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Dagher, Zoubeida; Cossman, George – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1992
Explores the nature of explanations used by 20 middle school science teachers utilizing the constant comparative analysis method in analyzing transcripts of classroom discourse. Discusses a subsuming categorical framework for the 10 types of explanations generated, along with examples of each type, namely: analogical, anthropomorphic, functional,…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Communication Research, Comparative Analysis, Discourse Analysis