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| Abstract Title: | Lab experiences and students’ ideas about the nature of science |
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| Abstract: | This project is part of a collaborative effort to analyze data collected a two-week summer experience for 20 first generation college students and Deaf/Hard-of-hearing pre-first-year students at the Rochester Institute of Technology. The summer experience, part of the IMPRESS (Integrating Metacognitive Practices and Research to Ensure Student Success) Program, improves students' metacognitive skills and sense of community through experimentation, model-building, and reflection. Our data includes video of students experimenting and discussing models for climate change, as well as reflective discussions with small and large groups. We use students' Brief, Embedded, Spontaneous Metacognitive (BESM) Talk to examine the students' characterization of science, along with the ways students uniquely contributed to their group. This analysis aims to improve the understanding of the relation between students' expectations of experimentation and the way they think and reflect about scientific processes. |
| Abstract Type: | Contributed Poster Presentation |
Author/Organizer Information | |
| Primary Contact: |
Noah-Kee Marks Kansas State University 116 Cardwell Hall Manhattan, 66506 Phone: 7853135039 |
| Co-Author(s) and Co-Presenter(s) |
Martha Rangel Kansas State University Charles Bertram Rochester Institute of Technology Rita Dawod DePaul University Scott V. Franklin Rochester Institute of Technology Mary Bridget Kustusch DePaul University Corey Ptak Rochester Institute of Technology Eleanor C. Sayre Kansas State University |
