The group has been busy this past year presenting empirical research from the PIESC3, RAES, and MoHSES projects at NARST, AERA, and other conferences, as well as invited talks at Florida State University and the Lawrence Hall of Science. Recent presentations include:
Sabel, J., Forbes, C. T., & Zangori, L. (2013, November). Design of an integrated teaching and learning biological sciences course for prospective elementary teachers. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the National Association of Biology Teachers, Atlanta, GA.
Zangori, L., Forbes, C.T., & Schwarz, C. (2013, November). Elementary students’ model-based explanations about the water cycle. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the School Science and Mathematics Association, San Antonio, TX.
Biggers, M., Forbes, C.T., & Zangori, L. (2013, April). Elementary teachers’ ideas about, planning for, and implementation of learner-guided and teacher- guided inquiry. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, Rio Grande, Puerto Rico.
Biggers, M., Forbes, C.T., & Zangori, L. (2013, April). Investigating variations of inquiry in elementary science classrooms: Establishing validity/reliability of a modified observation protocol. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, Rio Grande, Puerto Rico.
Forbes, C.T. (2013, April). Supporting teachers to attend to students’ ideas in elementary science learning environments: The Reflective Assessment for Elementary Science in Iowa (RAES-Iowa) project. Invited presentation at the Lawrence Hall of Science, Full Option Science System (FOSS) group.
Forbes, C.T., Biggers, M., & Zangori, L. (2013, August). Teachers’ pedagogical reasoning about students’ sense-making in elementary science learning environments. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the European Association of Research in Learning and Instruction, Munich, Germany.
Forbes, C.T., Lange, K., Möller, K., Biggers, M., Laux, M., & Zangori, L. (2013, April). A comparative study of early learners’ engagement in scientific practices in the U.S. and Germany. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, Rio Grande, Puerto Rico.
Forbes, C.T., Long, K J., Kennedy, C.A., Bancroft, J., Soldat, C., Biggers, M., & Sabel, J. (2013, April). Supporting elementary teachers’ learning to use formative assessment for science: The RAES- Iowa professional development model. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, Rio Grande, Puerto Rico.
Forbes, C.T. (2013, March). Multifaceted approaches to research and development on elementary students’ formulation and evaluation of scientific explanations. Invited presentation at Florida State University College of Education.
Zangori, L., Forbes, C.T., & Biggers, M. (2013, April). Elementary students’ explanation construction of seed structure and function: A concurrent mixed methods study. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, Rio Grande, Puerto Rico.
Zangori, L., Forbes, C.T., & Biggers, M. (2013, April). Elementary teachers’ use of science curriculum materials to foster explanation construction. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, Rio Grande, Puerto Rico.
Zangori, L., Forbes, C.T., & Biggers, M. (2013, April). Elementary teachers’ use of science curriculum materials to promote students’ sense making: An embedded mixed methods study. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA
