How and when does complex reasoning occur? Empirically driven development of a learning progression focused on complex reasoning about biodiversity

Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 610-631

  Songer, Nancy Butler ^a   Kelcey, Ben ^b   Gotwals, Amelia Wenk ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biology; Complex thinking; Learning progressions

Indexed keywords

AMOUNT OF INFORMATION; ASSESSMENT MEASURES; COMPLEX SCIENCE; COMPLEX THINKING; CRITICAL THINKING; CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT; EMPIRICAL RESULTS; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; GLOBAL ECONOMIES; GROWTH MODELS; HIERARCHICAL LINEAR MODELING; LEARNING PROGRESSIONS; STATISTICAL APPROACH; STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT; WORK PRODUCTS;

BIODIVERSITY; CURRICULA; FOCUSING;

STUDENTS;

EID: 68149172139     PISSN: 00224308     EISSN: 10982736     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tea.20313     Document Type: Article

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