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Making Sense of Complexity in Science Education

Fri, April 10, 3:45 to 5:15pm PDT (3:45 to 5:15pm PDT), Los Angeles Convention Center, Floor: Level Two, Poster Hall - Exhibit Hall A

Session Type: Poster Session

Abstract

This session investigates how students reason, explain, and take epistemic risks as they engage with complex, interdisciplinary, and socioscientific problems in science. Spanning middle school through college, these studies explore how learners construct explanations of geoscience phenomena, reason about low-carbon living, connect across scientific disciplines, and navigate uncertainty in systems thinking and sustainability contexts. Collectively, the papers reveal how epistemic, affective, and cognitive dimensions shape students’ engagement with complex scientific ideas, from the mechanisms of Venus flytraps to the ethics of carbon cycling. Together, they reimagine science learning as a space where students think across boundaries, negotiate uncertainty, and develop the reasoning capacities needed for complex phenomena.

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