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ERIC Number: EJ615572
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2000
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-4308
Lower Track Science Students' Argumentation and Open Inquiry Instruction.
Yerrick, Randy K.
Journal of Research in Science Teaching, v37 n8 p807-38 Oct 2000
Examines the effects of open inquiry instruction on low achieving, marginalized high school students. Involves students with long histories of scholastic failure in question generation, experimental design, and argument construction as part of their General Science course instruction. Compares students' entrance and exit interview responses which represent change over time. (Contains 103 references.) (Author/YDS)
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Failure, Concept Formation, High Schools, Inquiry, Low Achievement, Science Education, Science Instruction, Scientific Literacy, Sociolinguistics, Student Reaction
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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