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Professional Learning Units and Courses Phenomena
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Professional Learning Units and Courses Phenomena
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Phenomena in Our Science Classrooms
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Exploring Phenomena That Connect Science, Self, and Society
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Using Local Phenomena to Support Student Learning
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Research on science teaching and learning supports instructional sequences that are driven by phenomenon, provide student-agency, and are made relevant to students. The use of locally-based, phenomenon-driven…
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Making Everyday Phenomena Phenomenal
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Communicating With Data Around Phenomena (Data Literacy 101)
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Helping our students make sense of data while they are working with phenomenon can be an excellent way for students to build critical 21st-century data skills in engaging and authentic ways. Here I outline an…
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Using Summary Tables to Support Students’ Explanations of Science Phenomena
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Helping Students Use Crosscutting Concepts to Guide Sensemaking of Anchoring Phenomena
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Crosscutting concepts (CCCs) are designed to help students make sense of phenomena across multiple scientific disciplines (National Research Council 2012). Since they are applicable to explaining so many different…
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This chapter, by Tricia Shelton, examines the use of explanatory arguments for empowering students to construct their own understanding of scientific concepts. High school students are guided by their own questions as…
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This chapter, by Kevin J. B. Anderson, shares examples from experiences that support teacher professional learning about scientific arguments based on evidence. The chapter also delves into strategies to help teachers…
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This chapter, by Michael A. Gibson, discusses an adaptable instruction activity used in undergraduate Earth science courses with preservice teachers to illustrate the gains in conceptual understanding that result from…
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This chapter, by Zong Vang, Eric Brunsell, and Elizabeth Alderton, addresses the inclusion of scientific argumentation in elementary classrooms and its connection to the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). It…
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This article introduces the Data Puzzles instructional framework as a means to engage middle school students in the exploration of wind energy and its potential for future wind farm locations across the United States.…