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Instructional Explanations in the Disciplines
By Mary Kay Stein, Linda Kucan
Publisher: Springer
Number Of Pages: 229
Publication Date: 2009-12-14
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 1441905936
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9781441905932
Product Description:
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 content-specific analysis of the most essential teaching moment—the instructional explanation—for vital new perspectives on educational method and process.
Rich in examples from science, mathematics, and the humanities (and touching on areas of course development and pre-service training), Instructional Explanations in the Disciplines explores a variety of interactive contexts for teaching and learning, which may be collaborative between teachers, students, and others, performed in non-classroom settings, or assisted by technology. The book’s subject-matter-specific framework reveals key elements in the process, such as carefully examining the question to be answered, making connections with what is already known, and developing examples conducive to further understanding.
Among the topics covered:
The model as a method of explanation in science
How—and why—teachers explain things as they do
"Let us explain with you": introducing instructional explanations
How families talk about art in museum settings, and what we can learn from it
Developing writing skills through students’ giving instructional explanations
Instructional explanation in the context of learning and identity
Instructional Explanations in the Disciplines is a valuable addition to the education library, giving researchers new methods of unpacking educational process as few books before it.
Table of contents
1 Introduction: Explaining Instructional Explanations . . 1
Gaea Leinhardt
Part I Instructional Explanations in the Teaching and Learning of Science
2 What Kind of Explanation is a Model? . . 9
Richard Lehrer and Leona Schauble
3 Learning, Identity, and Instructional Explanations. . 23
Jorge Larreamendy-Joerns and Tatiana Mu?oz
4 Learning Chemistry: What, When, and How? . . 41
David Yaron, Michael Karabinos, Karen Evans, Jodi Davenport, Jordi Cuadros, and James Greeno
5 Negotiating the Goal of Museum Inquiry:
How Families Engineer and Experiment . . 51
Kyung Youn Kim and Kevin Crowley
Part II Instructional Explanations in the Teaching and Learning of Mathematics
6 A Framing of Instructional Explanations: Let Us Explain With You . . 69
Carla van de Sande and James G. Greeno
7 How and Why Do Teachers Explain Things theWay They Do? . . 83
Alan H. Schoenfeld
8 The Explanatory Power of Examples in Mathematics: Challenges for Teaching . . 107
Orit Zaslavsky
9 Using Designed Instructional Activities to Enable Novices to Manage Ambitious Mathematics Teaching . 129
Magdalene Lampert, Heather Beasley, Hala Ghousseini, Elham Kazemi, and Megan Franke
Part III Instructional Explanations in the Teaching and Learning of the Humanities
10 Learning History and Learning Language: Focusing on Language in Historical Explanations to Support English Language Learners . . . . 145
Mariana Achugar and Catherine Stainton
11 Instructional Explanations in a Legal Classroom: Are Students’ Argument Diagrams of Hypothetical Reasoning Diagnostic? . . . . . . 171
Kevin D. Ashley and Collin Lynch
12 Connecting with Art: How Families Talk About Art in a Museum Setting . . 189
Karen Knutson and Kevin Crowley
13 Developing Writing Skills Through Students Giving Instructional Explanations . . 207
Kwangsu Cho and Christian Schunn
Index . . 223
http://ifile.it/tib469e/9781441905932.rar
Instructional Explanations in the Disciplines
By Mary Kay Stein, Linda Kucan
Publisher: Springer
Number Of Pages: 229
Publication Date: 2009-12-14
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 1441905936
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9781441905932
Product Description:
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 content-specific analysis of the most essential teaching moment—the instructional explanation—for vital new perspectives on educational method and process.
Rich in examples from science, mathematics, and the humanities (and touching on areas of course development and pre-service training), Instructional Explanations in the Disciplines explores a variety of interactive contexts for teaching and learning, which may be collaborative between teachers, students, and others, performed in non-classroom settings, or assisted by technology. The book’s subject-matter-specific framework reveals key elements in the process, such as carefully examining the question to be answered, making connections with what is already known, and developing examples conducive to further understanding.
Among the topics covered:
The model as a method of explanation in science
How—and why—teachers explain things as they do
"Let us explain with you": introducing instructional explanations
How families talk about art in museum settings, and what we can learn from it
Developing writing skills through students’ giving instructional explanations
Instructional explanation in the context of learning and identity
Instructional Explanations in the Disciplines is a valuable addition to the education library, giving researchers new methods of unpacking educational process as few books before it.
Table of contents
1 Introduction: Explaining Instructional Explanations . . 1
Gaea Leinhardt
Part I Instructional Explanations in the Teaching and Learning of Science
2 What Kind of Explanation is a Model? . . 9
Richard Lehrer and Leona Schauble
3 Learning, Identity, and Instructional Explanations. . 23
Jorge Larreamendy-Joerns and Tatiana Mu?oz
4 Learning Chemistry: What, When, and How? . . 41
David Yaron, Michael Karabinos, Karen Evans, Jodi Davenport, Jordi Cuadros, and James Greeno
5 Negotiating the Goal of Museum Inquiry:
How Families Engineer and Experiment . . 51
Kyung Youn Kim and Kevin Crowley
Part II Instructional Explanations in the Teaching and Learning of Mathematics
6 A Framing of Instructional Explanations: Let Us Explain With You . . 69
Carla van de Sande and James G. Greeno
7 How and Why Do Teachers Explain Things theWay They Do? . . 83
Alan H. Schoenfeld
8 The Explanatory Power of Examples in Mathematics: Challenges for Teaching . . 107
Orit Zaslavsky
9 Using Designed Instructional Activities to Enable Novices to Manage Ambitious Mathematics Teaching . 129
Magdalene Lampert, Heather Beasley, Hala Ghousseini, Elham Kazemi, and Megan Franke
Part III Instructional Explanations in the Teaching and Learning of the Humanities
10 Learning History and Learning Language: Focusing on Language in Historical Explanations to Support English Language Learners . . . . 145
Mariana Achugar and Catherine Stainton
11 Instructional Explanations in a Legal Classroom: Are Students’ Argument Diagrams of Hypothetical Reasoning Diagnostic? . . . . . . 171
Kevin D. Ashley and Collin Lynch
12 Connecting with Art: How Families Talk About Art in a Museum Setting . . 189
Karen Knutson and Kevin Crowley
13 Developing Writing Skills Through Students Giving Instructional Explanations . . 207
Kwangsu Cho and Christian Schunn
Index . . 223
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