Student voice and student choice: Middle school science teachers foster identity using a social learning environment

Elena Contreras Gullickson, Keisha Varma

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Abstract

This research interrogated how four middle school science teachers connected students' personal experiences to the construction of scientific knowledge. Teachers used a video-based social learning environment (SLE) to elicit student and familial knowledge. We examined how teachers leveraged technology to validate the ways that race, language, and culture, through the lens of identity, were critical in students' construction of science knowledge. The SLE prompts used by teachers were analyzed and findings are discussed.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication14th International Conference of the Learning Sciences
Subtitle of host publicationThe Interdisciplinarity of the Learning Sciences, ICLS 2020 - Conference Proceedings
EditorsMelissa Gresalfi, Ilana Seidel Horn
PublisherInternational Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS)
Pages2415-2416
Number of pages2
ISBN (Electronic)9781732467286
StatePublished - 2020
Event14th International Conference of the Learning Sciences: The Interdisciplinarity of the Learning Sciences, ICLS 2020 - Nashville, United States
Duration: Jun 19 2020Jun 23 2020

Publication series

NameComputer-Supported Collaborative Learning Conference, CSCL
Volume4
ISSN (Print)1573-4552

Conference

Conference14th International Conference of the Learning Sciences: The Interdisciplinarity of the Learning Sciences, ICLS 2020
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityNashville
Period6/19/206/23/20

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This work was funded by the National Science Foundation under Grant #1657088. Special thanks to all of the teachers, students, and parents who participated in this work and shared their thoughts and ideas with us.

Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS). All rights reserved.

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