Constructing Scientific Models During Teacher Preparation

Steven Barnhart; David Brookes; Eugenia Etkina

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2002 (2002) pp. 1589–1590

An example of a content-area approach to technology infusion is presented. A physical science team helps pre-service teachers who have learned science in a traditional lecture setting develop the necessary skills to implement a discovery approach to ...

Topics: Science, Teachers

Doing Science by Waving Hands: Talk, Symbiotic Gesture, and Interaction with Digital Content as Resources in Student Inquiry

Bor Gregorcic; Gorazd Planinsic; Eugenia Etkina

Physical Review Physics Education Research Vol. 13, No. 2 (2017) pp. 20104–1

In this paper, we investigate some of the ways in which students, when given the opportunity and an appropriate learning environment, spontaneously engage in collaborative inquiry. We studied small groups of high school students interacting around...

Integrating Video Technology Effectively into Instruction

Steven Barnhart; David Brookes; Eugenia Etkina

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2003 (2003) pp. 2990–2993

Our research is focused on effective ways of using a digital video in a science classroom. In particular, we will explore ways in which a digital video camera can be an effective aid in the process of construction of the most fundamental concepts of ...

Topics: Video

A New Way of Using the Interactive Whiteboard in a High School Physics Classroom: A Case Study

Bor Gregorcic; Eugenia Etkina; Gorazd Planinsic

Research in Science Education Vol. 48, No. 2 (2018) pp. 465–489

In recent decades, the interactive whiteboard (IWB) has become a relatively common educational tool in Western schools. The IWB is essentially a large touch screen, that enables the user to interact with digital content in ways that are not possible ...

Design and Reflection Help Students Develop Scientific Abilities: Learning in Introductory Physics Laboratories

Eugenia Etkina; Anna Karelina; Maria Ruibal-Villasenor; David Rosengrant; Rebecca Jordan; Cindy E. Hmelo-Silver

Journal of the Learning Sciences Vol. 19, No. 1 (2010) pp. 54–98

Design activities, when embedded in an inquiry cycle and appropriately scaffolded and supplemented with reflection, can promote the development of the habits of mind (scientific abilities) that are an important part of scientific practice. Through...