Abstract
Constructing, sharing, and contesting models of the natural world is central to scientific inquiry (Latour, 1999) yet in K-12 science classrooms, students are rarely engaged in modeling processes of collecting data, authoring varied representational forms, and engaging in science argumentation. Science inquiry also tends to involve faraway locales, distant from students’ extensive everyday knowledge of surrounding spaces and places (Barton & Tan, 2009). In this paper, we share findings from the most recent iteration of a larger design-based research project that directly engaged elementary students in modeling a local complex ecological system, the soil ecology underfoot in the schoolyard. We examine how 5th grade students used interactive GIS maps in whole class discussions, moving between their everyday experiences in the schoolyard, the data collection experience, and the classes’ aggregated data in reasoning about complex socio-ecological relationships and explanations.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Title of host publication | A Wide Lens |
| Subtitle of host publication | Combining Embodied, Enactive, Extended, and Embedded Learning in Collaborative Settings - 13th International Conference on Computer Supported Collaborative Learning, CSCL 2019 - Conference Proceedings |
| Editors | Kristine Lund, Gerald P. Niccolai, Elise Lavoue, Cindy Hmelo-Silver, Gahgene Gweon, Michael Baker |
| Publisher | International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS) |
| Pages | 553-556 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781732467248 |
| State | Published - 2019 |
| Event | 13th International Conference on Computer Supported Collaborative Learning - A Wide Lens: Combining Embodied, Enactive, Extended, and Embedded Learning in Collaborative Settings, CSCL 2019 - Lyon, France Duration: Jun 17 2019 → Jun 21 2019 |
Publication series
| Name | Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning Conference, CSCL |
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| Volume | 2 |
| ISSN (Print) | 1573-4552 |
Conference
| Conference | 13th International Conference on Computer Supported Collaborative Learning - A Wide Lens: Combining Embodied, Enactive, Extended, and Embedded Learning in Collaborative Settings, CSCL 2019 |
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| Country/Territory | France |
| City | Lyon |
| Period | 6/17/19 → 6/21/19 |
Funding
This work was supported by a National Academy of Education/ Spencer Dissertation Fellowship and National Science Foundation (# 1319849, PI Tapan Parikh), with intellectual contributions and valuable feedback from Geoffrey B. Saxe.
Keywords
- Elementary science
- Experiential knowledge
- Participatory GIS mapping
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Human-Computer Interaction
- Education
