Abstract
The purpose of this study was to examine young children’s views about shadow. Sixteen four-year-olds and sixteen five-year-olds were randomly selected from two kindergartens. Each child was interviewed twice individually. Data were collected by a mixture of pictures pointing, verbal explanation, and manipulation, and were analyzed both quantitatively and qualitatively. This work focused on five facets of children’s ideas about shadow: ideas about the source of light, shadow orientation, shadow shape, shadow size, and shadow intensity. The five-year-olds performed significantly better on shadow production, production of shadow shape, and production of shadow size, and gave more reasonable explanations than did the four-year-olds.
| Keywords: | conceptual development; shadow; young children |
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