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ERIC Number: EJ620503
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2001
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ISSN: ISSN-0950-0693
Structuring the Composition Process in Scientific Writing.
Patterson, Eira Wyn
International Journal of Science Education, v23 n1 p1-16 Jan 2001
Focuses on students' ability to explain their ideas in writing who were able to demonstrate a high level of scientific concept understanding during discussion. Indicates that scaffolding the writing process both at the sentence level and the text level facilitates an improvement in the expression of scientific knowledge. (Contains 14 references.) (Author/ASK)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Concept Mapping, Content Area Writing, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Science Education
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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