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Nurnberg, Denae – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Writing-to-Learn in High-School Chemistry: The Effects of Using the Science Writing Heuristic to Increase Scientific Literacy The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of using the Science Writing Heuristic (SWH) as an instructional tool to improve academic achievement and writing in the context of scientific literacy. This…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Pretests Posttests, Science Instruction, Heuristics
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Choi, Aeran; Klein, Vanessa; Hershberger, Susan – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2015
This study aimed to investigate the successes and difficulties that teachers perceived as they enacted an argument-based inquiry approach; and instructional strategies that teachers used within an argument-based inquiry approach. Nineteen elementary teachers from 14 Midwestern elementary schools were enrolled in an intensive 2-week professional…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Teaching Experience, Inquiry, Active Learning
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Cronje, Ruth; Murray, Kelly; Rohlinger, Spencer; Wellnitz, Todd – International Journal of Science Education, 2013
Our objective was to investigate the impact of the Science Writing Heuristic (SWH) on undergraduates' ability to express logical conclusions and include appropriate evidence in formal writing assignments. Students in three laboratory sections were randomly allocated to the SWH treatment ("n"?=?51 students) with another three sections…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Science Instruction, Writing Instruction, Evaluators
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Norton-Meier, Lori A.; Hand, Brian; Ardasheva, Yuliya – International Journal of Education in Mathematics, Science and Technology, 2013
The purpose of this study was to identify and describe teaching actions--embedded in the "Science Writing Heuristic" approach, a systematic teaching approach that integrates literacy instruction and argument-based inquiry learning of science--supportive of the cross-disciplinary literacy expectations necessary to compete in the 21st…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Science Instruction, Writing (Composition), Heuristics