Supporting Scientific Practices in Elementary and Middle School Classrooms
This project, based at Northwestern University, investigated how to support elementary and middle school students in the scientific practices of developing scientific explanations, arguments, and models, to learn the important ideas of science more effectively. We analyzed how learners achieve increasingly more sophisticated versions of scientific practices over time. These students worked with three-year coordinated IQWST (Investigating and Questioning Our World Through Science and Technology) curriculum units, developed in prior work, that support argumentation, explanation, and modeling across the three years.
Findings from this study inform the development of Next Generation Science Storylines.
This project was funded by the National Science Foundation grant DRL-1020316 awarded to Brian Reiser at Northwestern University.
Findings from this study inform the development of Next Generation Science Storylines.
This project was funded by the National Science Foundation grant DRL-1020316 awarded to Brian Reiser at Northwestern University.