Constructing scientific explanations through premise–reasoning–outcome (PRO): an exploratory study to scaffold students in structuring written explanations

This paper reports on the design and enactment of an instructional strategy aimed to support students in constructing scientific explanations. Informed by the philosophy of science and linguistic studies of science, a new instructional framework called premise–reasoning–outcome (PRO) was conceptuali...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tang, Kok-Sing
Format: Journal Article
Published: Routledge 2016
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/4906