Research
2007-2008 Funded Project
Science Notebooks: Research and Professional Development investigating implementation, use, and impact in learning scientific and literate knowledge and skill
Mark Enfield, clinical assistant professor, will work collaboratively with Orange County Schools and Bruce Middleton, mathematics/science coordinator for the district, to pilot implementation of writing in the science curriculum, specifically the use of Science Notebooks. The goal is to develop mutually beneficial strategies to meet the district learning goals for science and literacy.
The project is designed to explore the on-going efforts that Orange County School teachers are making with regards to students’ writing in science learning. Through teacher interviews and documentation of knowledge sharing discussions the project aims to produce approaches to evaluation and assessment useful to teachers and also document relationships between teacher actions and students’ writing and/or construction of knowledge. In addition, the project intends to juxtapose grounded, classroom-based experience with research-based findings in order to develop strategic plans for district implementation.
