Drawing on Student Understanding: Using Illustrations To Invoke Deeper Thinking about Animals.

Stein, Mary; McNair, Shannan; Butcher, Jan

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ERIC Number: EJ623896

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Publication Date: 2001

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Drawing on Student Understanding: Using Illustrations To Invoke Deeper Thinking about Animals.

Stein, Mary; McNair, Shannan; Butcher, Jan

Science and Children, v38 n4 p18-22 Jan 2001

Describes how drawing can be used as a tool to help students develop and document more complex understandings not often used in science instruction. Explores how drawing can be used to learn about animals. Includes student illustrations. (SAH)

Descriptors: Animals, Art, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education, Freehand Drawing, Inquiry, Science Activities, Science Instruction, Standards, Teaching Methods

Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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