Transformative Communication in Project Science Learning Discourse [microform] / Joseph Polman and Roy D. Pea
- Bib ID:
- 5605666
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Polman, Joseph
- Online Version:
- https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED407283
Broken link? let us search Trove , the Wayback Machine , or Google for you.
- Description:
-
- [S.l.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1997
- 21 p.
- Summary:
-
Teachers interested in fostering science learning through inquiry or projects must play a complex role in discourse with students. They must scaffold student activities in the classroom without taking away students' active roles. This paper provides a framework for a specific form of scaffolding open-ended science inquiry based on the notion of transformative communication. Case studies are presented from interpretive research in a project-based high school earth science class at two crucial and difficult junctures of projects--the formulation of researchable questions and the marshaling of evidence to support a conclusion through data analysis. In two cases, the teacher helps students transform information gathered from library research into seeds for their own original research seeking to confirm or falsify others' claims. In two other cases, the teacher helps students transform unsupported claims and poorly used graphical representations into analysis and representations that directly test their claims. It is concluded that the strategy of transformative communication proves to be a powerful means of supporting students. Contains 25 references. (Author/JRH)
- Notes:
-
- ERIC Note: Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (Chicago, IL, March, 1997).
- May also be available online. Address as at 14/8/18: https://eric.ed.gov/
- Reproduction:
- Microfiche. [Washington D.C.]: ERIC Clearinghouse microfiches : positive.
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Pea, Roy D, author
- Available From:
- ERIC
- Copyright:
-
In Copyright
You may copy under some circumstances, for example you may copy a portion for research or study. Order a copy through Copies Direct to the extent allowed under fair dealing. Contact us for further information about copying.
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1997
Copyright status may not be correct if data in the record is incomplete or inaccurate. Other access conditions may also apply. For more information please see: Copyright in library collections.
Request this item
Request this item to view in the Library’s reading room.
Feedback
Similar items
- Today and tomorrow and
- The mysterious universe / by Sir James Jeans
- Science for all / by Kerr Grant ... [et al.]
- Reader's Digest science reader / prepared by Franklyn M. Branley : stories and articles adapted from Reader's Digest : specially adapted for Australian and New Zealand readers ; by the Educational Book Department of the Reader's Digest Association
- Etudes et lectures sur les sciences d'observation et leurs applications pratiques [microform] / par M. Babinet