This article discusses five trends in research on writing as a learning activity. Firstly, earlier
decades were marked by conflicting views about the effects of writing on learning; in the past …

The goal of scientific literacy has led to a steady increase in argument-based interventions in
science education contexts. It has been suggested that student participation in argument …

Calls for reform in university education have prompted a movement from teacher-to student-
centered course design, and included developments such as peer-teaching, problem and …

Science education reform documents emphasize the importance of inquiry experiences for
young learners. This means that teachers must be prepared with the knowledge, skills, and …

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

This review, written to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the International Journal of Science
Education, revealed a period of changes in the theoretical views of the language arts, the …

Constructing Representations to Learn in Science Current research into student learning in
science has shifted attention from the traditional cognitivist perspectives of conceptual …

The purpose of this paper is to examine university oceanography students' use of evidence
in writing. Drawing from rhetorical studies of science writing and studies of argumentation in …

Findings generated by recent research in science education, international debate on the
guiding purposes of science education and the nature of scientific and technological literacy …