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Jordan, Rebecca C.; Gray, Steven A.; Brooks, Wesley R.; Honwad, Sameer; Hmelo-Silver, Cindy E. – Natural Sciences Education, 2013
Understanding complex systems such as ecosystems is difficult for young K-12 students, and students' representations of ecosystems are often limited to nebulously defined relationships between macro-level structural components inherent to the ecosystem in focus (rainforest, desert, pond, etc.) instead of generalizing processes across ecosystems…
Descriptors: Ecology, Intermode Differences, Teaching Methods, Instructional Effectiveness
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Kieft, Marleen; Rijlaarsdam, Gert; Galbraith, David; van den Bergh, Huub – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2007
Background: When writing a text, students are required to do several things simultaneously. They have to plan, translate and review, which involve demanding cognitive processes. In order to handle this complexity, writers need to develop a writing strategy. The two most well-defined writing strategies that have been identified, are those of a…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Grade 10, Writing Skills, Cognitive Processes