Notebook Writing in Three Fifth-Grade Science Classrooms.

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18

Childrens Writing; Documentation; Elementary Education; Elementary School Science; Elementary School Students; Grade 5; Science Education; Science Instruction; Student Journals; Teacher Student Relationship

0013-5984

Examined ways three fifth-grade teachers facilitated student notebook writing as part of an inquiry of electric circuits. Found that teachers promoted notebook writing through explicit instructions and prompts. Teachers provided frequent opportunities for writing, and checked that students had documented procedural aspects of investigations. Students did not document discussions of task-related concepts and references to variations in problem-solving strategies. (Author/KB)

2002

EJ645794