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ERIC Number: EJ584679
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0036-8326
Students' Perceptions of Writing for Learning in Secondary School Science.
Prain, Vaughan; Hand, Brian
Science Education, v83 n2 p151-62 Mar 1999
Discusses students' perceptions of using writing as a component of their science learning. Results, collected over four years, are organized to include students' perceptions of writing in science, learning, ownership, purpose, and science. These results are then discussed in terms of students' developing metacognition and epistemologies of science. Discusses implications for future research. Contains 18 references. (Author/WRM)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Structures, Epistemology, Foreign Countries, Learning, Metacognition, Science Instruction, Scientific Concepts, Secondary Education, Student Attitudes, Writing (Composition)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Australia; Writing to Learn