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Campbell, Todd; Gray, Ron; Fazio, Xavier – School Science and Mathematics, 2019
This research explores how explaining an anchoring phenomena and engaging students in investigations, as central designs of a model-based inquiry (MBI) unit, afforded or constrained the representation of scientific activity in the science classroom. This research is considered timely as recent standards documents and scholars in the field have…
Descriptors: Affordances, Barriers, Inquiry, Active Learning
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Turley, Renee; Trotochaud, Alan; Campbell, Todd – Science Teacher, 2016
Sense-making has been described as working on and with ideas--both students' ideas and authoritative ideas in texts--to build coherent storylines, models, and/or explanations. This article describes the process for developing storyline units to support students' making sense of and explaining a rocket launch. The storyline approach, which aligns…
Descriptors: Aviation Technology, Units of Study, Concept Teaching, Story Telling
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Zhang, Danhui; Campbell, Todd – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2011
This study describes the development of an instrument to investigate elementary students attitudes toward science. As a result of the instrument development process employed, the finalized instrument consisted of 28-items separated into three dimensions. The instrument was found to exhibit acceptable ranges of internal consistency. Confirmatory…
Descriptors: Elementary School Science, Student Attitudes, Validity, Attitude Measures
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Campbell, Todd; Neilson, Drew; Oh, Phil Seok – Science Teacher, 2013
Of the eight practices of science identified in "A Framework for K-12 Science Education" (NRC 2012), helping students develop and use models has been identified by many as an anchor (Schwarz and Passmore 2012; Windschitl 2012). In instruction, disciplinary core ideas, crosscutting concepts, and scientific practices can be meaningfully…
Descriptors: Physics, Models, Science Education, Science Instruction
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Campbell, Todd – Research in Science & Technological Education, 2011
This research presents a multiple case study investigating the personal frameworks of pre-service science teachers as they experience a science in society course. Through examining the metaphors employed by the participants' student experiences were illuminated. These experiences revealed shifts in frameworks over time that were more consistent…
Descriptors: Scientific Principles, Science Teachers, Science Instruction, Models
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Campbell, Todd; Neilson, Drew – Science Activities: Classroom Projects and Curriculum Ideas, 2009
Encouraging students to share their ideas, design mechanisms for testing ideas, and make conclusions about the validity of their ideas on the basis of evidence collected can enhance teaching about friction. The authors focus on teaching science content and science processes in a holistic manner so that students develop enduring understandings of…
Descriptors: Investigations, Scientific Principles, Science Instruction, Physics
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Erdogan, Ibrahim; Campbell, Todd – International Journal of Science Education, 2008
This research investigated the impact of teacher questions, question types, and interaction patterns that coincide with high and low levels of constructivist teaching practices. Through both quantitative and qualitative methods the findings revealed that teachers facilitating classrooms with high levels of constructivist teaching practices (HLCTP)…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Investigations, Interaction, Teaching Methods