Instructional Explanations in the Disciplines

By: Mary Kay Stein (Editor), Linda Kucan (Editor)

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Hardcover | 14 December 2009

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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, 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.

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.

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Published: 7th October 2014

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Introduction: Explaining Instructional Explanations	p. 1
Instructional Explanations in the Teaching and Learning of Science
What Kind of Explanation is a Model?	p. 9
Learning, Identity, and Instructional Explanations	p. 23
Learning Chemistry: What, When, and How?	p. 41
Negotiating the Goal of Museum Inquiry: How Families Engineer and Experiment	p. 51
Instructional Explanations in the Teaching and Learning of Mathematics
A Framing of Instructional Explanations: Let us Explain with you	p. 69
How and Why Do Teachers Explain Things the Way They Do?	p. 83
The Explanatory Power of Examples in Mathematics: Challenges for Teaching	p. 107
Using Designed Instructional Activities to Enable Novices to Manage Ambitious Mathematics Teaching	p. 129
Instructional Explanations in the Teaching and Learning of the Humanities
Learning History and Learning Language: Focusing on Language in Historical Explanations to Support English Language Learners	p. 145
Instructional Explanations in a Legal Classroom: Are Students' Argument Diagrams of Hypothetical Reasoning Diagnostic?	p. 171
Connecting with Art: How Families Talk About Art in a Museum Setting	p. 189
Developing Writing Skills through Students Giving Instructional Explanations	p. 207
Index	p. 223
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