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Direct linkForbes, Cory T.; Cisterna, Dante; Bhattacharya, Devarati; Roy, Ranu – American Biology Teacher, 2019
Learning about heredity is important across the K-12 continuum. However, these ideas may be challenging for students. We examined third-grade students' ideas about heredity in the context of a new, six-week, model-based science unit that uses corn as a model organism to support students' ideas about heredity. We analyzed data collected during…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Student Attitudes, Science Instruction, Units of Study
Zangori, Laura; Forbes, Cory T. – Science Education, 2016
To develop scientific literacy, elementary students should engage in knowledge building of core concepts through scientific practice (Duschl, Schweingruber, & Schouse, 2007). A core scientific practice is engagement in scientific modeling to build conceptual understanding about discipline-specific concepts. Yet scientific modeling remains…
Descriptors: Plants (Botany), Scientific Literacy, Elementary School Students, Scientific Concepts
Exploring Third-Grade Student Model-Based Explanations about Plant Relationships within an Ecosystem
Zangori, Laura; Forbes, Cory T. – International Journal of Science Education, 2015
Elementary students should have opportunities to develop scientific models to reason and build understanding about how and why plants depend on relationships within an ecosystem for growth and survival. However, scientific modeling practices are rarely included within elementary science learning environments and disciplinary content is often…
Descriptors: Grade 3, Elementary School Students, Elementary School Science, Models
