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Direct linkSmolkin, Laura B.; McTigue, Erin M.; Donovan, Carol A.; Coleman, Julianne M. – Science Education, 2009
Given concerns with the low levels of explanation in science education classrooms, it has been suggested that text may supply a higher percentage of explanatory discourse than do classroom teachers. However, given that textbooks have been shown to differ little from teacher discourse in percentages of explanation, the present study sought to…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Physical Sciences, Biological Sciences, Teacher Background
Coleman, Julianne M.; McTigue, Erin M.; Smolkin, Laura B. – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2011
The purpose of this study was to obtain data on United States K-5 elementary school teachers' self-reported instructional practices with graphical representations. Via an electronic survey, 388 elementary teachers, from throughout the US, reported about their teaching of the interpretation and the production of graphics within science. The main…
Descriptors: Graphs, Elementary School Teachers, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods
