Teacher Practice

Changes in Elementary Teachers' Perceptions and Facilitation of Argumentation Throughout Year-Long Participation in Professional Learning

Wilsey, M., Delhaye, C., Collins, M., Allan, S., Reigh, E., Borko, H., & Osborne, J. (2021). Changes in elementary teachers' perceptions and facilitation of argumentation throughout year-long participation in professional learning [Stand-alone paper]. American Educational Research Association annual meeting, Orlando, FL, United States.

Author/Presenter

Matthew Wilsey

Coralie Delhaye

Melissa Collins

Sara Allan

Emily Reigh

Hilda Borko

Jonathan Osborne

Lead Organization(s)
Year
2021
Short Description

AERA presentation on elementary teachers’ perceptions and facilitation of argumentation in the context of professional learning.

Building Teacher Leadership for Equitably Accessible Distance Science Learning in a School District During COVID-19

Delhaye, C., Borko, H., Wilsey, M., Reigh, E., & Osborne, J. (2021). Building teacher leadership for equitably accessible distance science learning in a school district during COVID-19 [Symposium paper]. American Educational Research Association annual meeting, Orlando, FL, United States.

Author/Presenter

Coralie Delhaye

Hilda Borko

Matthew Wilsey

Emily Reigh

Jonathan Osborne

Lead Organization(s)
Year
2021
Short Description

AERA symposium presentation on accessible distance learning in science during COVID.

Building Teacher Leadership for Equitably Accessible Distance Science Learning in a School District During COVID-19

Delhaye, C., Borko, H., Wilsey, M., Reigh, E., & Osborne, J. (2021). Building teacher leadership for equitably accessible distance science learning in a school district during COVID-19 [Symposium paper]. American Educational Research Association annual meeting, Orlando, FL, United States.

Author/Presenter

Coralie Delhaye

Hilda Borko

Matthew Wilsey

Emily Reigh

Jonathan Osborne

Lead Organization(s)
Year
2021
Short Description

AERA symposium presentation on accessible distance learning in science during COVID.

Pedagogical Chemistry Sensemaking: A Novel Conceptual Framework to Facilitate Pedagogical Sensemaking in Model-based Lesson Planning

Researchers have typically identified and characterized teachers’ knowledge bases (e.g., pedagogical content knowledge and subject matter knowledge) in an effort to improve enacted instructional strategies. As shown by the Refined Consensus Model (RCM), understanding teacher learning, beliefs, and practices is predicated on the interconnections of such knowledge bases.

Author/Presenter

Meng-Yang M. Wu

Ellen J. Yezierski

Lead Organization(s)
Year
2022
Short Description

Researchers have typically identified and characterized teachers’ knowledge bases (e.g., pedagogical content knowledge and subject matter knowledge) in an effort to improve enacted instructional strategies. As shown by the Refined Consensus Model (RCM), understanding teacher learning, beliefs, and practices is predicated on the interconnections of such knowledge bases. However, lesson planning (defined as the transformation of subject matter knowledge to enacted pedagogical content knowledge) remains underexplored despite its central position in the RCM. We aim to address this gap by developing a conceptual framework known as Pedagogical Chemistry Sensemaking (PedChemSense).

Training a New Generation of Problem Solvers: How Can Education Programs Develop the Problem-Solving Skills of Today's Schoolchildren and Tomorrow's STEM Workforce?

Songer, N.B. (2022 April) Training a new generation of problem solvers: How can education programs develop the problem-solving skills of today's schoolchildren and tomorrow's STEM workforce? Open Access Government.

Author/Presenter

Nancy Butler Songer

Lead Organization(s)
Year
2022
Short Description

This article addresses the need and potential for students to develop problem-solving skills as part of STEM learning.

Improving Integrated STEM Education: The Design and Development of a K-12 STEM Observation Protocol (STEM-OP) (RTP)

Integrated approaches to teaching science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (commonly referred to as STEM education) in K-12 classrooms have resulted in a growing number of teachers incorporating engineering in their science classrooms. Such changes are a result of shifts in science standards to include engineering as evidenced by the Next Generation Science Standards. To date, 20 states and the District of Columbia have adopted the NGSS and another 24 have adopted standards based on the Framework for K-12 Science Education.

Author/Presenter

Emily Anna Dare

Benny Mart Reblando Hiwatig

Khomson Keratithamkul

Joshua Alexander Ellis

Gillian Roehrig

Elizabeth A. Ring-Whalen

Mark Rouleau

Farah Faruqi

Corbin Rice

Preethi Titu

Feng Li

Jeanna R. Wieselmann

Elizabeth A Crotty

Year
2021
Short Description

The work presented here describes in detail the development of an integrated STEM observation instrument - the STEM Observation Protocol (STEM-OP) - that can be used for both research and practice. Over a period of approximately 18-months, a team of STEM educators and educational researchers developed a 10-item integrated STEM observation instrument for use in K-12 science and engineering classrooms. The process of developing the STEM-OP began with establishing a conceptual framework, drawing on the integrated STEM research literature, national standards documents, and frameworks for both K-12 engineering education and integrated STEM education.

