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Samarapungavan, Ala; Bryan, Lynn; Wills, Jamison – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2017
In this paper, we present a study of second graders' learning about the nature of matter in the context of content-rich, model-based inquiry instruction. The goal of instruction was to help students learn to use simple particle models to explain states of matter and phase changes. We examined changes in students' ideas about matter, the coherence…
Descriptors: Grade 2, Elementary School Students, Scientific Concepts, Inquiry
Hokayem, Hayat; Gotwals, Amelia Wenk – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2016
Engaging in systemic reasoning about ecological issues is critical for early elementary students to develop future understanding of critical environmental issues such as global warming and loss of biodiversity. However, ecological issues are rarely taught in ways to highlight systemic reasoning in elementary schools. In this study, we conducted…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3
Varelas, Maria; Pappas, Christine C.; Tucker-Raymond, Eli; Kane, Justine; Hankes, Jennifer; Ortiz, Ibett; Keblawe-Shamah, Neveen – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2010
In this study we explored how dramatic enactments of scientific phenomena and concepts mediate children's learning of scientific meanings along material, social, and representational dimensions. These drama activities were part of two integrated science-literacy units, "Matter" and "Forest," which we developed and implemented…
Descriptors: Drama, Learning Activities, Urban Schools, Science Instruction
Plummer, Julia D. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2009
The National Science Education Standards [National Research Council (1996) National science education standards. Washington, DC: National Academy Press] recommend that students understand the apparent patterns of motion of the sun, moon and stars by the end of early elementary school. However, little information exists on students' ability to…
Descriptors: Scientific Principles, Motion, Visual Environment, Grade 2
Varelas, Maria; Kane, Justine M.; Wylie, Caitlin D. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2012
We explored 30 Black Kindergarten-2nd grade students' spoken narratives around pages of their science journals that the children selected as best for showing them as scientists. Because in all narratives, space-time relationships play an important role not only in situating but also in constituting them, we focused on such relationships using…
Descriptors: African American Children, Kindergarten, Grade 1, Grade 2