Helping Students Evaluate the Strength of Evidence in Scientific Arguments: Thinking About the Inferential Distance Between Evidence and Claims

by: Lauren Brodsky, Andrew Falk, and Kevin Beals

Examine a predator-prey relationship to remind students to consider the evidence before making an inference.

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Asking questions Communicating ENCdl Hypothesizing Observing Science as Inquiry Science process skills Scientific habits of mind

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Type Journal ArticlePub Date 7/1/2013Stock # ss13_036_09_22Volume 036Issue 09

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