Third grade African American students' views of the nature of science

L Walls - Journal of research in Science Teaching, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
This study examined the nature of science (NOS) views of lower elementary grade level
students, including their views of scientists. Participants were 23 third‐grade African …

Profiles of urban, low SES, African American girls' attitudes toward science: A sequential explanatory mixed methods study

G Buck, K Cook, C Quigley… - Journal of Mixed …, 2009 - journals.sagepub.com
The purpose of this study was to increase the science education community's understanding
of the experiences and needs of girls who cross the traditional categorical boundaries of …

Exploring the potential of using explicit reflective instruction through contextualized and decontextualized approaches to teach first-grade African American girls the …

GA Buck, VL Akerson, CF Quigley… - Electronic Journal of …, 2014 - tigerprints.clemson.edu
Contemporary science education policy documents call for curriculum and pedagogy that
lead to students' active engagement, over multiple years of school, in scientific practices …

Race, culture, gender, and nature of science in elementary settings

L Walls, GA Buck, VL Akerson - Moving the equity agenda forward: Equity …, 2013 - Springer
In this chapter, we explore the open-ended question “What do elementary students
understand about NOS?” in a manner that deliberately foregrounds equity issues. We …

[图书][B] A critical hermeneutic study: Third grade elementary African American students' views of the nature of science

L Walls - 2009 - search.proquest.com
Nature of Science is one of the most fundamental aspects of understanding science. How
different cultures, races and ethnicities see and interpret science differently is critical …