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Richards, Allison Hart; Ercan-Dursun, Jale; Suh, Jee Kyung; Hand, Brian; Fulmer, Gavin – Science Activities: Projects and Curriculum Ideas in STEM Classrooms, 2023
Abstract concepts, such as gravity, may provide the perfect opportunity to bring phenomena into the classroom. As a knowledge generation strategy, summarizing can foster that opportunity. Using phenomena and summary writing together might help student learning since it requires making connections between their ideas and words to explain the…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Writing (Composition), Writing Strategies, Documentation
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Chen, Ying-Chih; Park, Soonhye; Hand, Brian – Science and Children, 2013
This article reports that as the need for students to be able to construct and critique scientific argumentation as emphasized in "A Framework for K-12 Science Education" (National Research Council 2012), teachers are wondering how to support students in this process. Scientific argumentation is defined as the interplay between…
Descriptors: Persuasive Discourse, Science Instruction, Learning Strategies, Concept Mapping
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Chen, Ying-Chih; Hand, Brian; McDowell, Leah – Science Education, 2013
This quasi-experimental and pre/posttest study was designed to examine whether fourth-grade students who engaged in collaboratively writing letters to 11th-grade students performed better on tests of conceptual understanding of a unit on force and motion than students who did not. The participants included 835 fourth-grade students and 416…
Descriptors: Quasiexperimental Design, Pretests Posttests, Grade 4, Grade 11