In recent years, science education researchers have increasingly studied the ways in which
students “make sense” of science. However, although researchers might all agree intuitively …

Scientific ideas are often expressed as mathematical equations. Understanding the ideas
contained within these equations requires making sense of both the embedded mathematics …

The devastating impact of Hurricane Harvey on school districts along the Texas coast in
2017 required public school superintendents to provide strong, decisive leadership for their …

This study aims to identify students' misconceptions about static fluid and to see how gender
effects on misconception. The method used in this research is survey to 24 students in one …

Researchers in physics education have advocated both for including modeling in science
classrooms as well as promoting student engagement with sensemaking. These two …

Although physics teachers often seek to help their students make sense of physics concepts,
our field has yet to thoroughly explore how and why students engage in sensemaking. In this …

Beyond students' ability to manipulate variables and solve problems, chemistry instructors
are also interested in students developing a deeper conceptual understanding of chemistry …

Compelling evidence, from multiple levels of schooling, suggests that teachers' knowledge
and beliefs about knowledge, knowing, and learning (ie, epistemologies) play a strong role …

This study applied the many-facet Rasch measurement (MFRM) to assess students'
knowledge-in-use in middle school physical science. 240 students completed three …

Background: Code comprehension research has identified gaps between the strategies
experts and novices use in comprehending code. In computer science (CS) education, code …