Table of Contents

Introduction: The Reciprocity between Science and Technology, Olivia N. Saracho and Bernard Spodek. Scientific and Technological Literacy Research: Principles and Practices, Olivia N. Saracho and Bernard Spodek. Early Childhood Science Process Skills: Social and Developmental Considerations, Ithel Jones, Vickie E. Lake, and Miranda Lin. Knowledge Acquisition as Conceptual Change: The Case of a Theory of Biology, Grady J. Venville. Affect and Early Childhood Science Education, Michalinos Zembylas. New Technologies in Early Childhood: Partners in Play? Doris Bergen. Engineers and Storytellers: Using Robotic Manipulatives to Develop Technological Fluency in Early Childhood, Marina S. Bers. Mathematics and Technology: Supporting Learning for Students and Teachers, Douglas H. Clements and Julie Sarama. Vocabulary Learning by Computer in Kindergarten: The Possibilities of Interactive Vocabulary Books, Eliane Segers and Anne Vermeer. A Future Research Agenda for Early Childhood Science and Technology, Olivia N. Saracho and Bernard Spodek. About the Contributors.