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Methods and Strategies: Developing Persuasive Voice in the Science Classroom
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This article examines the role of argument in the science classroom and how it can be used to help students develop science process skills (e.g., using evidence to defend a point of view) and literacy process skills (e.…
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The Early Years: Recording Sensory Words
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From children’s viewpoints, what they experience in the world is what the world is like—for everyone."What do others experience with their senses when they are in the same situation?” is a question that young children…
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The idea that research is a process of continuing exploration and investigation is often a difficult one to instill in college students. Introducing the library and its resources as a part of that process in a…
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Research and Teaching: Successive Concept Mapping
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As alternatives to multiple-choice tests, concept maps offer user-friendly ways of evaluating learning. At the same time, they encourage and reward real understanding. The authors explored the value of using successive…
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The Discovery of <em> Jelly bellicus </em>
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Finding an engaging way to teach students the basic principles of natural selection and how evolution is significant to their lives can be a difficult task. As a result, the authors implemented an activity published by…
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Collaborating with WISE Scientists
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Through an interactive partnership, fifth-grade students collected data on plants and joined an active scientific community of working scientists. This Web-based Integrated Science Environment (WISE) project involved…
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Developing a Scientific Argument
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Modeling and practice help students build skills in oral and written discourse.
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Want to stimulate student curiosity? Let them ask the questions.
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How to encourage negotiation in the classroom: Language behaviors that teachers use in the classroom determine who can talk, under what conditions, and for how long. These behaviors can be used effectively in the…
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Advocating Through Argumentation
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Supporting claims with evidence helps students develop an understanding of the impact of extinction.
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Negotiating the Way to Inquiry
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Encouraging negotiation early in the year promotes scientific communication.
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Hamsters, Picture Books, and Engineering Design
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A STEM unit teaches primary students about engineering design.
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Editor's Note: Looking Forward
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Science and Children’s editor shares thoughts regarding the current issue.
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An opinion piece from a former editor of Science and Children.
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Teaching Through Trade Books: 3-2-1 Blast Off
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This column includes activities inspired by children’s literature. This month’s issue has students investigating space travel by designing their own rockets and manipulating variables to determine if the rocket's…
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