Environmental Literacy                                        
    

      Michigan State University

Research Reports
 
2011

 

Book Chapters

Chapters to appear in the forthcoming book: Learning Progressions in Science. Alonzo, A.C., & Gotwals, A.W. (Eds.) Rotterdam, The Netherlands: Sense Publishers.

Alonzo, A.C., & Gotwals, A.W. (Eds.) (forthcoming). Developing Assessments for a Learning Progression on Carbon Transforming Processes in Socio-Ecological Systems. Learning Progressions in Science. Rotterdam, The Netherlands: Sense Publishers. (download Chapter)

Alonzo, A.C., & Gotwals, A.W. (Eds.) (forthcoming). Addressing Challenges in Developing Learning Progressions for Environmental Science Literacy. Learning Progressions in Science. Rotterdam, The Netherlands: Sense Publishers. (download Chapter)

 

2011 NARST Conference

PAPERS AND POSTERS

Carbon

Anderson, C. W. (2011, April). Developing Science Standards in a Time of Climate Change. (download PPT)

Jin, H., & Anderson, C. W. (2011, April). Cohesion and Consistency in Students' Accounts of Carbon-transforming Processes . (download PPT , Paper )

Baek, H., & Anderson, C. W. (2010, April). The Role of Informal Discourses in Students' Accounts of Carbon-transforming Processes. (download PPT, Paper)

Onyancha, K. M., & Anderson, C. W. (2011, April). Argumentation in Students' Accounts of Carbon-transforming Processes. (download PPT, Paper)

Chen, J., Anderson, C. W., Choi, J., Lee, Y., & Draney, D. (2011, April). Developing Reliable and Valid Assessment Items to Assess K-12 Students' Learning Progression of Carbon Cycling. (download PPT , Paper)

Zhan, L., Cisterna, D., Doherty, J., Anderson, C. W., Choi, J., Lee, Y., & Draney, D. (2011, April). The Effects of Teaching Materials and Teachers' Approaches on Student Learning about Carbon-transforming Processes. (download PPT , Paper)

Biodiversity

Hartley, L., C. W. Anderson, A. Berkowitz, J. C. Moore, J. Schramm, S. Simon. (April, 2011) Development of a Grade 6-12 Learning Progression for Biodiversity: an Overview of the Approach, Framework, and Key Findings. ( PPT, Paper)
Doherty, J., J. Schramm, and C. W. Anderson. (April, 2011) The Role of Heredity and Environment in Students’ Accounts of Adaptation by Selection and Phenotypic Plasticity. ( PPT, Paper)
McMahon, S. and J.C. Moore. (April, 2011) Endangered Species Conservation as a Context for Understanding Student Thinking about Genetic Diversity. ( PPT, Paper)
Schramm, J and B. Wilke. (April, 2011) Student understanding of species diversity in ecosystems. ( PPT, Paper)
Harris, C and A. Berkowitz. (April, 2011) Using complexity in food webs to teach biodiversity. ( PPT, Paper)