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Explaining as teaching strategy - Coggle Diagram
Explaining as teaching strategy
Author: Garry F. Hoban
Focus: Importance of explanations in science education
Definition of Explanation
Clarifies reasons, causes, and principles
Naming the concept
Describing components
Explaining relationships
Providing examples
Summarizing
Role of Explanations in Science
Essential for understanding scientific concepts
Helps elucidate how things work
Central to scientific inquiry
Types of Explanations
Deductive-nomological
Functional
Historical
Argumentation
Structure
Curriculum Expectations
Australian National Curriculum
US National Science Education Standards
Emphasis on inquiry and explanation
Teaching Strategies to Promote Explanations
Making the Explanation Explicit
Writing Scientific Explanations
PEEL (Project for Enhancing Effective Learning)
Digital Representations