Instructional Explanations in the Disciplines

In today’s climate of accountability and standards, increasing attention is focused on teacher "quality," with less emphasis on what teachers actually do to interest and engage students in learning. This path-breaking volume addresses this research problem with a clear definition and a con...

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Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Stein, Mary Kay (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Kucan, Linda (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
Γλώσσα:English
Έκδοση: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2010.
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Διαθέσιμο Online:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
  • Instructional Explanations in the Teaching and Learning of Science
  • Introduction: Explaining Instructional Explanations
  • What Kind of Explanation is a Model?
  • Learning, Identity, and Instructional Explanations
  • Learning Chemistry: What, When, and How?
  • Negotiating the Goal of Museum Inquiry: How Families Engineer and Experiment
  • Instructional Explanations in the Teaching and Learning of Mathematics
  • A Framing of Instructional Explanations: Let Us Explain With You
  • How and Why Do Teachers Explain Things the Way They Do?
  • The Explanatory Power of Examples in Mathematics: Challenges for Teaching
  • Using Designed Instructional Activities to Enable Novices to Manage Ambitious Mathematics Teaching
  • Instructional Explanations in the Teaching and Learning of the Humanities
  • Learning History and Learning Language: Focusing on Language in Historical Explanations to Support English Language Learners
  • Instructional Explanations in a Legal Classroom: Are Students’ Argument Diagrams of Hypothetical Reasoning Diagnostic?
  • Connecting with Art: How Families Talk About Art in a Museum Setting
  • Developing Writing Skills Through Students Giving Instructional Explanations.