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Characterizing the Formative Assessment Enactment of Experienced Science Teachers
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In this article, authors examined classroom videos of nine experienced teachers of elementary, middle, and high school science, aiming to create a model of FA enactment that is useful to teachers.…
Conceptual Profile of Substance: Representing Heterogeneity of Thinking in Chemistry Classrooms
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Teachers face challenges when building the concept of substance with students because tensions of meanings emerge from students’ daily life and canonical ideas developed in classrooms. A powerful tool to address learning,…
Secondary Chemistry Teacher Learning: Precursors for and Mechanisms of Pedagogical Conceptual Change
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Despite years of research and practice inspired by chemistry education research, a recent report shows that US secondary instruction is not aligned with current national reform-based efforts. One means to mitigate this…
Investigating the Mangle of Teaching Oxidation–Reduction with the VisChem Approach: Problematising Symbolic Traditions that Undermine Chemistry Concept Development
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Specific to the topic of oxidation–reduction (redox), teachers are obligated by the discipline to prioritise symbolic traditions such as writing equations, documenting oxidation states, and describing changes (e.g., what…
Investigating Teacher–Teacher Feedback: Uncovering Useful Socio-pedagogical Norms for Reform-based Chemistry Instruction
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Teacher–teacher feedback is an important feature of professional learning. However, deeply ingrained socio-pedagogical norms may affect both the nature and content of feedback, constraining its effectiveness. Prior studies…
National NSTA Conference
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Join your colleagues in the City of Brotherly Love for NSTA's 58th National Conference on Science Education. Conference registration and exhibits will be at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. Most sessions and events have…
2010 NSTA Area Conference - Kansas City
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Conference 21st Century Skills Achievement Astronomy Assessment Biology Classroom Practice Chemistry…
2010 NSTA Area Conference - Baltimore
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Conference 21st Century Skills Achievement Astronomy Assessment Biology Classroom Practice Chemistry…
2010 NSTA Area Conference - Nashville
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21st Century Skills Achievement Astronomy Assessment Biology Classroom Practice Chemistry Climate Change…