Science educators increasingly seek to support students' participation in scientific practices,
particularly epistemic practices, that is, those that ground authority for knowing in the …

Despite the importance of scientific inquiry in science education, researchers and educators
disagree considerably regarding what features define this instructional approach. While a …

Abstract Argumentation has been the emphasis of many studies during the last decade.
However, previous studies have not identified why some students are more successful than …

Scientific argumentation is increasingly seen as a key inquiry practice for students in science
classrooms. This is a complex practice that entails three overlapping, instructional goals …

Deep reading comprehension refers to the process required to succeed at tasks defined by
the Common Core State Literacy Standards, as well as to achieve proficiency on the more …

Abstract Argumentation, and the production of scientific arguments are critical elements of
inquiry that are necessary for helping students become scientifically literate through …

Over the past 20 years, a broad and diverse research literature has emerged to address how
students learn to argue through dialogue in educational contexts. However, the variety of …

This quasi‐experimental and pre/posttest study was designed to examine whether fourth‐
grade students who engaged in collaboratively writing letters to 11th‐grade students …

This study developed an analytic framework consisting of four patterns of talk and writing
that can support students' engagement in construction and critique: Talk only, writing only …

Learning by teaching is an educational method developed by Jean-Pol Martin for foreign
language lessons and is commonly used in Germany. This study discusses a reconstruction …