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Oliveira, Alandeom W.; Akerson, Valarie L.; Oldfield, Martha – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2012
While environmental argumentation has recently received much attention from science educators, little consideration has been given to how personal identities and social relationships can either support or constrain student argumentation. This study attends to this issue by examining environmental argumentation as a sociocultural activity (how…
Descriptors: Persuasive Discourse, Conflict Resolution, Sociocultural Patterns, Rhetoric
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Heath, Phillip A.; Heath, Pearl – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1982
Investigated effects of limited oral/physical teacher intervention on object manipulation by preschool/early elementary children (N=70). Experimental students had magnets placed in their hands and were orally invited to explore. Results indicated differences between experimental/control groups in time spent with objects, number of activities…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Elementary School Science, Kindergarten Children, Object Manipulation