Improving Integrated STEM Education: The Design and Development of a K-12 STEM Observation Protocol (STEM-OP) (RTP)

Integrated approaches to teaching science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (commonly referred to as STEM education) in K-12 classrooms have resulted in a growing number of teachers incorporating engineering in their science classrooms. Such changes are a result of shifts in science standards to include engineering as evidenced by the Next Generation Science Standards. To date, 20 states and the District of Columbia have adopted the NGSS and another 24 have adopted standards based on the Framework for K-12 Science Education.

Author/Presenter

Emily Anna Dare

Benny Mart Reblando Hiwatig

Khomson Keratithamkul

Joshua Alexander Ellis

Gillian Roehrig

Elizabeth A. Ring-Whalen

Mark Rouleau

Farah Faruqi

Corbin Rice

Preethi Titu

Feng Li

Jeanna R. Wieselmann

Elizabeth A Crotty

Year
2021
Short Description

The work presented here describes in detail the development of an integrated STEM observation instrument - the STEM Observation Protocol (STEM-OP) - that can be used for both research and practice. Over a period of approximately 18-months, a team of STEM educators and educational researchers developed a 10-item integrated STEM observation instrument for use in K-12 science and engineering classrooms. The process of developing the STEM-OP began with establishing a conceptual framework, drawing on the integrated STEM research literature, national standards documents, and frameworks for both K-12 engineering education and integrated STEM education.

Improving Integrated STEM Education: The Design and Development of a K-12 STEM Observation Protocol (STEM-OP) (RTP)

Integrated approaches to teaching science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (commonly referred to as STEM education) in K-12 classrooms have resulted in a growing number of teachers incorporating engineering in their science classrooms. Such changes are a result of shifts in science standards to include engineering as evidenced by the Next Generation Science Standards. To date, 20 states and the District of Columbia have adopted the NGSS and another 24 have adopted standards based on the Framework for K-12 Science Education.

Author/Presenter

Emily Anna Dare

Benny Mart Reblando Hiwatig

Khomson Keratithamkul

Joshua Alexander Ellis

Gillian Roehrig

Elizabeth A. Ring-Whalen

Mark Rouleau

Farah Faruqi

Corbin Rice

Preethi Titu

Feng Li

Jeanna R. Wieselmann

Elizabeth A Crotty

Year
2021
Short Description

The work presented here describes in detail the development of an integrated STEM observation instrument - the STEM Observation Protocol (STEM-OP) - that can be used for both research and practice. Over a period of approximately 18-months, a team of STEM educators and educational researchers developed a 10-item integrated STEM observation instrument for use in K-12 science and engineering classrooms. The process of developing the STEM-OP began with establishing a conceptual framework, drawing on the integrated STEM research literature, national standards documents, and frameworks for both K-12 engineering education and integrated STEM education.

Eliciting and Refining Conceptions of STEM Education: A Series of Activities for Professional Development

Integrated STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) education is becoming increasingly common in K–12 classrooms. However, various definitions of STEM education exist that make it challenging for teachers to know what to implement and how to do so in their classrooms. In this article, we describe a series of activities used in a week-long professional development workshop designed to elicit K–12 teachers’ conceptions of STEM and the roles that science, technology, engineering, and mathematics play in STEM education.

Author/Presenter

Emily A. Dare

Elizabeth A. Ring-Whalen

Year
2021
Short Description

Integrated STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) education is becoming increasingly common in K–12 classrooms. However, various definitions of STEM education exist that make it challenging for teachers to know what to implement and how to do so in their classrooms. In this article, we describe a series of activities used in a week-long professional development workshop designed to elicit K–12 teachers’ conceptions of STEM and the roles that science, technology, engineering, and mathematics play in STEM education.

Eliciting and Refining Conceptions of STEM Education: A Series of Activities for Professional Development

Integrated STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) education is becoming increasingly common in K–12 classrooms. However, various definitions of STEM education exist that make it challenging for teachers to know what to implement and how to do so in their classrooms. In this article, we describe a series of activities used in a week-long professional development workshop designed to elicit K–12 teachers’ conceptions of STEM and the roles that science, technology, engineering, and mathematics play in STEM education.

Author/Presenter

Emily A. Dare

Elizabeth A. Ring-Whalen

Year
2021
Short Description

Integrated STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) education is becoming increasingly common in K–12 classrooms. However, various definitions of STEM education exist that make it challenging for teachers to know what to implement and how to do so in their classrooms. In this article, we describe a series of activities used in a week-long professional development workshop designed to elicit K–12 teachers’ conceptions of STEM and the roles that science, technology, engineering, and mathematics play in STEM education.