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Bradford, Allison; Gerard, Libby; Tate, Erika; Li, Rui; Linn, Marcia C. – Science Education, 2023
To promote a justice-oriented approach to science education, we formed a research-practice partnership between middle school science teachers, their students, curriculum designers, learning scientists, and experts in social justice to co-design and test an environmental justice unit for middle school instruction. We examine teacher perspectives on…
Descriptors: Racism, Social Justice, Science Education, Middle School Teachers
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Matuk, Camillia; Linn, Marcia C. – Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2023
Peer ideas can be valuable contributions to scientific inquiry. Divergent peer ideas can enrich students' thinking and encourage curiosity. Meanwhile, similar peer ideas can promote convergent thinking that can reinforce understanding. However, students need guidance in critically evaluating peer ideas in relation to their own, and in recognizing…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Peer Relationship, Active Learning, Inquiry
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Boda, Phillip A.; Bathia, Shruti; Linn, Marcia C. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2021
Integrating sophisticated graphical analysis skills as they learn science is essential for K-12 students and emphasized in current standards. In this study, we iteratively designed a Graphing Integration Inventory (GII) over a three-year period, while also supporting students to develop their capabilities to use graphs to learn science content in…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Graphs, Teaching Methods, Science Instruction
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Gerard, Libby; Wiley, Korah; Debarger, Angela Haydel; Bichler, Sarah; Bradford, Allison; Linn, Marcia C. – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2022
Prompted by the sudden shift to remote instruction in March 2020 brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, teachers explored online resources to support their students learning from home. We report on how twelve teachers identified and creatively leveraged open educational resources (OERs) and practices to facilitate self-directed science learning.…
Descriptors: Independent Study, Science Education, Distance Education, COVID-19
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Gerard, Libby; Bradford, Allison; Linn, Marcia C. – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2022
Guiding teachers to customize curriculum has shown to improve science instruction when guided effectively. We explore how teachers use student data to customize a web-based science unit on plate tectonics. We study the implications for teacher learning along with the impact on student self-directed learning. During a professional development…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Independent Study, Science Instruction, Web Based Instruction
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Helix, Max R.; Cote, Laleh E.; Stachl, Christiane N.; Linn, Marcia C.; Stone, Elisa M.; Baranger, Anne M. – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2022
Understanding the impact of undergraduate research experiences (UREs) and course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs) is crucial as universities debate the value of allocating scarce resources to these activities. We report on the Berkeley Undergraduate Research Evaluation Tools (BURET), designed to assess the learning outcomes of UREs…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Undergraduate Students, Student Research, Science Instruction