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Songer, Nancy Butler; Gotwals, Amelia Wenk – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2012
Policy documents in science education suggest that even at the earliest years of formal schooling, students are capable of constructing scientific explanations about focal content. Nonetheless, few research studies provide insights into how to effectively provide scaffolds appropriate for late elementary-age students' fruitful creation of…
Descriptors: Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Science Achievement