Impacts on student understanding of scientific practices and crosscutting themes through an NGSS–designed computer-supported curriculum and instruction project

Susan A. Yoon; Jessica Koehler-Yom; Emma Anderson; Murat Oztok; Eric Klopfer; Ilana Schoenfeld; Daniel Wendel; Josh Sheldon; Hal Scheintaub

Impacts on student understanding of scientific practices and crosscutting themes through an NGSS–designed computer-supported curriculum and instruction project

Susan A. Yoon, Jessica Koehler-Yom, Emma Anderson, Murat Oztok, Eric Klopfer, Ilana Schoenfeld, Daniel Wendel, Josh Sheldon, Hal Scheintaub

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Abstract

This paper presents a curriculum intervention intentionally designed to align with Next Generation Science Standards in the high-school biology classroom. The project emphasizes learning about complex systems through an agent-based modeling tool called StarLogo Nova. Five curricular units have been developed on the topics of enzymes, ecology, protein synthesis, gene regulation, and sugar transport. In this exploratory study we were interested in understanding the extent to which students demonstrated understanding and skills in NGSS areas as they were designed. Evidence is gleaned from classroom observations and interviews with 50 students selected from the larger population of 352 students who worked with project resources during the 2013-2014 school year. Findings revealed that students demonstrated understanding and skills in all NGSS scientific practices and crosscutting themes particularly in the areas of developing and using models, analyzing and interpreting data, cause and effect, and systems and system models.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Exploring the Material Conditions of Learning
Subtitle of host publication	Computer Supported Collaborative Learning Conference 2015, CSCL 2015 - Conference Proceedings
Editors	Oskar Lindwall, Paivi Hakkinen, Timothy Koschmann, Pierre Tchounikine, Sten Ludvigsen
Publisher	International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS)
Pages	142-149
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Electronic)	9780990355069
Publication status	Published - 7 Jun 2015
Externally published	Yes
Event	11th International Conference on Computer Supported Collaborative Learning: Exploring the Material Conditions of Learning, CSCL 2015 - Gothenburg, Sweden Duration: 7 Jun 2015 → 11 Jun 2015

Conference

Conference	11th International Conference on Computer Supported Collaborative Learning: Exploring the Material Conditions of Learning, CSCL 2015
Country/Territory	Sweden
City	Gothenburg
Period	7/06/15 → 11/06/15

Keywords

Education
Learning outcomes
Science education
Simulations

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Yoon, S. A., Koehler-Yom, J., Anderson, E., Oztok, M., Klopfer, E., Schoenfeld, I., Wendel, D., Sheldon, J., & Scheintaub, H. (2015). Impacts on student understanding of scientific practices and crosscutting themes through an NGSS–designed computer-supported curriculum and instruction project. In O. Lindwall, P. Hakkinen, T. Koschmann, P. Tchounikine, & S. Ludvigsen (Eds.), Exploring the Material Conditions of Learning: Computer Supported Collaborative Learning Conference 2015, CSCL 2015 - Conference Proceedings (pp. 142-149). International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS).

Impacts on student understanding of scientific practices and crosscutting themes through an NGSS–designed computer-supported curriculum and instruction project. / Yoon, Susan A.; Koehler-Yom, Jessica; Anderson, Emma et al.
Exploring the Material Conditions of Learning: Computer Supported Collaborative Learning Conference 2015, CSCL 2015 - Conference Proceedings. ed. / Oskar Lindwall; Paivi Hakkinen; Timothy Koschmann; Pierre Tchounikine; Sten Ludvigsen. International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS), 2015. p. 142-149.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Published conference contribution

Yoon, SA, Koehler-Yom, J, Anderson, E, Oztok, M, Klopfer, E, Schoenfeld, I, Wendel, D, Sheldon, J & Scheintaub, H 2015, Impacts on student understanding of scientific practices and crosscutting themes through an NGSS–designed computer-supported curriculum and instruction project. in O Lindwall, P Hakkinen, T Koschmann, P Tchounikine & S Ludvigsen (eds), Exploring the Material Conditions of Learning: Computer Supported Collaborative Learning Conference 2015, CSCL 2015 - Conference Proceedings. International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS), pp. 142-149, 11th International Conference on Computer Supported Collaborative Learning: Exploring the Material Conditions of Learning, CSCL 2015, Gothenburg, Sweden, 7/06/15.

Yoon SA, Koehler-Yom J, Anderson E, Oztok M, Klopfer E, Schoenfeld I et al. Impacts on student understanding of scientific practices and crosscutting themes through an NGSS–designed computer-supported curriculum and instruction project. In Lindwall O, Hakkinen P, Koschmann T, Tchounikine P, Ludvigsen S, editors, Exploring the Material Conditions of Learning: Computer Supported Collaborative Learning Conference 2015, CSCL 2015 - Conference Proceedings. International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS). 2015. p. 142-149

Yoon, Susan A. ; Koehler-Yom, Jessica ; Anderson, Emma et al. / Impacts on student understanding of scientific practices and crosscutting themes through an NGSS–designed computer-supported curriculum and instruction project. Exploring the Material Conditions of Learning: Computer Supported Collaborative Learning Conference 2015, CSCL 2015 - Conference Proceedings. editor / Oskar Lindwall ; Paivi Hakkinen ; Timothy Koschmann ; Pierre Tchounikine ; Sten Ludvigsen. International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS), 2015. pp. 142-149

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