Pursuing Scientific Literacy in the Middle Grades through Collaborative Problem Solving.

Palincsar, Annemarie Sullivan; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ464548

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1993

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Pursuing Scientific Literacy in the Middle Grades through Collaborative Problem Solving.

Palincsar, Annemarie Sullivan; And Others

Elementary School Journal, v93 n5 p643-58 May 1993

Describes an instructional program designed to promote scientific literacy among middle grade students. The program used a collaborative group instruction approach and focused on the development of tasks that provided students with opportunities to solve problems and to employ concepts useful to scientific problem solving. (PAM)

Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Grade 6, Intermediate Grades, Middle School Students, Middle Schools, Participative Decision Making, Problem Solving, Program Descriptions, Science Curriculum, Scientific Concepts, Scientific Literacy

Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Note: Thematic Issue: Middle Grades Research and Reform.