10.22.08

Tonight we are going to try something different. Given your positive reaction to delving more into the empirical literature to see how all this theory stuff plays out in research, I am proposing a little research project of our own. I am going to ask groups to go out to a few journals that are considered to be "top" journals in Science Education and do a sort of literature search. Below are the links to the journals that each group will investigate. What I am asking you to do is start with the most recent issue and work your way back in time for at least a year. Read titles and abstracts and choose some articles that meet the following criteria:

1. They are empirical (i.e. they collected data and are not theoretical, polemical, reviews, or applications) 2. They indicate something about their theoretical approach to learning (i.e. they talk about their theoretical framework in a way that can be connected to your understanding of learning theory). 3. The general topic of the article sounds interesting.

Each group will be asked to pick 3-4 of their best articles, with an attempt to get variety, especially in types of data and theoretical approach. Then we will have a vote on which articles we want to read for next week (and maybe beyond, depending on the number that we come up with). Please create a new page linked to the name of your group and on that page list all the ones that you found interesting, with your top three or four choices at the top of the page. Include the title, author(s) and abstract (no pdfs please).

Aces (2008) [|Science Education] Ace's Science Education Articles

Kings (2008) [|Journal of Research in Science Teaching]

Queens (2007) Liz, Denise, Cecila [|Science Education]

Jacks (2007) [|Journal of Research in Science Teaching]

Tens (2006) [|Science Education]