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Kademian, Sylvie M.; Davis, Elizabeth A. – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2018
New reforms in science education emphasize facilitating all students' sense making of the big ideas and crosscutting concepts in science along with engagement in science practices. Supporting this learning requires complex, ambitious teaching that is uncommon in U.S. classrooms. Thus, novice teachers will need considerable support in learning how…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Investigations, Science Instruction, Scientific Concepts
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Kademian, Sylvie M.; Arias, Anna Maria; Davis, Elizabeth A.; Palincsar, Annemarie Sullivan – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2017
The purpose of this study was to determine how elementary teachers used scientific language during a whole-class discussion to describe 3 biological phenomena (interactions, dependent relationships, and interdependent relationships) with and without educative curricula. Findings revealed that the ways in which the 6 teachers enacted the discussion…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Science Teachers, Elementary School Science, Instructional Materials