For this review, we synthesized quantitative and qualitative research on collaborative
learning to examine the relationship between teacher guidance strategies and the …

Recent global educational initiatives and reforms have focused on increasing the number of
students pursuing STEM subjects, and ensuring students are well-prepared, and suitably …

Epistemic practices are the socially organized and interactionally accomplished ways that
members of a group propose, communicate, assess, and legitimize knowledge claims …

The goal of scientific literacy has led to a steady increase in argument-based interventions in
science education contexts. It has been suggested that student participation in argument …

Science educators increasingly seek to support students' participation in scientific practices,
particularly epistemic practices, that is, those that ground authority for knowing in the …

The International Handbook of Science Education is a two volume edition pertaining to the
most significant issues in science education. It is a follow-up to the first Handbook, published …

Science includes more than just concepts and facts, but also encompasses scientific ways of
thinking and reasoning. Students' cultural and linguistic backgrounds influence the …

Edited by a diverse group of expert collaborators, the Handbook of the Cultural Foundations
of Learning is a landmark volume that brings together cutting-edge research examining …

There is now a significant research literature devoted to reconceptualizing scientific
activities, such as modeling, explanation, and argumentation, to realize a vision of science …

Findings generated by recent research in science education, international debate on the
guiding purposes of science education and the nature of scientific and technological literacy …