Science is a way of knowing about the world. At once a process, a product, and an
institution, science enables people to both engage in the construction of new knowledge as …

A Framework for K-12 Science Education and Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)
describe a new vision for science learning and teaching that is catalyzing improvements in …

The vision of the Framework and NGSS requires important shifts in teaching approaches
and instructional materials. We argue that this commitment to engaging learners in …

Learning science in the context of socio-scientific issues (SSI) can promote scientific literacy
that links science to everyday life and society. In this position paper, we argue that …

Recent research and policy documents call for engaging students and teachers in scientific
practices such that the goal of science education shifts from students knowing scientific and …

This study investigates pre-service teachers' capacities to attend to, analyze, and respond to
student thinking. Using a performance assessment of teacher competence, we compare two …

Although previous meta-analyses have indicated a connection between inquiry-based
teaching and improved student learning, the type of instruction characterized as inquiry …

Recent calls for teacher preparation to become more grounded in practice prompt the
questions: Which practices? and perhaps more fundamentally, what counts as a model of …

The centrality, ubiquity, and longevity of nature of science (NOS) in precollege science
education cannot be overstated. The goal of helping precollege students internalize …

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 …