Generating Discourse with Cookie and Doughnut Investigations

Autor/inn/en	Plankis, Brian; Vowell, Julie; Ramsey, John
Titel	Generating Discourse with Cookie and Doughnut Investigations
Quelle	In: Science Scope, 35 (2011) 1, S.38-41 (4 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0887-2376
Schlagwörter	Science Process Skills; Science Instruction; Secondary School Science; Middle Schools; Teaching Methods; Hands on Science; Inquiry; Discussion (Teaching Technique); Scientific Concepts; Science Activities + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Middle school; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode
Abstract	One key element sometimes missing from middle school science lessons is questioning designed to generate student discourse. The National Science Teachers Association recommends that the curriculum of middle school science programs includes "hands-on, minds-on" (NSTA 2003) inquiry-based science instruction, and according to Clough and Olson, "Inquiry-based activities may be used to teach science content and the nature of science (NOS)." However, during inquiry activities, "teachers must pose questions to generate discussion of key NOS ideas" (Clough and Olson 2004). The skills-based lesson plans presented in this article contain questions that have been designed for student discourse concentrating on NOS and consumer claims, and they provide an engaging way for students to build their science process skills by using calipers, rulers, and balances. (Contains 3 figures.) (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10