 students in the first, third, and fifth grades took part in an experimental 12-session extracurricular science enrichment program. Similar control groups at each of these grades were selected from the same volunteer pool. Each experimental child also received a series of debriefing interviews immediately following each laboratory session probing the child's understanding of the energy experiment presented. <br /><br /> The Murray Archive holds additional analog materials for studies I, II, and III (transcripts of science problem interviews from Studies I and II, and transcripts of the Study III debriefing sessions). Numeric data is only available for Study II. If you would like to access this material, please apply to use the data.

1970-1980

1978-1979

United States

individuals

cross-sectional, field study

quota sample

interviews, psychological tests

Henry A. Murray Research Archive, Institute for Quantitative Social Sciences, Harvard University

Available

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<div style="padding-left: 30px;"> <ul style="list-style-type: decimal;" ><li> The Murray Archive (the Distributor) has granted me a revocable license to use this dataset solely for the purposes of conducting research, and the Distributor may terminate this license at any time and for any reason. </li> <li> I will use the dataset solely for statistical analysis and reporting of aggregated information, and not for investigation of specific individuals or organizations, except when identification i s authorized in writing by the Distributor. </li> <li>I will produce no links among the Distributor’s datasets or among the Distributor’s data and other datasets that could identify individuals or organizations. </li> <li>I represent that neither I, nor anyone I know, has any prior knowledge of the possible identities of any study participants in any dataset that I am being licensed to use. </li> <li> I will not knowingly divulge any information that could be used to identify individual part icipants in the study, nor will I attempt to identify or contact any study participant, and I agree to use any precautions necessary to prevent such identification. </li> <li> I will make no use of the identity of any person or establishment discovered inadvertently. If I suspect that I might recognize or know a study participant, I will immediately inform the Distributor, and I will not use or retain a copy of data regarding that study participant. If these measures to resolve an identity disclosure are not sufficient, the Distributor may terminate my use of the dataset. </li> <li> I will not reproduce the dataset except as is necessary for my scholarly purposes. I will destroy the dataset upon the completion of my scholarly work with it. </li> <li> I will not share data from the dataset (in any form or by any means) with any third party, including other members of my research team, as I understand that all users of data must obtain the data directly from the Distributor. </li> <li> I will make appropriate acknowledgement of the contributor of the dataset as well as the Distributor in any manuscript or presentation (published or unpublished) using the citation standard documented here: <a href="http://thedata.org/citation"> http://thedata.org/citation</a> </li> <li> THE DISTRIBUTOR MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, BY OPERATION OF LAW OR OTHERWISE, REGARDING OR RELATING TO THE DATASET. </li> </ul> </div>

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• Number of cases: 105

• No. of variables per record: 34

• Type of File: text/tab-separated-values

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Data for Entire Study in Tab Delimited Format

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00590Selman-Scientific-Box 1 of 3.zip

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Digitized paper data

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00590Selman-Scientific-Box 2 of 3.zip

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Digitized paper data

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00590Selman-Scientific-Box 3 of 3 - DUPLICATES.zip

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Only for follow-up approved users. This box contains duplicate data and permission slips from each student

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00590Selman-Scientific-BoxCoverSheets.pdf

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Describes contents of each box of a paper data set

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00590Selman-Scientific-Codebook.pdf

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Description of coded data variables

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Data for Entire Study in SPSS Portable Format

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00590Selman-Scientific-MemoOfAgreement.pdf

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Legal agreement between data depositor and Murray Archive

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00590Selman-Scientific-StudyDescription.pdf

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Overview: abstract, research methodology, publications, and other info.

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