Amelia Gotwals

LinkedIn URL
https://www.linkedin.com/in/amelia-gotwals-3b865312?trk=hp-identity-name
Professional Title
Associate Professor
Organization/Institution
Michigan State University (MSU)
Citations of DRK-12 or Related Work (DRK-12 work is denoted by *)
  • Wright, T. S. & Gotwals, A. W. (2017). Supporting kindergarteners’ science talk in the context of an integrated science and disciplinary literacy curriculum. Elementary School Journal, 117(3), 513-537.*
  • Stroupe, D. & Gotwals, A. W. (2018). “It’s 1000 degrees in here when I teach:” Providing preservice teachers with an extended opportunity to approximate ambitious instruction. Journal of Teacher Education, 69(3), 294-306.*
  • Gotwals, A. W. (2018). Where are we now? Learning progressions and formative assessment. Applied Measurement in Education, 31(2), 157-164.

Building a Community of Science Teacher Educators to Prepare Novices for Ambitious Science Teaching

Michigan State University (MSU)
08/01/2017

This conference will bring together a group of teacher educators to focus on preservice teacher education and a shared vision of instruction called ambitious science teaching. It is a critical first step toward building a community of teacher educators who can collectively share and refine strategies, tools, and practices for preparing preservice science teachers for ambitious science teaching.

Developing A Discourse Observation Tool and Online Professional Development to Promote Science, Oral Language and Literacy Development from the Start of School

Michigan State University (MSU)
09/15/2016

The goal of this project is to develop a classroom observation tool and an online professional development model to help early-elementary teachers improve science instruction among young learners by cultivating scientific discourse.