Is It Living?

Autor/in	Keeley, Page
Titel	Is It Living?
Quelle	In: Science and Children, 48 (2011) 8, S.24-26 (3 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0036-8148
Schlagwörter	Elementary School Science; Formative Evaluation; Instructional Materials; Biological Sciences; Science Education; Scientific Concepts; Vocabulary Development; Persuasive Discourse; Investigations; Elementary Secondary Education; Teaching Methods; Science Teachers + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lehrmaterial; Lehrmittel; Unterrichtsmedien; Abwasserbiologie; Naturwissenschaftliche Bildung; Wortschatzarbeit; Persuasion; Persuasive Kommunikation; Untersuchung; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Science; Teacher; Teachers; Science teacher; Wissenschaft; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende
Abstract	The word "living" is commonly used throughout elementary science lessons that focus on the biological world. It is a word teachers often take for granted when teaching life science concepts. How similar the constructed meaning of a common word like "living" is to the meaning intended by the teacher or instructional materials depends on how a student makes meaning out of the language teachers use so freely throughout their instruction. Formative assessment probes can be used to reveal the differing ways elementary students think about common words that make up the language of the science classroom. This article describes the "Is It Living?" probe that can be used to uncover the hidden meanings children construct for the word "living." The probe reveals the various attributes students use to decide whether something is living, and how students interpret those attributes. This probe is best used in a discussion context and is an effective instructional tool used to promote "science talk" and develop the norms of argumentation. (Contains 1 figure.) (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10