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Two-Year Community: Construction with Scaffolds: Helping Community College Students Build Explanations
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Bennett, Steve; Gotwals, Amelia Wenk – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2017
Science education reform documents call for students to learn science by engaging in inquiry and using science practices. One such science practice is constructing evidence-based explanations. Few students enter community college science classrooms having experience with, or being proficient in, using evidence to explain scientific phenomena.…
Descriptors: Two Year College Students, Community Colleges, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Science Laboratories