Issues With Characterizing Investigations in Science Teaching: Controlled Experiments, International Data Analyses, and Philosophical Grounds

• In Event: Moscone Center North Roundtable Session 14
  In Roundtable Session: Theoretical and Philosophical Dilemmas in Science Learning

Abstract

This conceptual paper discusses issues with characterizing investigations in science teaching and piles findings from controlled experiments and large international data as well as arguments from philosophical grounds. The authors hope to initiate a discussion at the AERA conference.

Authors

• Lin Zhang, Providence College

• William W. Cobern, Western Michigan University