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Peer reviewedMeyer, Karen; Woodruff, Earl – Science Education, 1997
Focuses on one target group of seventh-grade science students (N=19) who are working to achieve consensus and a coherent explanation of light and shadow effects. Articulates the beginnings of a framework for consensus building with inquiry discourse. Contains 41 references. (DDR)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Constructivism (Learning), Context Effect, Discourse Modes
Peer reviewedTsai, Chin-Chung – Science Education, 1999
Describes a study that explored the interplay between students' scientific epistemological views (SEVs) and their learning in school laboratory activities. Finds that students having SEVs oriented to constructivist views of science tend to focus more on negotiating the meanings of experiments with their peers than students with SEVs more in line…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Discourse Analysis, Epistemology, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedRivard, Leonard P.; Straw, Stanley B. – Science Education, 2000
Investigates the role of talk, writing, and talk and writing on the learning and retention of simple and integrated knowledge, and describes the mechanisms by which talk and writing mediate these processes. Suggests that talk is important for sharing, clarifying, and distributing knowledge among peers, and writing is an important tool for…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Concept Mapping, Constructivism (Learning), Elementary Secondary Education
