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Buxton, Cory; Harper, Susan; Payne, Yolanda Denise; Allexsaht-Snider, Martha – Educational Studies: Journal of the American Educational Studies Association, 2017
Using three constructs taken from Latour's 2005 book, "Reassembling the Social," we consider our work in 2 contexts that were part of a project to support science teachers working with English learners: an 8th-grade physical science class in a summer science enrichment academy, and a 6th-grade Earth science class in a public middle…
Descriptors: STEM Education, English Language Learners, Physical Sciences, Science Instruction
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Buxton, Cory; Harman, Ruth; Cardozo-Gaibisso, Lourdes; Jiang, Lei; Bui, Khanh; Allexsaht-Snider, Martha – Research in Science Education, 2019
We report on the use of bilingual constructed response science assessments in the context of a research and development partnership with secondary school science teachers. Given the power that assessments have in today's education systems, our project provided a series of workshops for teachers where they explored students' emergent…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Science Instruction, Interdisciplinary Approach, Teacher Workshops
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Kayumova, Shakhnoza; Buxton, Cory – Professional Development in Education, 2021
The case of two middle school science teachers engaged in a long-term professional learning project is used to complicate the story of teacher change and agency and the presumed relationships between teacher knowledge and practice. Becky and Kelly were highly participatory in all aspects of a multi-year professional learning project, yet, when…
Descriptors: Middle School Teachers, Science Teachers, Faculty Development, Hispanic American Students
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Vazquez Dominguez, Max; Allexsaht-Snider, Martha; Buxton, Cory – Journal of Latinos and Education, 2018
Building on a pedagogical model designed to support the teaching and learning of the language of science investigation practices with middle school emergent bilingual learners, we developed a series of soccer and science investigations to promote interest and engagement in science learning. We used assemblage theory to study how students engaged…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Science Activities, Science Achievement, Investigations
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Harman, Ruth; Buxton, Cory; Cardozo-Gaibisso, Lourdes; Jiang, Lei; Bui, Khanh – Language and Education, 2020
The Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) call for students to exhibit an in-depth understanding of scientific inquiry practices, including direct observation, creative design thinking, and argumentation based on evidential learning. To support academic equity for multilingual learners, these new expectations require reconceptualization of…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Standards, Scientific Research, Equal Education
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Allexsaht-Snider, Martha; Vazquez Dominguez, Max; Buxton, Cory; Karsli, Elif – Gender and Education, 2020
Interest in parents' roles in promoting students' academic success and career aspirations, especially in STEM areas, has grown as educators and world leaders set goals for expanding and diversifying the STEM workforce and extending science literacy across the globe. Responding to a call for research on fathers' roles, and considering the rise in…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Fathers, Sons, Daughters