Using Sense-Making Moments to Understand How Elementary Teachers' Interactions Expand, Maintain, or Shut Down Sense-making in Science

• Published in: Cognition and instruction Vol. 39; no. 2; pp. 113 - 148
• Main Authors: Schwarz, Christina V., Braaten, Melissa, Haverly, Christa, de los Santos, Elizabeth X.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Philadelphia Routledge 03.04.2021; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Classroom Techniques; Comprehension; Educational Facilities Improvement; Elementary School Teachers; Learner Engagement; Opportunities; Pedagogy; Science education; Science Instruction; Teacher Response; Teacher Role; Teacher Student Relationship; Teaching Methods

Eliciting, noticing, and responding to students' sense-making is important for advancing students' understanding and fostering meaningful participation in science. By sense-making, we mean wrestling with ideas, language, experiences, and perspectives in a community to figure out how and wh...