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This article examines the construction of identity among African American adolescents. Narrative theories of personality help elucidate the complexity of success.
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TEAM MEMBERS: Cynthia Winston David Wall Rice Brandi Bradshaw Lloyd Derek Lasana Harris Tanisha Burford Gerard Clodimir Karmen Kizzie Kristin Joy Carothers Vetisha McClair Jennifer Burrell
resource research Media and Technology
In order to name and classify a plant they see, children use their existing mental models to provide the plant with a name and classification. In this study pupils of a range of ages (5, 8, 10, and 14 years old) were presented with preserved specimens of six different plants (strictly, five plants and a fungus) and asked a series of questions about them. Their responses indicate that pupils of all ages mainly recognise and use anatomical features when naming the plants and explaining why they are what they are. However, older pupils are more likely to also use habitat features. For both girls
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TEAM MEMBERS: Sue Dale Tunnicliffe Michael Reiss
resource research Public Programs
This paper focuses on an early stage of developing curricular materials to support students' learning of scientific inquiry. The materials being developed and tested, called Classroom FeederWatch (CFW), aimed to support science inquiry and were developed by a collaborative team of private curriculum developers and scientists (ornithologists). Inquiry dimensions were influenced at the outset by the newly released National Science Education Standards (National Research Council, Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 1996) and by prior successful experiences of ornithologists with inquiry
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TEAM MEMBERS: Deborah Trumbull Rick Bonney Nancy Grudens-Schuck
resource research Public Programs
This poster was presented at the 2014 AISL PI Meeting held in Washington, DC. It describes a project that uses social network methods to study networks of afterschool and informal science stakeholders.
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TEAM MEMBERS: SRI Education Ann House
resource research Public Programs
This interpretive study of learning environments involved two groups of Israeli science teachers who participated in courses and implemented field trips as part of science‐technology‐society (STS) education and under the framework of general system theory. The different groups of preservice and experienced teachers were selected in order to provide diverse perspectives on learning environments associated with the enactment of field trips as enrichment for the science classroom. The article describes the field trip programs and provides examples of how teachers in different stages of their
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TEAM MEMBERS: Revital Tal
resource research Public Programs
Museums are favorite and respected resources for learning worldwide. In Israel, there are two relatively large science centers and a number of small natural history museums that are visited by thousands of students. Unlike other countries, studying museum visits in Israel only emerges in the last few years. The study focused on the roles and perceptions of teachers, who visited four natural history museums with their classes. The study followed previous studies that aimed at understanding the role teachers play in class visits to museums (Griffin & Symington, 1997, Science Education, 81, 763
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TEAM MEMBERS: Revital Tal Yael Bamberger Orly Morag
resource research Public Programs
This poster from the 2014 AISL PI Meeting describes a project in Maine to derive and develop an educational model for informal science learning in rural areas where ISE venues are nonexistent.
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TEAM MEMBERS: Laurie Larsen
resource research Media and Technology
This poster was presented at the 2014 AISL PI Meeting held in Washington, DC. It discusses the second season of SciGirls, a multimedia project designed to encourage and empower more girls to pursue careers in STEM.
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TEAM MEMBERS: Twin Cities Public Television Rita Karl
resource research Media and Technology
This poster from the 2014 AISL PI Meeting presents Peg + Cat, a research and development project that explores the mechanisms that initiate and support innovation in early childhood education, especially by combining informal learning via public media and technology with teacher and family interactions to maximize children's math learning.
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TEAM MEMBERS: The Fred Rogers Company Alan Friedman
resource research Public Programs
A midpoint progress poster on the Sparks of Discovery Project which connects UW-Madison NSF researchers to produce interdisciplinary science investigations that will be/have been implemented in a number of settings, including participants from underrepresented groups in science. Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) along with the Morgridge Institute for Research staff support the project and implement the education programs at the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery. This poster was presented at the 2014 AISL PI Meeting in Washington, DC.
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TEAM MEMBERS: University of Wisconsin, Madison Travis Tangen
resource research Public Programs
This poster was presented at the 2014 AISL PI Meeting. In this NSF International Research Experiences for Students project MSU students will travel to the Altai Republic and work with faculty and students at Gorno-Altaisk University to conduct research related to native language use in learning ecological sciences in informal settings.
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TEAM MEMBERS: Montana State University Michael Brody
resource research Public Programs
This article describes models used in Fusion Science Theater to engage children in learning about science. It draws parallels between scientific investigation and theatrical performance that reveal common underlying principles. The article also reports on the show's development, form, content, evaluation, and impact.
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TEAM MEMBERS: Fusion Science Theater Holly Walter Kerby Joanne Cantor Marcia Weiland Christopher Babiarz Anne Kerby