CER - Claim Evidence Reasoning
Bozeman Science・8 minutes read
Creating explanations in the science classroom using the CER framework, developed by Dr. Kate Mcneel and Dr. Joe Cek, enhances scores on lab writeups, essays, and exams by emphasizing Claim, Evidence, and Reasoning. Teachers should guide students in defining terms, asking questions, gathering evidence, and providing logical reasoning to improve scientific explanation skills.
Insights
- CER (Claim, Evidence, Reasoning) is a structured approach developed by Dr. Kate Mcneel and Dr. Joe Cek to enhance scientific explanations by linking claims to evidence through logical reasoning.
- Teachers play a crucial role in facilitating CER implementation by guiding students to ask relevant questions, gather empirical evidence, and establish logical connections, ultimately improving students' scientific explanation skills.
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Recent questions
What is the CER framework?
It is a method for making explanations in science.
How can students improve lab writeups?
By using the CER framework.
Who developed the CER framework?
Dr. Kate Mcneel and Dr. Joe Cek.
Why is the CER framework important?
It helps students improve their explanation skills.
What are the components of the CER framework?
Claim, Evidence, and Reasoning.
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Enhancing Science Explanations with CER Framework
- CER is a framework for making explanations in the science classroom, crucial for improving scores on lab writeups, essays, and exams.
- Developed by Dr. Kate Mcneel and Dr. Joe Cek, CER stands for Claim, Evidence, and Reasoning, with the addition of Rebuttal sometimes.
- Claim is the answer to a question, evidence is empirical data gathered in labs or research, and reasoning is the logical connection between evidence and claim.
- Teachers should provide good questions and ways to answer them, ensuring students understand and define terms before gathering evidence.
- CER is essential for connecting evidence to explanations, often lacking in student lab writeups.
- By following CER - framing questions, gathering evidence, and providing logical reasoning based on scientific principles - students can improve their explanation skills in science.
