Why Use CER in the Classroom?

CER (Claim, Evidence, and Reasoning) is a writing strategy that can be a POWERFUL tool in the science classroom. 

  • Help students to develop scientific thinking 
  • Encourage students to use evidence from a lab or text to defend their claim.
  • Make connections with lab results and the science concepts behind them
  • Provide a framework to compose a written argument for an investigation


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Your students will thank you!

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