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  • Characterization and Mediation of K-12 Science Teachers' Implementation of the Next Generation Science Standards

    Creator:
    Rogan-Klyve, Allyson M.
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    The Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) are a recent set of standards that leverage decades of research to present an innovative and coherent image for K 12 science education in the United States. Major themes in the NGSS include the intertwining of learning and doing science, addressing connections across scientific...
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    Dissertation
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    research to present an innovative and coherent image for K- 12 science education in the United States

  • Analyzing explicit teaching strategies and student discourse for scientific argumentation

    Creator:
    Park, Young-Shin
    Abstract:
    Scientific inquiry in K-12 classrooms tends to be procedural, lacking opportunities for students to gain understanding of how scientific knowledge is constructed through reflection, debate, and argument. Limited opportunity to develop scientific argumentation skills prevents students from practicing the scientific thinking needed to understand the nature of scientific knowledge and...
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    Dissertation
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    science teacher, Mr. Field, and his students at the middle school level participated in this study for

  • Argumentation and equity in inquiry-based science instruction : reasoning patterns of teachers and students

    Creator:
    Irish, Tobias E. L.
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    This multiple case study explores issues of equity in science education through an examination of how teachers' reasoning patterns compare with students' reasoning patterns during inquiry-based lessons. It also examines the ways in which teachers utilize students' cultural and linguistic resources, or funds of knowledge, during inquiry-based lessons and the...
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    Dissertation
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      teachers  and  a  total  of  57  middle  school  students  participated  in  this

  • The development of pre-service teachers' Technology Specific Pedagogy

    Creator:
    Harrington, Rachel A.
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    The purpose of this study was to document the development of pre-service teachers' Technology Specific Pedagogy as they learned to teach mathematics with technology during their initial licensure program. The study investigated the pre-service teachers' learning using both a social and a psychological perspective of teacher learning. Two research questions...
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    Dissertation
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    Department of Science and Mathematics Education Dean of the Graduate School I understand that

  • Generalizing the Idea Garden : Principles and Contexts

    Creator:
    Jernigan, William
    Abstract:
    In previous work, the Idea Garden was created to help those relatively new to programming overcome their barriers in CoScripter. The goal of this thesis was to generalize the Idea Garden's success to other users and environments. We present a set of principles on how to help EUPs like this...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Professor, representing Computer Science Head of the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer