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Lombardi, Doug; Matewos, Ananya M.; Jaffe, Joshua; Zohery, Vivian; Mohan, Svetha; Bock, Kellyann; Jamani, Sonia – Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2022
Instructional scaffolds may promote science learning, particularly for topics that are controversial. Scaffolding may also need to be autonomy supportive, particularly for adolescents, and designed to facilitate scientific discourse and agency. The purpose of the present study was to investigate differences in middle school students' discourse and…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Personal Autonomy, Middle School Students
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Soysal, Yilmaz – Learning: Research and Practice, 2020
This study presents an in-depth exploration of the types of discursive functions of teacher questioning and the potential cognitive correspondences embedded in the questioning. The participants were a science teacher and his class of 26 sixth-grade students who were engaged in an immersion science inquiry activity. The major data source was a…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Cognitive Processes, Difficulty Level, Questioning Techniques