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ERIC Number: EJ639887
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2002
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ISSN: ISSN-0036-8148
Taking Science Dialogue by Storm.
Leonard, Jacqueline
Science and Children, v39 n4 p31-35 Jan 2002
Focuses on how one teacher examined classroom discourse through a unit on tornadoes and natural catastrophes. Defines various types of discourse and discusses how discourse in a 6th grade class was analyzed. Details some of the activities that engaged students. (DDR)
Descriptors: Communication Research, Concept Formation, Discourse Analysis, Discourse Modes, Educational Strategies, Elementary Education, Environmental Education, Knowledge Representation, Natural Disasters, Science Activities, Science Instruction, Tornadoes
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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