Engaging students in modeling in a disciplinarily productive way is both important and
challenging for teachers. While our prior research as well as that of others indicates that …

Teachers' instructional practices are critical for guiding students' engagement in scientific
practices within the classroom knowledge building community. In this study, we seek to …

The ability to develop and use models to explain phenomena is a key component of the Next
Generation Science Standards, and without examples of what modeling instruction looks …

This article provides an introduction for the special issue of the Journal of Science Education
and Technology focused on science teaching and learning with models. The article provides …

Modeling is a powerful science and engineering practice (National Research Council,
2012). The core work of modeling is embodying, using, and refining ideas through iteratively …

In the past decade, there has been a growing interest in scientific practices as a reform focus
in K-12 science education of the United States. In this context, scientific practices refer to …

In the past decade, reform efforts in science education have increasingly attended to
engaging students in scientific practices such as scientific modeling. Engaging students in …

Models are a central topic of discussion in contemporary science education with debates
centering on the pros and cons of including a modeling perspective in science curricula and …

Modeling is a core practice in science and a central part of scientific literacy. We present
theoretical and empirical motivation for a learning progression for scientific modeling that …

This paper reports on work with 4th and 5th grade elementary students examining the
development of their modeling knowledge and modeling practice. Within this grade band …