Cognition and Instruction

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The Interplay of First-Hand and Second-Hand Investigations to Model and Support the Development of Scientific Knowledge and Reasoning

 

Annemarie Sullivan Palincsar Shirley J. Magnusson

University of Michigan

It's pretty cool because we get to share our thinking with the class and we get to also share Lesley's thinking with the class.

—(Kenji, May, 1998)

I like to listen to what other scientists do, like Lesley Park. Especially when she started getting more exact.

—(Emily, May, 1998)

These quotes are taken from the remarks of two fourth graders who have been engaged in investigations of light and are commenting on their experiences using notebook entries authored by a fictitious scientist, named Lesley Park, who is documenting her own investigations ...