AAAS Conference
on Improving Science Textbooks
through Research and Development
October 17-19, 2001
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Washington, D.C.
View
the conference report by Charles W. Anderson
Conference Highlights
Dr. Glenda Lappan and Dr. Elizabeth D. Phillips,
members of the Connected Mathematics development team at Michigan State
University, were interviewed for the Second Textbook Conference. View
the interview here (20:41, 73.1MB
download).
Conference Papers
These papers reflect the views of the authors and not necessarily
the views of AAAS or those of the conference funders, the National
Science Foundation
(NSF) and the David and Lucile Packard Foundation.
Building a Sound Macroscopic Theory of Matter and Deeper
Epistemological Understandings of Science Among Elementary & Middle School
Students
Carol L. Smith, University of Massachusetts at Boston
Designing Systems to Support Learning Science with Understanding
for All: Developing Dialogues among Researchers, Reformers, and Developers
Andy Anderson, Professor of Teacher Education, Michigan State University
Developing Understanding Through Model-based Inquiry
James Stewart, Jennifer L. Cartier, and Cynthia M. Passmore,
Department of Curriculum & Instruction, University of
Wisconsin-Madison, National Center for Improving Student
Learning & Achievement in Mathematics and Science
Modeling Nature
Rich Lehrer and Leona Schauble, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Science Learning in the 21st Century: A Perspective
from Cognitive Science
Christine Massey, Institute for Research in Cognitive Science, University
of Pennsylvania
Using Conceptual
Change Research to Reason about Curriculum
Glenn D. Berkheimer, Charles W. Anderson, and Steven T. Spees, Institute for
Research on Teaching, Michigan State University
