Graduate Research Papers
Enhancing scientific literacy through attention to argumentation as a disciplinary literacy practice
Availability
Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Keywords
Reasoning in children; Science--Study and teaching (Secondary);
Abstract
This project is partly driven by Science Writing Heuristic as writing to learn is part of a larger objective to help students develop literacy. While research on the SWH examines its own effectiveness through the lens of literacy, it only looked at its impact on science content knowledge. This project will examine five assessment tasks structured around the practice of argumentation. Data collected will measure use and inclusion of phenomena, three dimensional learning, and alignment to Performance Expectations. The content of the performance expectations center around two standards focused on electromagnetic radiation’s effect on matter and technological devices used to communicate information and energy transmission.
Year of Submission
2021
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
Science Education Program
First Advisor
Dawn Del Carlo, Advisor
Date Original
Summer 2021
Object Description
1 PDF file (128 pages)
Copyright
©2021 Whitney McWilliams
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
McWilliams, Whitney, "Enhancing scientific literacy through attention to argumentation as a disciplinary literacy practice" (2021). Graduate Research Papers. 1874.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/grp/1874
