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Constructing Scientific Arguments Using Evidence from Dynamic Computational Climate Models
Amy Pallant; Hee-Sun Lee
Journal of Science Education and Technology Vol. 24, No. 2 (April 2015) pp. 378–395
Modeling and argumentation are two important scientific practices students need to develop throughout school years. In this paper, we investigated how middle and high school students (N = 512) construct a scientific argument based on evidence from...
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Fostering Students' Epistemologies of Models via Authentic Model-Based Tasks
Janice D. Gobert; Amy Pallant
Journal of Science Education and Technology Vol. 13, No. 1 (March 2004) pp. 7–22
A curriculum unit for middle school Earth Science called "What's on Your Plate?" was designed. The unit was implemented in several middle and high school classrooms in California and Massachusetts. In the first implementation, the total number of...
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Reasoning with Atomic-Scale Molecular Dynamic Models
Amy Pallant; Robert F. Tinker
Journal of Science Education and Technology Vol. 13, No. 1 (March 2004) pp. 51–66
The studies reported in this paper are an initial effort to explore the applicability of computational models in introductory science learning. Two instructional interventions are described that use a molecular dynamics model embedded in a set of...
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Modeling Earth's Climate
Amy Pallant; Hee-Sun Lee; Sara Pryputniewicz
Science Teacher Vol. 79, No. 7 (October 2012) pp. 38–42
Systems thinking suggests that one can best understand a complex system by studying the interrelationships of its component parts rather than looking at the individual parts in isolation. With ongoing concern about the effects of climate change,...
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Exploring the Unknown
Amy Pallant; Sarah Pryputniewicz; Hee-Sun Lee
Science Teacher Vol. 79, No. 3 (March 2012) pp. 60–65
Scientists, and science in general, move from the unknown to increasing levels of certainty. Teaching students about science means encouraging them to embrace and investigate the unknown, make reliable scientific claims, justify those claims with...
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Deep Space Detectives: Searching for Planets Suitable for Life
Amy Pallant; Daniel Damelin; Sarah Pryputniewicz
Science Teacher Vol. 80, No. 2 (February 2013) pp. 45–50
This article describes the High-Adventure Science curriculum unit "Is There Life in Space?" This free online investigation, developed by The Concord Consortium, helps students see how scientists use modern tools to locate planets around...
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Telepresence-Enabled Remote Fieldwork: Undergraduate Research in the Deep Sea
A. Lynn Stephens; Amy Pallant; Cynthia McIntyre
International Journal of Science Education Vol. 38, No. 13 (2016) pp. 2096–2113
Deep-sea research is rarely available to undergraduate students. However, as telepresence technology becomes more available, doors may open for more undergraduates to pursue research that includes remote fieldwork. This descriptive case study is an...
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Teaching with Interactive Computer-Based Simulation Models: Instructional Dilemmas and Opportunities in the High-Adventure Science Project
Karen Mutch-Jones; Santiago Gasca; Amy Pallant; Hee-Sun Lee
School Science and Mathematics Vol. 118, No. 5 (2018) pp. 190–200
The purpose of this descriptive study was to examine teacher instructional dilemmas and opportunities that emerged when students worked with interactive computer-based simulation models during the High-Adventure Science (HAS) project. The...