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A Typology of Actional-Operational Modes in Earth Science and Implications for Science Literacy Instruction
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Wilson, Amy Alexandra – Science Education, 2013
Framed in theories of social semiotics, this multiple case study describes and categorizes the actional-operational modes used by three middle school earth science teachers throughout the course of one school year. Data included fieldnotes, photographs, and video recordings of classroom instructions as well as periodic interviews with the…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Earth Science, Middle School Teachers, Secondary School Science