Negotiating Science: The Critical Role of Argument in Student Inquiry, Grades 5-10 Paperback - 2009

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Knowing from the inside out how argument works is a literacy skill now universally recognized as essential. This is the goal of real reading, writing, and speakingand finally the gift of real science. I am grateful to the authors of this volume for making these gifts available to science and literacy teachers, but most importantly, to all of our students. Wendy Saul Author of Science Workshop The best way to transform students scientific thinking is by transforming their science writing. Writing is thinking and with Negotiating Science youll move from rote procedures to the kind of writing that real scientists do. Your students will learn to negotiate meaning from the results of their work and to argue for their ideasposing questions, documenting evidence, making claims, and sharing data. Perfect for science notebooks! Leading you through an argument-based approach to science writing that is grounded in highly effective practices, Negotiating Science

• demonstrates what good science arguments look like through student samples.
• models and supports top-notch instruction through teaching tools and templates adaptable to any classroom.
• containsguidelines that make assessment seamless and manageable.
• includes Have a Go activities help you make the transition from traditional science writing to argument-based writing.

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