Verbal Explanations Given by Science Teachers: Their Nature and Implications.

Dagher, Zoubeida; Cossman, George

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ERIC Number: EJ446455

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1992

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Verbal Explanations Given by Science Teachers: Their Nature and Implications.

Dagher, Zoubeida; Cossman, George

Journal of Research in Science Teaching, v29 n4 p361-74 Apr 1992

Explores the nature of explanations used by 20 middle school science teachers utilizing the constant comparative analysis method in analyzing transcripts of classroom discourse. Discusses a subsuming categorical framework for the 10 types of explanations generated, along with examples of each type, namely: analogical, anthropomorphic, functional, genetic, mechanical, metaphysical, practical, rational, tautological, and teleological. (40 references) (JJK)

Descriptors: Classroom Research, Communication Research, Comparative Analysis, Discourse Analysis, Hermeneutics, Middle Schools, Science Education, Science Instruction, Science Teachers, Secondary School Science, Teaching Methods

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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