BOSE_Commissioned

Commissioned Papers

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Assessment of Informal and Afterschool Science Learning
The NRC and NSF Frameworks for Characterizing Learning in Informal Settings: Comparisons and Possibilities for Integration		Sue Allen and Rick Bonney
Evaluation Under Pressure: Balancing the Needs of the ISE Field with the Needs of Individual Projects		Kirsten Ellenbogen
Informal Science Education Assessment in the Context of the 5-Year Federal STEM Education Strategic Plan		Michael Feder and Carl Wieman
Attitudes of Stakeholders towards Assessment in the Informal Science Education Realm		Alan Friedman
Observational Methods for Assessment of Informal Science Learning and Education		Drew Gitomer
Using the NRC Framework to Engage Students in Learning Science in Informal Environments		Joseph Krajcik
Informal Science Learning and Education: Definition and Goals		Anita Krishnamurthi and Leonie Rennie
On Defining and Assessing Engagement, Interest, Curiosity, and Motivation in Informal Science Learning		Ann Renninger
Creating Assessment Frameworks: Experience from International Studies		Larry Suter
Embedded Assessment of Informal and Afterschool Science Learning		Diego Zapata-Rivera

Climate Change Education Roundtable
August 31-September 1, 2011 Workshop on K-14 Education
Climate Change Education in the Formal K-12 Setting: Lessons Learned from Environmental Education		Bora Simmons
Climate Change Education in K-12: Teacher Preparation, Understanding, Needs and Concerns		Roberta Johnson
Navigating Climate Science in the Classroom Teacher Preparation, Practices, Perceptions and Professional Development		Susan M. Buhr
Glimpses of Climate Literacy: Climate Literacy as Assessed Partially by a Limited Set of Items from Four Recent National Assessments of Environmental Literacy		Tom Marcinkowski

October 20, 2010 Workshop on Goals and Audiences
Climate Change Education for Sustainable Development		Bill Solecki
Climate Change Education Funding Goals: NSF, NOAA, NASA		Sherrie Forrest and Jeremy Flattau
Sociological Perspective Climate Change Education Audiences		Aaron McCright
Social Context for Climate Change Education		Susan Clayton
Climate Change Education for Diverse Audiences		Elaine Andrews
Climate Change Education and the Media		Heidi Cullen
Climate Change Education for Opinion Leaders		Matt Nisbet
Climate Change Education for Faith Based Groups		Greg Hitzhusen
Climate Change Education for Sportsmen, Nature Enthusiasts, Evangelical Groups, and Other Interest Groups,		Kevin Coyle

Exploring the Intersection of Science Education and the Development of 21st Century Skills
The Challenges of Teaching and Learning about Science in the 21st Century: Exploring e Abilities and Constraints of Adolescent Learners		Eric M. Anderman and Gale M. Sinatra
The BSCS 5e Instructional Model And 21st Century Skills		Rodger Bybee
Scaffolding Scientific Argumentation Between Multiple Students in Online Learning Environments to Support the Development of 21st Century Skills		Douglas Clark
Learning by Design’s Framework for Promoting Learning of 21st Century Skills		Janet Kolodner
IQWST Materials: Meeting the Challenges of the 21st Century		Joseph Krajcik
Towards a Framework for Assessing 21st Century Science Skills		Maria Araceli Ruiz-Primo
Are 21st Century Skills Found in Science Education Standards?		Christian Schunn
Cultivating 21st Century Skills in Science Learners: How Systems of Teacher Preparation and Professional Development Will Have to Evolve References		Mark Windschitl

