Teacher's Toolkit: Using Metacognition to Develop Understanding of the Role of Evidence in Science

by: Erin Peters Burton

This column provides how-to strategies and practical advice for the science teacher. This month’s issue focuses on strategies to encourage students to make more effective observations, collections, and recordings of data.

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Type Journal ArticlePub Date 7/1/2012Stock # ss12_035_09_14Volume 035Issue 09

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