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Apart from the fundamental characteristics and importance of using research approach, the paper also presents the results of an empirical research aimed at the influence of different ways of implementing focused activities on children's motivation and curiosity as well as developing thinking and reasoning skills. The research was carried out in the field of Basics of Science, specifically contents about magnetism and it was performed using a method of theoretical analysis, experimental research method (experiment with parallel groups) and interviewing technique. The research results show the existence of differences in children's motivation for discovering scientific concepts through play and their curiosity. On the other hand, their thinking and reasoning skills were not measured in this research because it was not possible in their age due to their inability to read and write.  \nKeywords: research approach, children's motivation, focused activities, Basics of Science, preschool children (3-6 years of age) .  \n1. Introduction  \nKindergartens and pre-school institutions are places where children gain elementary knowledge from different fields. This is the reason why that educational process must be organized in a way that would ensure children’s acquisition of knowledge in a quality and efficient manner. Curiosity and desire to learn lie in a child's nature, and the task of educators is to enable it. At the same time educators should use children´s need to learn, explore, find and ask answers to “develop scientifically literate citizens”(Watters at all, 2000: 5) . An educator should devise activities that would satisfy children's curiosity, allow a child to play and learn at the same time. Through inquiry games and activities, children directly learn about the world that surrounds them. By staying in nature, they learn about the importance of the Earth, air, plants and animals, but also natural materials, phenomena and processes. For these reasons, the contents from the field of Basics of Science, especially elements of non-living nature (water, air, soil ...), but also natural phenomena (electric charge, magnetism, motion) are the most suitable for using research approach. Complex, interdisciplinary, authentic and interesting contents of science education aims primarily at introducing children to and preparing them for the scientific understanding and interpretation of numerous natural and social phenomena that they will encounter in their future schooling (Golubovic-Ilic & Cekic-Jovanovic, 2013) .  \nWe have chosen a content of magnetism because it is interesting to youngsters (Ningsih at al., 2019),“a commonly negotiated topic at the preschool level”(Kalogiannakis at al., 2017) and allows different ways of experimenting, exploring and testing through play. We have tried to find out through these contents the effects of using a research approach on teaching five-year-old pre-school children, in other words, we have tried to find out if different approaches in teaching science lead to different effects to children’s motivation, curiosity and achievement.  \n2. Theoretical approach to the problem  \nResearch approach is one of the various methods that can be used to modernize and intensify educational work in pre-school institutions. It is based on a constructivist educational paradigm grounded in the view that learning is an independent activity of an individual (Gage & Berliner, 1998: 103) and involves active participation of children in learning about and identifying phenomena, causeand-effect changes, consequences, processes in a motivational and well organized environment (which does not necessarily have to be a study room","cbCaiefYrvkgGmL9","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiefYrvkgGmL9","pdf",335562,"English","# Introduction\n# Theoretical approach to the problem","[{\"question\":\"What is the core teaching method examined in the paper?\",\"answer\":\"The paper focuses on using a research approach in preschool, where children discover scientific concepts through play.\"},{\"question\":\"Why was magnetism selected as the science content?\",\"answer\":\"Magnetism was chosen because it is engaging for children and supports experimenting, exploring, and testing through play.\"},{\"question\":\"Which outcomes were measured, and which were not?\",\"answer\":\"The study measured differences in children’s motivation for discovering concepts through play and their curiosity, but it did not measure thinking and reasoning skills due to children’s inability to read and write at their age.\"}]","LEARNING SCIENCE IN PRESCHOOL BY USING RESEARCH APPROACH | PDF",1792064623,25]