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Schoolyard SITES: School-Community Partnership to Learn About Teaching Locally-Relevant Citizen Science
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Our research study examines the community-based partnership PD model and its impact on school teachers’ self-efficacy and their success in engaging students in the NGSS science practices through citizen science projects…
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The ability for an educational game designer to understand their audience's play styles and resulting experience is an essential tool for improving their game's design. In this paper we present a simple, reusable process…
Elementary Teachers as Collaborators: Developing Educative Support Materials for Citizen Science Projects
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Elementary teachers face many challenges to implementing reform-based science instruction in their classrooms. Some teachers may choose to enhance their students’ science experiences by introducing them to citizen science…
Analysing Students' Concept Mapping Style and Its Association with Task Performance in Computer-based Inquiry Learning
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In scientific inquiry learning, students often have difficulties conducting hypothetical reasoning with multiple intertwined variables. Concept maps have a potential to facilitate complex thinking and reasoning. However,…
Cultivating a Higher Level of Student Agency in Collective Discussion: Teacher Strategies to Navigate Student Scientific Uncertainty to Develop a Trajectory of Sensemaking
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Teachers play a crucial role in guiding students through sensemaking by addressing uncertainties and assisting in solution development. Student uncertainty is recognized as a pedagogical resource, engaging them in…
Science Teachers’ Implementation of Science and Engineering Practices in Different Instructional Settings
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This article explores science teachers’ implementation of science and engineering practices (SEPs) under different instructional settings.
This article explores science teachers’ implementation of…
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In this paper, we introduce an epistemic scaffolding framework for understanding the nature of support for epistemic growth in science.
In this paper, we introduce an epistemic scaffolding framework for…
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With a decade passing since the release of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), it is timely to reflect and consider the extent to which the promise of science teaching and learning that values and centers…
Shining Light on Preschool Science Investigations: Exploring Shadows and Strengthening Visual Spatial Skills
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Young children are naturally interested in light and shadows, thus providing a meaningful context to introduce preschool science investigations. As children explore how shadows are made and change, they also have…
Using Simulations to Support Students’ Conceptual Development Related to Wildfire Hazards and Risks from an Experiential Learning Perspective
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From the experiential learning perspective, this study investigates middle and high school students (n = 1009) who used an online module to learn about wildfire hazards, risks, and impacts through computational simulations…
Communities of Practice and the Elevation of Urban Elementary Teacher Discourse About Critical Pedagogy of Place
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Children who live in under-resourced communities and attend under-resourced schools deserve access to high-quality teachers and educational opportunities to support their success and well-being. This study emerged from a…
Learning About Science Topics of Social Relevance Using Lower and Higher Autonomy-Supportive Scaffolds
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Evaluation of plausible alternative explanations of scientific phenomena is an authentic scientific activity. Instructional scaffolding can facilitate students’ engagement in such evaluations by facilitating their…
Oceans of Data -- What is Needed to Support Students' Learning with Large Scientific Databases? (Collaborative Research: Foster)
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High School
Educational Technology
Science
Technology
June Foster
Ruth Krumhansl…
Zydeco: A Mobile "Nomadic Inquiry" System to Support and Bridge Science Inquiry Between Classroom and Museum Contexts
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Science
Christopher Quintana
Rethinking How to Teach Energy: Laying The Foundations in Elementary School (Collaborative Research: Lacy)
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Elementary School
Science
Sara Lacy
Marianne Wiser
Susan Doubler
Identifying Critical Characteristics of Effective Feedback Practices in Science and Mathematics Education
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Elementary School
Middle School
High School
Engineering
Mathematics
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Elementary School
Science
John Bransford
Nancy Vye
Daniel Gallagher
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Middle School
High School
Science
William Finzer
