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Varelas, Maria; Pieper, Lynne; Arsenault, Amy; Pappas, Christine C.; Keblawe-Shamah, Neveen – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2014
In this study, we examined opportunities for reasoning and meaning making that read-alouds of children's literature science information books and related hands-on explorations offered to young Latina/o students in an urban public school. Using a qualitative, interpretative framework, we analyzed classroom discourse and children's writing…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 3, Elementary School Science, Hands on Science
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Varelas, Maria – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1997
Explores how third- and fourth-grade children (N=24) make sense of a scientific procedure introduced to them which they had used before in their own experimental inquires. Findings provide a picture of the complexity of understandings in this simple process. Contains 42 references. (DDR)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Elementary Education, Grade 3, Grade 4