PAPERS AND PRESENTATION

Mahoney, J., Novak, A. & Gleason, C. (2006).  Connecting the Experiments with the Concepts: How to Help Students Develop Written Explanations for Meaningful Learning.  Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching. San Francisco, California. PDF Version

Kenyon, L. & Reiser, B. (2006). Functional Approach to Nature of Science: Using Epistemological Understandings to Construct and Evaluate Explanations. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association. San Francisco, California. PDF Version

Kuhn, L. & Reiser, B. (2006). Structuring Activities to Foster Argumentative Discourse. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association. San Francisco, California. PDF Version

McNeill, K. & Krajcik, J. (2006). Supporting Students’ Construction of Scientific Explanation through Generic versus Context-Specific Written Scaffolds. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association. San Francisco, California. PDF Version

Tzou, C. (2006). Characterizing Teachers’ Support of Constructing Scientific Explanations from a Discourse Perspective. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association. San Francisco, California. PDF Version

Krajcik, J., McNeill, K. & Reiser, B. (2006). A Learning Goals Driven Design Model for Developing Science Curriculum. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association. San Francisco, California. PDF Version

Fortus, D., Hug, B. Krajcik, J., Kuhn, L., McNeill, K., Reiser, B., Rivet, A., Rogat, A., Schwarz, C., & Schwarz, Y. (2006). Sequencing and Supporting Complex Scientific Inquiry Practices in Instructional Materials for Middle School Students. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching. San Francisco, California. PDF Version

McNeill, K. L., Lizotte, D. J, Krajcik, J., & Marx, R. W. (in press). Supporting students’ construction of scientific explanations by fading scaffolds in instructional materials. The Journal of the Learning Sciences. PDF Version

Kenyon, L. & Reiser, B. (2005). Students’ Epistemologies of Science and Their Influence on Inquiry Practices. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, Dallas, Texas. PDF Version

Heitzman, M. & Krajcik, J. (2005). Urban Seventh-grader’s Translations of Chemical Equations: What Parts of the Translation Process do Students Have Trouble? Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, Dallas, Texas. PDF Version

Holt, L., Chang, H., Quintana, C. & Krajcik, J. (2005). Learner-Centered Design of Chemation: A Handheld Tool for Middle-School Chemistry. Proposal prepared for NARST, Dallas, Texas. PDF Version

Hug, B. & McNeill, K. (2005). Students’ Discussions of Data: Affordances and Constraints of First and Second Hand Experiences. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, Dallas, Texas. PDF Version

Kuhn, L. & Reiser, B. (2005). Students Constructing and Defending Evidence-Based Scientific Explanations. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, Dallas, Texas. PDF Version

McNeill, K. L. & Krajcik, J. (in press). Middle school students' use of appropriate and inappropriate evidence in writing scientific explanations. In Lovett, M & Shah, P (Eds.) Thinking with data: The proceedings of the 33rd Carnegie symposium on cognition. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum
Associates, Inc. PDF Version

Reiser, B., Krajcik, J,Moje, E. & Marx, R. (2003). Design Strategies for Developing Science Instructional Materials. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, Philadelphia , PA. PDF Version

Lizotte, D.J., Harris, C.J., McNeill, K.L., Marx, R.W., & Krajcik, J. (2003, April). Usable Assessments aligned with curriculum materials: Measuring explanation as a scientific way of knowing. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago , IL. PDF Version

Harris, C. J., McNeill, K. L., Lizotte, D. J, Marx, R. W., & Krajcik, J. (in press). Usable assessments for teaching science content and inquiry standards. PEERs Matter (a joint publication of NARST and NSTA). PDF Version

Fogleman, J., Marx, R.(2003). Enacting Standards-Based Inquiry Oriented Curriculum: supporting Conversations Between Teachers and Developers During Pilot Curriculum Enactments. Paper presented at the NARST 2003, 2003, Philadelphia , PA.

Tzou, C.T. , Reiser, B.J., Hug, B., Finn, L., Dodick, J., & Bruozas, M.  (March 2003). Teaching about ecosystems in a project-based curriculum: Challenges and promises. In J. Krajick (chair). Middle school science curriculum materials: Meeting standards and fostering inquiry using Backwards Design. Symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, Philadelphia , PA.

McNeill, K. L., Lizotte, D. J, Harris, C. J., Scott, L. A., Krajcik, J., & Marx, R. W. (2003, March). Using backward design to create standards-based middle-school inquiry-oriented chemistry curriculum and assessment materials. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, Philadelphia , PA.