Clifford Konold
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High School
Mathematics
Science
John Lannin
Patricia Friedrichsen
Kathryn Chval…
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Elementary School
Middle School
Mathematics
Science
Technology
Andee Rubin
Kimberle…
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Engineering
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Kimberle…
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Middle School
High School
Science
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Marcia Linn
Jennifer King Chen…
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Elementary School
Science
Susan Doubler
Harold McWilliams
Accessing Science Ideas: Enhancing Curriculum to Support Scientific Reasoning of Students with Learning Disabilities
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Middle School
Science
Karen Mutch-Jones
Efficacy Study of Metropolitan Denver's Urban Advantage Program: A Project to Improve Scientific Literacy Among Urban Middle School Students
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Middle School
Science
Kathleen Tinworth
Target Inquiry: Investigating the Teacher and Student Effects of a New Model in Chemistry Teacher Professional Development
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Science
Deborah Herrington
Ellen Yezierski
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Elementary School
Middle School
High School
Mathematics
Science
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Carolyn…
Integrating Computing Across the Curriculum (ICAC): Incorporating Technology into STEM Education Using XO Laptops
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Elementary School
Science
Technology
Shelia Cotten
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Elementary School
Middle School
High School
Science
Roy Caldwell
Judith…
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Elementary School
Middle School
Engineering
Science
Eric Wiebe
Nurturing Multiplicative Reasoning in Students with Learning Disabilities in a Computerized Conceptual-modeling Environment (NMRSD-CCME)
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Elementary School
Science
Technology
Yan Ping Xin
Luo Si
Ron Tzur…
Studying Topography, Orographic Rainfall, and Ecosystems (STORE) with Geospatial Information Technology
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High School
Science
Technology
Daniel Zalles
James MaKinster
Beyond Bridging: Co-Education of Preservice and Inservice Elementary Teachers In Science and Mathematics
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Elementary School
Mathematics
Science
Bruce Johnson
Marta Civil
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Middle School
High School
Engineering
Mathematics
Science
Technology
Michael Hacker…
The Evidence Games: Collaborative Games Engaging Middle School Students in the Evaluation of Scientific Evidence
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Middle School
Science
Technology
Janis Bulgren
Marilyn Ault
James Ellis…
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High School
Science
Technology
Angela DeBarger
Carlos Ayala
Jim Minstrell…
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Middle School
High School
Science
Technology
Robert Ross
Don Duggan-Haas…
Astrobiology in the Secondary Classroom Project: An Interdisciplinary Curriculum Developed by a Collaboration of Scientists and Educators from Three Different Minority Communities
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Middle School
High School
Science
Technology
Todd Gary
A Longitudinal Examination of Children's Developing Knowledge of Measurement: Mathematical and Scientific Concept and Strategy Growth from Pre-K through Grade 5
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Elementary School
Mathematics
Science
Jeffrey Barrett
Douglas Clements
Julie…
Cyber-enabled Learning: Digital Natives in Integrated Scientific Inquiry Classrooms (Collaborative Research: Campbell)
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Middle School
High School
Science
Technology
Todd Campbell
Shiang-Kwei Wang…
Change Thinking for Global Science: Fostering and Evaluating Inquiry Thinking About the Ecological Impacts of Climate Change
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Middle School
High School
Science
Technology
Nancy Songer
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Elementary School
Science
James Barufaldi
Mary Hobbs
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Elementary School
Middle School
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Science
Geneva Haertel
Robert…
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Middle School
Science
Brian Belland
Achievements and Challenges of Modeling-based Instruction (ACMI) in Science Education: from 1980 to 2009
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Elementary School
Middle School
High School
Science
Technology
Ji Shen…
An Examination of the Impact of Teachers' Domain as a Professional Development Tool on Teacher Knowledge and Student Achievement in Biology
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Teachers
Achievement
Biology
Science
Technology
Professional Development
Lauren…
CLUSTER: Investigating a New Model Partnership for Teacher Preparation (Collaborative Research: Steinberg)
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Teachers
Middle School
High School
Science
Richard Steinberg
Preeti Gupta…