Evidence on Promising Practices in Undergraduate Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education Workshop 1 June 30, 2008
Linking Evidence and Learning Goals		Susan Singer
White Paper on Promising Practices in Undergraduate STEM Education		Jeffrey Froyd
Practitioner Research as a Way of Knowing: A Case Study of Teacher Learning in Improving Undergraduates’ Concept Acquisition of Evolution by Natural Selection		Bruce Grant
Learning Goals in Undergraduate STEM Education and Evidence for Achieving Them		Jose M. Mestre
Chemistry in Context: Goals, Evidence, and Gaps (A White Paper)		Cathy Middlecamp
Promising Practices in Undergraduate STEM Education		Jeanne L. Narum
Evidence on Promising Practices in Undergraduate Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education Workshop 2 October 13-14, 2008
Effectiveness of Problem-based learning		David Gijbels
Case Pedagogy in Undergraduate STEM: Research We Have; Research We Need		Mary Lundeberg
Use of Complex Problems in Teaching Physics		Tom Foster
Concept Inventories in Higher Education Science		Julie Libarkin
Concept Inventories in Engineering Education		Teri Reed-Rhoads
Identifying And Addressing Student Conceptual Difficulties: An Example From Introductory Physics		Paula Heron
The Rensselaer Studio Model for Learning and Teaching: What Have We Learned?		Karen Cummings
The SCALE-UP Project: A Student-Centered Active Learning Environment for Undergraduate Programs		Robert Beichner
Tracking Student Problem-Solving Strategies in Online PBL Case Discussions: A Method to Target Interventions to Individuals and Groups Most in Need of Help		Marcy Osgood
Less Talk, More Action: Active Learning in Introductory Geoscience Courses		David McConnell
The Role of Undergraduate Research in Student Retention, Academic Engagement, and the Pursuit of Graduate Education		Sandy Gregerman
Evaluation of the Center for Authentic Science Practice in Education (CASPiE) Model of Undergraduate Research		Donald Wink and Gabriela Weaver
The Impact of Future Faculty Professional Development in Teaching on STEM Undergraduate Education: A Case Study about the Delta Program in Research, Teaching and Learning at the University of Wisconsin-Madison		Donald Gillian-Daniel
The Workshop for New Faculty in Physics and Astronomy		Kenneth Krane
Working with the Discipline – Developing a Supportive Environment for Education		Cathy Manduca
Barriers and Promises in STEM Reform		Melissa Dancy and Charles Henderson
Linking Evidence and Promising Practices in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Undergraduate Education: A Status Report		James Fairweather

Highly Successful Schools or Programs for K-12 STEM Education: A Workshop
Engineering [for] Effectiveness in Mathematics Education: Intervention at the Instructional Core in an Era of Common Core Standards		Jere Confrey and Alan Maloney
Effective STEM Education Strategies for Diverse and Underserved Learners		Okhee Lee
Building on Learner Thinking: A Framework for Improving Learning and Assessment		Jim Minstrell, Ruth Anderson, and Min Li
Mathematics Learning and Diverse Students		Na’ilah Suad Nasir, Niral Shah, Jose Gutierrez, Nicole Louie, Kim Seashore, and Evra Baldinger,
Study of the Impact of Specialized Science High Schools		Rena Subtonik and Robert Tai
Stem Reform: Which Way to Go		William Schmidt
Delivering STEM Education through Career and Technical Education Schools and Programs		James Stone
Effective Stem Teacher Preparation, Induction, and Professional Development		Suzanne Wilson
Inclusive STEM Schools: Early Promise in Texas and Unanswered Questions		Viki Young

High School Science Laboratories: Role and Vision
The School Science Laboratory: Considerations of Learning, Technology, and Scientific Practice		Philip Bell
The HS Lab Experience: Reconsidering the Role of Evidence, Explanation and the Language of Science		Richard Duschl
The Role of Practical Work in the Teaching and Learning of Science		Robin Millar
What Types of Knowledge do Teachers use to Engage Learners in "Doing Science"?		Mark Windschitl

Learning Science: Computer Games, Simulations, and Education
Rethinking Science Learning Through Digital Games and Simulations: Genres, Examples, and Evidence		Douglas Clark, Brian Nelson, Pratim Sengupta, and Cynthia D’Angelo
Response Paper: Rethinking science learning, a needs assessment		Diane Ketelhut
Learning Context: Gaming, Simulations, and Science Learning in the Classroom		Christopher Dede
Response Paper: Gaming, Simulations, and Science Learning in the Classroom		Katherine Culp
Games and Simulations in Informal Science Education		Kurt Squire and Nathan Patterson
Response Paper: Sociocultural Contexts of Game-Based Learning		Mimi Ito
Assessment of Student Learning in Science Simulations and Games		Edys Quellmalz, Michael Timms, and Steve Schneider
Response Paper: Response to Assessment of Student Learning in Science Simulations and Games		John Behrens
Bringing Game-Based Learning To Scale: The Business Challenges Of Serious Games		Merrilea Mayo
Response Paper: Response to Merrilea Mayo’s paper Bringing Game Based Learning To Scale: The Business Challenges of Serious Games		Alan Gershenfeld
Bringing Game Based Learning to Scale: a Response		Scot Osterweil

Learning Science in Informal Environments: A Review of the Research Past, Present and Future
How Might Native Science Inform “Informal Science Learning?”		Bryan Brayboy and Angelina Castagno
Diverse Learning and Learner Diversity in “Informal” Science Learning Environments		Shirley Brice Heath
Assessing Learning in Informal Science Contexts		Michael Brody, Art Bangert and Justin Dillon
Evaluation of Learning in Informal Learning Environments		Institute for Learning Innovation
Lifelong Learning and Technology		Casey Lindberg, Edwin Carstensen, and Laura Carstensen
Interest and Motivation in Informal Science Learning		K. Ann Renninger
Media-based Learning Science in Informal Environments		Saul Rockman, Kristen Bass, Jennifer Borse
Informal Science Learning in Afterschool Settings: A Natural Fit?		Sarah Schwartz and Gil Noam

