Teaching Science for Conceptual Understanding.  This is an article about students' misconceptions about heat and temperature and insulators.

An Introduction to Reasoning, Stephen Toulmin, Richard Rieke, Allan Janik, 2nd Edition, Macmillian Publishing Co.

"Specific Fields of Reasoning" , p 330-343.

The Uses of Argument, Stephen E. Toulmin, Cambridge University Press.

The Course Organizer Routine, B. Keith Lenz with Jean B Schumaker, Donald Deshler, Janis Bulgren

Guide for Commenting.  These frames were developed by Bill Ferriter to use with students who were commenting on Voicethread projects.   They can used in f2f conversations or blogs or VT.  If you are interested to learn more about Voicethreads, you might visit his Digitally Speaking wiki where many kinds of 2.0 collaborative tools are discussed.   There are many handouts that could help you get started.

Jigsaw activities to process article information

Backing

Elements of Scientific Argument

Argumentation Graphic

These are scanned images of several National Inquirer pages.  You could use these to practice finding claims, qualifiers and evidence. 

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