Contemporary Educational Psychology
By Lombardi, D., Bailey, J. M., Bickel, E. S., & Burrell, S.
“Scaffolding scientific thinking: Students’ evaluations and judgments during Earth science knowledge construction”
Publisher: Elsevier
54
Pp. 184-198
2018
Scaffolding scientific thinking: Students’ evaluations and judgments during Earth science knowledge construction
Type: Empirical
Data collection method: Interview
Number of subjects, range: Medium — 11-30
Grade and age of subjects: 9th-12 grade — 15-18 years
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Our current climate change is caused by increasing amounts of energy released from the Sun.
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The increase in moderate-magnitude earthquakes in the Midwest is caused by normal tectonic plate motion.
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Wetlands are a nuisance to humans and provide little overall environmental benefit.
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The Moon was an object that came from elsewhere in the solar system and was captured by Earth’s gravity.