Current Work by Students and Fellows
Center graduate students and postdoctoral fellows have been sharing their work and preliminary findings at 2005 national and international conferences for science education researchers: the Association for Science Teacher Education (ASTE) (formerly AETS) International Conference in Colorado Springs, CO, January 19-23, 2005; the Illinois Online Conference on Teaching and Learning, February 16, 2005; the National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST) Annual Meeting in Dallas, TX, April 4-7 2005; and the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, April 11-15, 2005. Below are titles of the students’ and fellows' presentations in the 2004-2005 academic year.
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Association for Science Teacher Education (ASTE)—Workshops and Posters:
- Exploration of the Role of Curriculum Materials in Teaching Science and Learning to Teach Science. Kristin Gunckel, David Fortus & Ed Smith (MSU)
- Teacher Educators’ Conceptions of the Role of Curriculum Materials in Teaching Elementary Science & Learning to Teach Elementary Science. Kristin Gunckel, Mark Enfield & Edward Smith (MSU)
Illinois Online Conference on Teaching and Learning—Paper:
- Making Courses More Engaging and Accessible: A Case Study Using the Story-Centered Curriculum Approach. Kemi Jona, Ray Bareiss & Sukhjit Singh (NU)
National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST)—Papers and Posters:
- Designing for Complex System Understanding in the High School Biology Classroom. Ravit Golan Duncan & Brian J. Reiser (NU)
- Including Students and Teachers in the Co-Design of the Enacted Curriculum. Kristin L. Gunckel (MSU) & Felicia M. Moore (Columbia Univ.)
- Learner-Centered Design of Chemation: A Handheld Tool for Middle-School Chemistry. Lisa Scott Holt, Hsin-Yi Chang, Chris Quintana & Joseph Krajcik (UM)
- Students Constructing and Defending Evidence-Based Scientific Explanations. Leema Kuhn & Brian Reiser (NU)
- Students’ Discussion of Data: Affordances and Constraints of First and Second Hand Experiences. Barbara Hug (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, ERCA) & Kate L. McNeill (UM)
- Students’ Epistemologies of Science and Their Influence on Inquiry Practices. Lisa O. Kenyon & Brian J. Reiser (NU)
- Teacher Practices Around Visual Representations in a Middle School Chemistry Unit. Aaron D. Rogat & Joseph Krajcik (UM)
- The Embodiment of Violence in Collaborative Inquiry Learning at an After-School Science and Design Lab. Dean Grosshandler (MSU)
- Reading Science: A Culturally Responsive Approach to Developing Scientific Literacy. Magnia A. George & LeeAnn M. Sutherland (UM)
- We Have to Explain How to Do Things Before We Can Explain Why Things Happen: Joint Construction of Accounts in Elementary Science. Mark Enfield (MSU)
American Educational Research Association (AERA)—Sessions/Symposia, Papers, and Posters:
- Sorting it Out: Building a Lego-Logo Culture with Young Children. Dean Grosshandler (MSU)
- Teachers’ Use of Text to Support Students’ Science Literacy Learning in symposium titled "Exploring the relationships between teacher practice and student learning in inquiry-based science classrooms." LeeAnn M. Sutherland & Magnia A. George (UM)
- Comparing Teachers’ Adaptations of an Inquiry-Oriented Chemistry Unit with Student Learning. Jay Fogleman & Kate L. McNeill (UM)
- Exploring the Relation Between Teachers’ Practices Around Visual Representations and Student Learning in an Inquiry-Based Chemistry Unit. Aaron D. Rogat, Mary Heitzman & Joseph Krajcik (UM)
- Identifying Teacher Practices that Support Students’ Explanation in Science. Kate L. McNeill & D. J. Lizotte (UM)
- The Role of Domain-Specific Knowledge in Reasoning about Complex Systems. Ravit Golan Duncan (NU) & Brian J. Reiser (NU)
- The Darker Side of Inquiry: The Construction of a Fantasy Torture Device in a Science Lab. Dean Grosshandler (MSU)
