by: Douglas Llewellyn and Hema Rajesh
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Type Journal ArticlePub Date 9/1/2011Stock # ss11_035_01_22Volume 035Issue 01
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What scientific argumentation might look like
This article uses a QCEE form to help students to frame questions, claims and evidence to develop scientific discussions in an inquiry unit on soils. In the process, the article discusses th... See More
This article uses a QCEE form to help students to frame questions, claims and evidence to develop scientific discussions in an inquiry unit on soils. In the process, the article discusses the role of students and teachers and provides a sample of what student work might look like. I think that this article, combined with others on claims and evidence would provide someone interested in incorporating this strategy with some good ideas of how it works and what it looks like in the classroom.
Information to support teaching argumentation
The article helps explain how to teach argumentation in the classroom. On the surface, it seems easy. But to engage in argumentation in an academic setting requires a level of specificity ... See More
The article helps explain how to teach argumentation in the classroom. On the surface, it seems easy. But to engage in argumentation in an academic setting requires a level of specificity that can be confused.
Where's the Beef? Where's the Evidence?
We want our students to develop sound scientific argumentation and reasoning skills, and this article provides numerous inquiry activities as a means to reach this end. What is extra specia... See More
We want our students to develop sound scientific argumentation and reasoning skills, and this article provides numerous inquiry activities as a means to reach this end. What is extra special about this article is that it contains several inquiry activities, and students use a template called the QCEE template that allows students to create QUESTIONS, make CLAIMS, support with EVIDENCE, and orally and verbally EXPLAIN. Teachers looking for ways to include the new Common Core State Standard Initiative for English/Language Arts (CCSSI_E/LA) with their science content and process skills standards will appreciate the authors’ nudge to start rewriting existing inquiry labs so that students are developing precise claims that they can support by evidence.
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