Searching for Answers When Girls Don't Perform Well: Evaluating Classroom Discourse and Microculture in a Sixth Grade Science Classroom

This action research project examines the role classroom culture and discourse can play on student learning, with a focus on female students. A sixth grade science classroom was evaluated through analysis of two videotaped astronomy lessons. The classroom environment utilized qualitative methods to...

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Main Author: Schwartz, Lauren E
Format: Others
Published: UKnowledge 2016
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Online Access:http://uknowledge.uky.edu/stem_etds/5
http://uknowledge.uky.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1005&context=stem_etds