by: Brian J. Reiser, Leema K. Berland, and Lisa Kenyon
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Type Journal ArticlePub Date 4/1/2012Stock # ss12_035_08_6Volume 035Issue 08
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From Inquiry to Practices
Engaging in argument from evidence and constructing explanations and designing solutions are two of the practices listed in the Framework for k-12 Scientific Education and the focus of this ... See More
Engaging in argument from evidence and constructing explanations and designing solutions are two of the practices listed in the Framework for k-12 Scientific Education and the focus of this article. Students can explain by clarifying a meaning (providing definition), identifying why something occurred, or justifying an idea. The framework goes beyond the simple meaning of explaining. It also explains what argumentation means as well as defines practices and points out that engaging in scientific inquiry requires coordination both of knowledge and skill at the same time. This is an interesting article and well worth reading.
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With the recent release of the NGSS draft, I wanted to learn more about the document laid the groundwork for the new standards. This article is part of a series that explains each part of A... See More
With the recent release of the NGSS draft, I wanted to learn more about the document laid the groundwork for the new standards. This article is part of a series that explains each part of A Framework for K-12 Science Education. This article discusses the practices outlined in the framework and goes into detail regarding the sections about constructing explanations and engaging in arguments from evidence. In addition to a discussion of the how and why of these practices, the author also provides three real classroom examples of how these practices work in action. This is an excellent article for science educators to read to prepare for NGSS implementation!
5th article in series about the K-12 Framework
This is the 5th article in a series of monthly installments, helping teachers understand the K-12 Framework for Science being introduced. This month the authors are addressing the sixth and ... See More
This is the 5th article in a series of monthly installments, helping teachers understand the K-12 Framework for Science being introduced. This month the authors are addressing the sixth and seventh practices concerning explanation and argumentation. They begin by defining argumentation and explanation individually. Next they give classroom examples to illustrate what they are stating. They give four examples; Example 1-Arguing for Predictions Strengthens Explanations, Example 2-Reconciling Competing Explanations, Example 3-Building consensus from multiple contributions, and Example 4-Critique leads to clarified explanations. In each example students dialogue is included in the modeling provided by the authors to illustrate what they are meaning. The final part of the article is their conclusions about the processes and practices that were employed to produce the learning goal. This article was excellent and should be read by all science teachers that are wishing to improve their teaching techniques.
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