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Literacy for Knowledge Building in Two Partnering Science Classrooms

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Abstract

Using an interactional ethnography approach, this study analyzes student literacy practices in two Grade 5/6 classrooms that engaged in a science inquiry organized based on the Knowledge Building pedagogy. Students studied human body systems for 10 weeks with the support of Knowledge Forum. While students conducted collaborative inquiry in each classroom, a shared meta-space was available for cross-classroom collaboration. Analysis of classroom observations, interviews, and online discourse elaborated five core features of literacy for knowledge generation, which integrates reading, writing, and dialogue across multiple inquiry forms, media, and discourse spaces for sustained knowledge building.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationISLS Annual Meeting 2023
Subtitle of host publicationBuilding Knowledge and Sustaining our Community - 17th International Conference of the Learning Sciences, ICLS 2023, Proceedings
EditorsPaulo Blikstein, Jan Van Aalst, Rita Kizito, Karen Brennan
PublisherInternational Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS)
Pages712-719
Number of pages8
ISBN (Electronic)9781737330677
StatePublished - 2023
Event17th International Conference of the Learning Sciences, ICLS 2023 - Montreal, Canada
Duration: Jun 10 2023Jun 15 2023

Publication series

NameProceedings of International Conference of the Learning Sciences, ICLS

Conference

Conference17th International Conference of the Learning Sciences, ICLS 2023
Country/TerritoryCanada
CityMontreal
Period06/10/2306/15/23

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