Fostering Student Sense Making in Elementary Science Learning Environments: Elementary Teachers' Use of Science Curriculum Materials to Promote Explanation Construction

Autor/inn/en	Zangori, Laura; Forbes, Cory T.; Biggers, Mandy
Titel	Fostering Student Sense Making in Elementary Science Learning Environments: Elementary Teachers' Use of Science Curriculum Materials to Promote Explanation Construction
Quelle	In: Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 50 (2013) 8, S.989-1017 (29 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-4308
DOI	10.1002/tea.21104
Schlagwörter	Science Instruction; Elementary School Science; Science Curriculum; Curriculum Development; Elementary School Teachers; Comprehension; Concept Formation; Mixed Methods Research; Teaching Methods; Statistical Analysis; Lesson Plans; Video Technology; Hands on Science; Data Collection; Interviews; Case Studies + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Curriculum; Development; Curriculumentwicklung; Lehrplan; Entwicklung; Elementary school; Teacher; Teachers; Grundschule; Volksschule; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Verstehen; Verständnis; Concept learning; Begriffsbildung; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Statistische Analyse; Lesson planning; Unterrichtsplanung; Data capture; Datensammlung; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study
Abstract	While research has shown that elementary (K-5) students are capable of engaging in the scientific practice of explanation construction, commonly-used elementary science curriculum materials may not always afford them opportunities to do so. As a result, elementary teachers must often adapt their science curriculum materials to better support students' explanation construction and foster student sense making. However, little research has been conducted to explore if and, if so, how and why, elementary teachers modify science curriculum materials to engage students in explanation construction. We use an embedded mixed methods research design to explore elementary teachers' (n?=?45) curricular adaptations and pedagogical reasoning. We collected and quantitatively analyzed a matched set of 121 elementary science lesson plans and video recorded lesson enactments to investigate the extent to which inservice elementary teachers engage in instruction to more productively support students' explanation construction. Our findings suggest that the curriculum materials heavily emphasized hands-on engagement and data collection over explanation construction and that the teachers' adaptations did not fundamentally alter scientific sense-making opportunities afforded students in the lesson plans. Interviews and other artifacts were also collected and analyzed to construct a multiple-case study of four of these elementary teachers. Findings from the case study suggest that the teachers' conceptions of explanation construction and concerns about the abilities of their students to engage in scientific explanations impacted their curricular adaptations. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10