Science and thinking: The write connection
Author:
- 1 December 1991
- journal article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Science Teacher Education
- Vol. 2 (4) , 106-110
Abstract
The effective use of writing in science instruction may open the way for students to grow in their ability to exercise higher order thinking skills (Bland & Koppel, 1988). Scinto (1986) makes a compelling case for writing as a means of stimulating thinking when he states:Keywords
This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
- Science Education in the United States: Are Things as Bad as the Recent IEA Report Suggests?School Science and Mathematics, 1990
- The Learning Power of WritingEnglish Journal, 1987
- Analyzing hierarchical relationships among modes of cognitive reasoning and integrated science process skillsJournal of Research in Science Teaching, 1986