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Pennell, Colleen – Reading Teacher, 2015
Teaching children to inquire, discuss ideas, and defend thinking about a literary text is a key aim of the common core state standards (CCSS). This article describes how four third-grade, male struggling readers successfully co-constructed meaning during a discussion based reading intervention rooted in philosophical inquiry. Three elements that…
Descriptors: Reader Text Relationship, Reading, Reading Skills, Reading Strategies
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Loper, Suzanna; Baker, Josey – Science and Children, 2009
In this article, the authors present a sequence of activities from a curriculum about light for third and fourth graders that supports students in learning to disagree like scientists. This sequence of activities helps students discuss reasons for the discrepancies in their data, use the language of argumentation in classroom discourse, and get a…
Descriptors: Science Activities, Grade 4, Grade 3, Persuasive Discourse
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Spence, Lucy K. – Language Arts, 2010
Two teachers engage in assessment discussions based on an analytical rubric to assess an ELL student's writing. Discourse analysis methods were used to analyze recorded/transcribed assessments and discussions. The teachers focused on descriptors for the rubric's lowest scores, neglecting their own knowledge and experience with English learners. As…
Descriptors: Writing Evaluation, Writing Tests, Second Language Learning, Discourse Analysis