Using the Science Writing Heuristic as a Tool for Learning from Laboratory Investigations in Secondary Science.

Keys, Carolyn W.; Hand, Brian; Prain, Vaughn; Collins, Susan

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ERIC Number: EJ597930

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1999

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Using the Science Writing Heuristic as a Tool for Learning from Laboratory Investigations in Secondary Science.

Keys, Carolyn W.; Hand, Brian; Prain, Vaughn; Collins, Susan

Journal of Research in Science Teaching, v36 n10 p1065-84 Dec 1999

Discusses preliminary research on a new heuristic tool for learning from laboratory activities in secondary science. Finds that use of the science writing heuristic facilitated students in generating meaning from data; making connections among procedures, data, evidence, and claims; and engaging in metacognition. (Contains 29 references.) (Author/WRM)

Descriptors: Heuristics, Laboratory Experiments, Learning Processes, Science Activities, Science Process Skills, Scientific Methodology, Scientific Principles, Secondary Education, Teaching Methods, Writing Across the Curriculum

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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