Joseph Krajcik

This project will explore the high-quality science learning opportunities available for underrepresented minority (URM) middle school students and their relation to students' science learning outcomes. Specifically, the researchers will explore hybrid2 science learning opportunities in which disciplinary scientific discourses are integrated with students' everyday discourses (hybrid 1), along with blended learning opportunities where face-to-face learning is integrated with online platforms ...

Energy is a central idea in science. Many students, however, struggle to understand and apply quantitative ideas about energy and its conservation, in part because energy continues to be taught using the compartmentalized 19th century language of "forms". Building off prior work in middle schools, this research team will develop instructional materials and assessments for high school physics that focus on building students' quantitative energy knowledge to solve real world problems, referred...