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ERIC Number: EJ446455
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1992
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0022-4308
Verbal Explanations Given by Science Teachers: Their Nature and Implications.
Dagher, Zoubeida; Cossman, George
Journal of Research in Science Teaching, v29 n4 p361-74 Apr 1992
Explores the nature of explanations used by 20 middle school science teachers utilizing the constant comparative analysis method in analyzing transcripts of classroom discourse. Discusses a subsuming categorical framework for the 10 types of explanations generated, along with examples of each type, namely: analogical, anthropomorphic, functional, genetic, mechanical, metaphysical, practical, rational, tautological, and teleological. (40 references) (JJK)
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Communication Research, Comparative Analysis, Discourse Analysis, Hermeneutics, Middle Schools, Science Education, Science Instruction, Science Teachers, Secondary School Science, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Explanations; Teacher Explanation
Note: Special Issue. Teaching about the History and Nature of Science and Technology.