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 …

To evaluate the recent advances in learning progression (LP) research and identify future
research directions, we reviewed LP literature from 2006 to 2018. Through a systematic …

This paper examines students' achievement and interest and the extent to which they are
predicted by teacher knowledge and motivation. Student achievement and interest are both …

The main aim of science education research is to improve science learning. In order to do
so, as researchers, we need to understand the complex interplay of teaching and learning in …

This article presents an empirical study on an initial learning progression of energy, a
concept of central importance to the understanding of science. Learning progressions have …

Every learner in science is unique with diverse abilities. Teachers as well as educational
researchers have long recognized and used that understanding to varying degrees in their …

This article reports on our work of developing a learning progression focusing on K‐12
students' performances of using energy concept in their accounts of carbon‐transforming …

Energy is a fundamental unifying concept of science, yet common approaches to energy
instruction in middle school have shown little success with helping students develop their …

Background Formative assessments are needed to enable monitoring how student
knowledge develops throughout a unit. Constructed response items which require learners …

This study tests a hypothesized learning progression for the concept of energy. It looks at 14
specific ideas under the categories of (i) Energy Forms and Transformations;(ii) Energy …