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Direct linkPluta, William J.; Chinn, Clark A.; Duncan, Ravit Golan – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2011
Epistemic criteria are the standards used to evaluate scientific products (e.g., models, evidence, arguments). In this study, we analyzed epistemic criteria for good models generated by 324 middle-school students. After evaluating a range of scientific models, but before extensive instruction or experience with model-based reasoning practices,…
Descriptors: Evidence, Scientific Principles, Familiarity, Science Instruction
Peer reviewedHammond, Lorie – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2001
Describes a unique and ongoing collaboration involving a team of bilingual/multicultural teacher-educators, preservice teachers, teachers, students, and community members in an urban California elementary school. Uses critical ethnography as a framework and focuses on building an American garden house to show how, by drawing on participants' funds…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Multicultural Education, Preservice Teachers, Scientific Principles
