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Kathy Swan; Laura Darolia; Nick Stamoulacatos – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 2024
In this article, the authors unveil the Trade Book Inquiry Design Model (IDM) blueprint. Anchored in a compelling question inspired by a trade book, the new blueprint is broken into two instructional blocks: "Reading and Comprehension" and "Living Social Studies." The inquiry template is designed to be instructionally efficient…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Books, Inquiry, Social Studies
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Cisterna, Dante; Forbes, Cory T.; Roy, Ranu – International Journal of Science Education, 2019
Research suggests that it is challenging for elementary students to develop conceptual understanding of trait variation, inheritance of traits, and life cycles. In this study, we report on an effort to promote elementary students' learning of hereditary-related concepts through scientific modelling, which affords opportunities for elementary…
Descriptors: Grade 3, Elementary School Students, Genetics, Curriculum Implementation