Prompts focusing on the steps of the activities helped students complete all the pieces of a project, while prompts for self-monitoring encouraged students to demonstrate an integrated understanding of the relevant science. Contact Elizabeth Davis for more information on this work. Effects of Reflection. Contact Elizabeth Davis for more information on this work. Learning through Electronic Discussion.
Students can listen to the teacher and to ideas of others in class discussions.
In asynchronous electronic discussion, students have the benefit of reflecting before making a comment, extending the ideas of peers, and revising their own explanations. Research indicates that electronic discussions can be designed to support productive discourse for science learning. Moreover, girls more likely to participate in science discussions when comment anonymity was an option. Contact Sherry Hsi for more information on this work.