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Navigating a Sea of Ideas: Teacher and Students Negotiate a Course toward Mutual Relevance.

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Flick, Lawrence B. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1995

Uses theories of social cognition and verbal communication to analyze how an experienced fourth-grade teacher blends teaching skills in language arts and reading with hands-on science to stimulate classroom inquiry. Discusses implications for elementary science instruction. Contains 41 references. (Author/JRH)

Descriptors: Communication Skills, Elementary Education, Integrated Activities, Language

A Study of Concept Development and Communication Abilities in Young Children Using Variations in Leaf Morphology

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Gillespie, James P. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1972

Five-year-old children were less successful in forming concepts of similarity of leaves and in communicating leaf shape to other students than older children. A preformed concept of leaf shape facilitates communication. (AL)

Descriptors: Age Differences, Communication (Thought Transfer), Communication Skills, Concept Formation