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CoMPASS: Integrating Digital Text in
Design-based Science Classrooms
Funded
by National Science Foundation / Interagency Education
Research Initiative
$1.9 million
• Co-Pls :Hübscher, R., Bentley College;
Rebello, S., Kansas State University.
Hands-on activities in which students experience and
manipulate scientific phenomena are an integral part
of current project-based and design-based approaches
to science learning. However, a concern raised about
the focus on hands-on activities is that students can
concentrate on the construction activities, and build
a working solution by trial and error, without understanding
the underlying deep science principles and phenomena.
Research has pointed out the important role of language
in science, emphasizing that reading, writing, and communicating
are essential aspects of helping students construct
science understanding. However, informational text is
seldom used to complement the rich and interactive nature
of hands-on activities. This project is based on evidence
from earlier work on integrating a hypertext system,
CoMPASS in design-based
science classes.
Goals
The project has two major goals. First is aim to further
the understanding of integrating the conceptual learning
from informational text with the experimental and hands-on
activities in a design-based classes. Second is the
aim to understand students’ changing representations
as they use multiple texts in their science explorations.
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