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Michelle B. Tindall – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This study investigates the challenge faced by eighth-grade students at Southern State Middle School in grasping abstract concepts within the domains of physical science, physics, and chemistry. This difficulty is manifested in their poor performance on summative assessments. A comprehensive analysis of state-provided data, in conjunction with…
Descriptors: Science Laboratories, Laboratory Experiments, Hands on Science, Summative Evaluation
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Buxton, Cory; Harper, Susan; Payne, Yolanda Denise; Allexsaht-Snider, Martha – Educational Studies: Journal of the American Educational Studies Association, 2017
Using three constructs taken from Latour's 2005 book, "Reassembling the Social," we consider our work in 2 contexts that were part of a project to support science teachers working with English learners: an 8th-grade physical science class in a summer science enrichment academy, and a 6th-grade Earth science class in a public middle…
Descriptors: STEM Education, English Language Learners, Physical Sciences, Science Instruction