Notebooks+in+Science

[|Science Notebooks Website]

**// "Children's science journals can serve the teacher as a guide to children understandings and as a diagnostic tool for informing practice. The ways in which we structure science activities will influence the ways children use their science journals to draw and write their understandings. This in turn influences the ways in which children come to understand the science activity and phenomenon. By analyzing students' journal pages, we can inform our teaching and assessment of children's observations." //** [] This is a blog. If you go to the beginning of the blog, there are some suggestions for start up. **// Here are some tips from the article for reviewing student entries in journals. //** **// children use and what it may tell //** **// about children's conceptual science //** **// understandings. //** **// understanding and science //** **// processes //** **// uses (i.e., drawing or print) //** **// in connection with each activity //** **// represented in the journal. //** **// child's understandings about characteristics //** **// of objects or phenomena. //** **// used to describe the objects or //** **// phenomena. //** Journals show the growth of your students as scientists. Here are some artilces that may help you start using journals.
 * **// Look at the language that the //**
 * **// Look for differences between content //**
 * **// Note which medium the child primarily //**
 * **// Look for details that indicate the //**
 * **// Look at the words and language //**

**//This article gives some extensions as to how journals can be used to support a variety //**

**//of learning styles /preferences and enhance dreativity. //**

**//So what do journal articles tell us about student understanding? Here are two articles that address using journals for //**

**//assessment. //**

 

