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Scientific Reasoning During Inquiry

Teaching for Metacognition

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As described in the US Next Generation Science Standards, scientific practices are the behaviors that scientists engage in as they investigate and build models and theories about the natural world.

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Andersen, C., Garcia-Mila, M. (2017). Scientific Reasoning During Inquiry. In: Taber, K.S., Akpan, B. (eds) Science Education. New Directions in Mathematics and Science Education. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-749-8_8

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