Our paper is an analytical review of the design, development and reporting of learning
progressions and teaching sequences. Research questions are:(1) what criteria are being …

It has long been a goal of science education in the United States that students leave school
with a robust understanding of the nature of science. Decades of research show that this …

The chapter sets out the agenda for the entire book. The primary aim is to illustrate the
context for the articulation of how “Nature of Science”(NOS) can be conceptualized and …

This paper provides a rationale for the changes advocated by the Framework for K-12
Science Education and the Next Generation Science Standards. It provides an argument for …

An informal mathematical module integrating Arts (modifying STEM to STEAM) and following
an inquiry-based learning approach was applied to a sample of 392 students (aged 12–13 …

Student foundational knowledge of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics
(STEM) is formed in their elementary education. Paradoxically, many elementary teachers …

Helping students develop informed views about scientific inquiry (SI) has been and
continues to be a goal of K‐12 science education, as evidenced in various reform …

In this paper, we contend that what to teach about scientific reasoning has been bedeviled
by a lack of clarity about the construct. Drawing on the insights emerging from a cognitive …

Basing its arguments in current perspectives on the nature of the scientific enterprise, which
see argument and argumentative practice as a core activity of scientists, this article develops …

Many innovative approaches to education such as problem-based learning (PBL) and
inquiry learning (IL) situate learning in problem-solving or investigations of complex …