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On the Role of Understanding in Reading and Reasoning
What role does understanding play in reading and reasoning? Does the concept of understanding play any role in understanding? Does reading precede...
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Evaluating the impact of a Spatial Reasoning Mathematics Program (SRMP) intervention in the primary school
As part of the Connecting Mathematics Learning through Spatial Reasoning project, a Spatial Reasoning Mathematics Program (SRMP) intervention was...
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The Affordances of Leveraging Multilingual Repertoires in Scientific Reasoning Among Resettled Refugee Teens: Functions of Translanguaging in Scientific Reasoning
When learners’ full linguistic repertoire is recognized and actively mobilized, their learning experiences can be enriched as they grow...
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Beyond Language Barriers: Allowing Multiple Languages in Postsecondary Chemistry Classes Through Multilingual Machine Learning
Students who learn the language of instruction as an additional language represent a heterogeneous group with varying linguistic and cultural...
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Supporting Student System Modelling Practice Through Curriculum and Technology Design
Develo** and using models to make sense of phenomena or to design solutions to problems is a key science and engineering practice. Classroom use of...
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Unfolding algebraic thinking from a cognitive perspective
Little is known about the cognitive effort associated with algebraic activity in the elementary and middle school grades. However, this investigation...
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Young Students’ Reasoning About Ecosystems: the Role of Systems Thinking, Knowledge, Conceptions, and Representation
Regarding future ecological challenges, it is highly relevant for students to understand the processes within ecosystems and the effects of external...
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Assessment of Evidentiary Reasoning in Undergraduate Biology: A Lit Review and Application of the Conceptual Analysis of Disciplinary Evidence (CADE) Framework
Knowledge of concepts and development of the competence to use that knowledge are foundational for students learning biology as a disciplinary...
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Sustainable Learning of Statistics
Sustainable learning is learning that persists and grows over time. It continues beyond formal instruction, and what has been learned in one...
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Student Reasoning About the Lever Principle Through Multimodal Representations: a Socio-Semiotic Approach
There is increasing recognition of the multimodal representational nature of science discovery practices and the roles of multiple and multimodal...
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GROWing into the Profession: Promoting Pre-service Teachers’ Subjectification Through Critical Reflection on Professional Experience
Pre-service teachers’ learning while engaged in professional experience can be examined through Biesta’s three purposes of education: qualification,...
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Understanding the counterfactual approach to instrumental variables: a practical guide
Instrumental variables is a popular approach for causal inference in education when randomization of treatment is not feasible. Using a first-year...
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The limits of inference: reassessing causality in international assessments
This paper scrutinizes the increasing trend of using international large-scale assessment (ILSA) data for causal inferences in educational research,...
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Embedding the rehabilitation treatment specification system (RTSS) into clinical practice: an evaluation of a pilot teaching programme
BackgroundDeficiency in the provision and quality of treatment specification by rehabilitation clinicians impairs the ability to differentiate...
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Academic self-concept, perceptions of the learning environment, engagement, and learning outcomes of university students: relationships and causal ordering
Two studies were conducted to examine the relationships among university students’ academic self-concept, perceptions of the learning environment,...
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How to select candidates for an undergraduate degree in psychology? Combining high-school GPA and admission test score
The current study investigated whether the grade point average (GPA) of high school courses and the score on the test for admission to a bachelor’s...
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Questioning Patterns in STEM Learning: A Case Study
This chapter documents the types of questions raised by both teachers and students when engaging in integrated STEM problem solving and the level of...
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Supporting senior high-school students’ measurement and geometry performance: Does spatial training transfer to mathematics achievement?
It is well established that spatial reasoning skills (i) support mathematics achievement, (ii) are malleable, and (iii) can be improved through...
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Sharpening the lens to evaluate interprofessional education and interprofessional collaboration by improving the conceptual framework: a critical discussion
It has been difficult to demonstrate that interprofessional education (IPE) and interprofessional collaboration (IPC) have positive effects on...
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Logic in Genetic Epistemology
This chapter explores Piaget’s use of formal logic to model children’s reasoning. This is related to, but not the same as, Piaget’s studies of the...