Taking Science Dialogue by Storm.

Leonard, Jacqueline

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ERIC Number: EJ639887

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 2002

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ISSN: ISSN-0036-8148

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Taking Science Dialogue by Storm.

Leonard, Jacqueline

Science and Children, v39 n4 p31-35 Jan 2002

Focuses on how one teacher examined classroom discourse through a unit on tornadoes and natural catastrophes. Defines various types of discourse and discusses how discourse in a 6th grade class was analyzed. Details some of the activities that engaged students. (DDR)

Descriptors: Communication Research, Concept Formation, Discourse Analysis, Discourse Modes, Educational Strategies, Elementary Education, Environmental Education, Knowledge Representation, Natural Disasters, Science Activities, Science Instruction, Tornadoes

Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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