NASA’s Elementary and Secondary Education Program
Summary and Critique of Selected Evaluations of NASA Educational Programs		Frances Lawrenz
Alignment of the NASA Explorer School Model with Models for School Improvement and Reform		Susan Mundry
A Review of the Literature and the INSPIRE Model STEM in Out-of-School Time		National Institute on Out-of-School Time, Wellesley College

Organizing K-12 Science Education around Core Ideas
On Coherence and Core Ideas		Karen Draney and Mark Wilson
Moving to the Next Generation for the Standards of Science: Building on Recent Practices		Joan Herman
Learning Progressions in Science: A Summary of the Report from the Center on Continuous Instructional Improvement (CCII)		Aaron Rogat
A Science Discipline Based Perspective on Core Ideas		Timothy and Stephanie Slater
How Does Cognitive Development Inform the Choice of Core Ideas in the Physical Sciences?		Marianne Wiser and Carol Smith


Review of the NOAA Education Program
Review of NOAA Education Program Evaluation Reports		Ann Brackett
Logic Models of NOAA Education Programs and Implications for Restructuring		Bill Clune
Learner Diversity in Earth System Science		Roger Levine, Raquel González, and Carmen Martínez-Sussmann
Children and Adults’ Understanding of Ocean and Climate Sciences		Lynn Tran

Science Learning, Kindergarten through Eighth Grade
Informal Science Learning Environments: A Review of Research to Inform K-8 Schooling		Kirsten M. Ellenbogen and Reed Stevens
Sociocultural Approaches to Learning Science in Classrooms		Ellice Forman and Wendy Sink
Formative Assessment in K-8 Science Education: A Conceptual Review		Erin Marie Furtak
The Development of Scientific Reasoning Skills: What Psychologist Contribute to an Understanding of Elementary Science Learning		Corinne Zimmerman

Status, Contributions, and Future Direction of Discipline-Based Education Research (DBER)
Promoting Evidence-Based Change In Undergraduate Science Education		Ann Austin
The Development Of Research In Chemical Education As A Field Of Study		George M. Bodner
A Developmental History of Physics Education Research		Karen Cummings
Education research in the biological sciences: A nine decade review		Robert DeHaan
The Current Status and Future Direction of Biology Education Research	Matrix	Clarissa Dirks
A Synthesis of Discipline-Based Education Research in Physics		Jennifer Docktor and Jose Mestre
The Role of Spatial Thinking in Undergraduate Science Education		Mary Hegarty
Chronological and Ontological Development of Engineering Education as a Field of Scientific Inquiry		Jack Lohmann and Jeffrey Froyd
Applying the Science of Learning to Undergraduate Science Education		Richard Mayer
A New Century For Geoscience Education Research		Michael Piburn, Kaatje van der Hoeven Kraft, and Heather Pacheco
Epistemological Similarities and Differences Among the Sciences		Elliott Sober
Synthesis of the Research on Teaching and Learning in Engineering since the Implementation of ABET Engineering Criteria 2000		Marilla Svinicki
Review and synthesis of research in Chemical Education from 2000-2010		Marcy Towns and Adam Kraft

Strengthening Science Education through a Teacher Learning Continuum
A description and analysis of the United Kingdom’s system of professional development for science teachers		Sir John Holman, University of York
How Do Japanese Teachers Improve their Instruction? Synergies of Lesson Study at the School, District and National Levels		Catherine Lewis, Mills College
Science teachers' Profesional Development: An Australian Case Study		John Loughran, Monash University
A Descriptive Analysis of New York's Science Teacher Labor Market, 1999-2009		Luke Miller, University of Virginia
The Market for New Science Teachers in Florida		Tim Sass, Georgia State University

Teaching the Behavioral, Social and Economic Sciences in K-12: Possible Options and Next Steps: Planning Meeting
The Status of the Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences in State Standards and Related Policy Guidance: A Review of the Evidence		Diane Massell, University of Michigan Carol Barnes, University of Michigan
Economics in the K-12 Curriculum: Coursework, Content, and Research		William Walstad, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Michael Watts, Purdue University

These papers were commissioned for various projects conducted by the Board on Science Education. Opinions and statements included in the paper are solely those of the individual author, and are not necessarily adopted or endorsed or verified as accurate by the Board on Science Education or the National Academy of Sciences, including the National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine, or National Research Council.