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KEY PAPERS

This list of readings contains key perspectives that inform the design and implementation of CILS research and leadership programs. The list was compiled with the assumption that readers have some familiarity with developmental theory, experimental methods, classroom research, and current issues in educational reform.

Note: This reading list assumes some familiarity with developmental theory, experimental methods, classroom research in general, and current issues in educational reform.

Ash, D. (2003) "Dialogic Inquiry of family groups in a science museum." Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 40 (2) 138-162 Read Annotation >

Brown, A.L., et.al.(1992). "Design Experiments. Journal of the Learning Sciences. Read Annotation >

Crowley, K.,Callanan, M & Tenenbaum, H. & Allen E. (2001). "Parents Explain more often to boys than to girls during shared scientific thinking." Psychological Science, 12 (3) 258-261 Read Annotation >

Duensing, S. (in press). "Culture matters: Informal science centers and cultural contexts." To appear in Learning in places: The informal education reader. UK: Peter Lang Publishers. Read Annotation >

Moll, L.C. & Whitmore, K.F. (1993). "Vygotsky in classroom practice: Moving from individual transmission to social transaction." In E.A. Forman, N.Minnick, & C.Addison Stone (Eds.). Contexts for learning. New York: Oxford University Press. Read Annotation >

Moschkovich, J. (2002). "An Introduction to examining everyday and academic mathematical practices." In M. Brenner & J. Moschkovich (Eds.), Everyday and academic mathematics: Implications for the classroom. Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, Monograph Number 11, 1-11. Read Annotation >

Oppenheimer, F. (1976, June) "Everyone is you....Or me." Technology Review. Read Annotation >

Osborne, J. (2002) "What 'Ideas About Science' Should be Taught in School Science? A Dephi Study of the Expert Community." Journal of the Research of Science Teaching, vol 40,no.7 pp.692-720 Read Annotation >

Rogoff, B., Paradise, R., Mejia Arauz, R., Correa-Chˆvez, M., & Angelillo, C. (2003). "Firsthand learning by intent participation." Annual Review of Psychology, 54. Read Annotation >

Scribner, S., & Cole, M. (1973). "Cognitive consequences of formal and informal education." Science, 182(4112), 553-559. Read Annotation >

Schauble, L., Leinhardt, G., & Martin, L. (1997). "A framework for organizing a cumulative research agenda in informal learning contexts." Journal of Museum Education, 22(2&3), 3-8. Read Annotation >

vom Lehn, D., Heath, C., & Hindmarsh, J. (2001). "Exhibiting interaction: Conduct and collaboration in museums and galleries." Symbolic Interaction, 24(2); pp.189-216. Read Annotation >

 

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