Sample resources for Claim - Evidence - Reasoning (CER)

• Edutopia article: Designing Science Inquiry: Claim + Evidence + Reasoning = Explanation, includes an example of how to introduce CER to your students

• Science and Children (NSTA) article (2011): Claims, Evidence, and Reasoning: Demystifying data during a unit on simple machines

• BOOK CHAPTER: Teaching Argument Writing, Grades 6-12: Supporting claims with relevant evidence and clear reasoning, by George Hillocks (2011, Heinemann Press)

• BOOK CHAPTER: Inquiry and Scientific Explanations: Helping Students use Evidence and Reasoning, by K.L. McNeill and J. Krajcik, in Science as Inquiry in the Secondary Setting (2007, National Science Teachers Association, p. 121-134)

• BOOK:  Supporting Grade 5-8 Students in Constructing Explanations in Science: The Claim, Evidence, and Reasoning Framework for Talk and Writing, by K.L. McNeill and J.S. Krajcik (2011, Allyn & Bacon)