Education in Math, Science & Technology
Cognition & Development Area
Education in Mathematics, Science and Technology
Dissertation Titles 1985- 2010
What is "good reasoning" about global warming: a comparison of high school students and specialists by Stephen Thomas Adams. 1998 Advisor: Andrea A. diSessa
Teaching high school mathematics in a climate of standards-based reform: the influence and interaction of teachers' beliefs and department culture on instructional decision-making and practice by Julia Maria Aguirre. 2002 Advisor: Alan H. Schoenfeld
From functional reasoning to an adaptationist stance: children's transition toward deep biology by Doris Brigette Ash. 1995 Advisor: Ann Brown
Serious play: a comparative study of engagement and learning in hobby practices by Flávio Saraiva Azevedo. 2005 Advisor: Andrea A. diSessa
Designing for students' science learning using argumentation and classroom debate by Philip LaVerne Bell. 1998 Advisor: Marcia C. Linn
Learning through student-generated explanations: investigating the effects of individual and collaborative explanation strategies and metacognition on the acquisition of knowledge and skills for computer programming by Kate Marie Bielaczyc. 1994 Advisor: Peter Pirolli
Regulating social interactions: developing a functional theory of collaboration by Marcela Borge. 2007 Advisor: Barbara Y. White
Generation in the knowledge integration classroom by Britte Haugan Cheng 2008 Advisor: Marcia C. Linn
Building mathematical understanding during collaboration: students learning functions and graphs in an urban, public high school by Ming Ming Chiu. 1996 Advisor: Andrea A. diSessa
Scaffolding knowledge integration through curricular depth by Douglas Burton Clark. 2000 Advisor: Marcia C. Linn
Learning science through the design of passive solar dwellings: can specialization contribute to improved learning outcomes by Alexander Jay Cuthbert. 2002 Advisor: Marcia C. Linn
Scaffolding students' reflection for science learning by Elizabeth Anna Davis. 1998 Advisor: Marcia C. Linn
Visitor behavior as a measure of the educational effectiveness of museum exhibits by Jean Frances DeMouthe. Advisor: Lawrence Lowery
Computers and students as instructional partners: the role of simulation feedback in collaborative argumentation by Christine Lee Diehl. 2001 Advisor: Michael A. Ranney
Do students have a decent chance of success in lower track geometry classes? by Pamela Belle Lay Drew.
"Let yourself be taken by the rhythm of working together": a study of student perspectives on collaborative processes by Sybil Jane Ellery. 1996 Advisor: Ann Brown
Trajectories of representational practice: an analysis of conceptual change in the probability inquiry environment by Noel Denton Enyedy. 2000 Advisor: Bernard R. Gifford
How are we supposed to, like, learn it, if none of us know?: opportunities to learn and equity in mathematics cooperative learning structures by Indigo Jody Michelle Esmonde. 2006 Advisor: Geoffrey Saxe
Andrew Falk. 2009 Advisor: Maryl Gearhart
Knowing thermodynamics: a study of student's collective argumentation in an undergraduate physics course by Nicole Marie Gillespie. 2004 Advisor: Andrea A. diSessa
Designing valid theories of learning:new insights by Bernadette Marie-Hélène Guimberteau. 2003 Advisor: Andrea A. diSessa
Coordinated causal model design: building on linked conceptual primitives by Joshua Paul Gutwil. 1996 Advisor: Barbara Y. White
Second chance at first life: fostering the mathematical and computational agency of at-risk youth by Sneha Veeragoudar Harrell. 2009 Advisor: Dor Abrahamson
Through the eyes of professional developers: understanding the design of learning experiences for science teachers by Tara Eileen Higgins. 2008 Advisor: Marcia C. Linn
Learning on the job: mathematics teachers' professional development in the contexts of high school reform by Ilana Seidel Horn. 2002 Advisor: Alan H. Schoenfeld
The effect of word processing on sixth grade writing skills by Jennifer Reese House. Advisor: Lawrence F. Lowery
A study of students' writing abilities with microcomputers by Jane Nissen Laidley.
Analysis of student thinking regarding living and nonliving by Pamela Marie Lanaro. Advisor: Lawrence Lowery
The homework cycle: identity development and the meaning of mathematics homework in the lives of urban middle school students by Mara Grayce Landers. 2007 Advisor: Alan H. Schoenfeld
Leonard, Michael 1992 Advisor: Alan H. Schoenfeld
Curriculum enactment customizations as a catalyst for teacher learning by Alan Lawrence Li. 2007 Advisor: Marcia C. Linn
Transfer reconceived: How "Sameness" is produced in mathematical activity by Joanne Elizabeth Lobato. 1996 Advisor: Alan H. Schoenfeld
Suzanna Loper. 2005 Advisor: Barbara Y. White
A cognitive account of teachers' descriptive knowledge by Rodrigo Ezequiel Madanes. 1999 Advisor: Andrea A. diSessa
Teaching, research, and instructional design: bridging communities in mathematics education by Susan Magidson. 2002 Advisor: Schoenfeld
Making sense of linear equations and graphs: an analysis of students' conceptions and language use by Judit Nora Moschkovich. 1992 Alan H. Schoenfeld
The development of conceptual understanding through the use of computational representations by Orit Parnafes. 2005 Advisor: Andrea A. diSessa
Ideological change in teachers' understanding of race and racial justice by Thomas Marukara Philip. 2007 Advisor: Andrea A. diSessa
Dyscalculic in the making: mathematical sovereignty, neurological citizenship, and the realities of the dyscalculic by Tamar Judith Posner. 2008 Advisor: Ingrid Seyer-Ochi
Students' construction of qualitative physics knowledge: learning about velocity and accerleration in a computer microworld by Jeremy M. Roschelle. 1991 Advisor: Andrea A. diSessa
A study of teacher learning and professional development through collaborative reflection on artifacts of practice by Ann Joo Ryu. 2006 Advisor: Schoenfeld
Computational tools for modeling and aiding reasoning: assessing and applying the theory of explanatory coherence by Patricia Kathleen Schank. 1995 Advisor: Michael A. Ranney
Developing students' understanding of scientific modeling by Christine Virginia Schwarz. 1998 Advisor: Barbara Y. White
Constructing inquiry: one school's journey to develop an inquiry-based school for teachers and students by Stephanie Lee Sisk-Hilton. 2005 Advisor: Marcia C. Linn
An examination of knowledge-in-action: an exploratory study of female teachers responsible for science instruction by Carolie Ann Sly. 1991 Advisor: Lawrence Lowery
Connecting beliefs and teaching practices: a study of teaching assistants in reform-oriented calculus courses by Natasha Margaret Speer. 2001 Advisor: Alan H. Schoenfeld
Disciplined perception: comparing the development of embodied mathematical practices in school and at work by Reed Richard Stevens. 1999 Advisor: Rogeres Hall
Erika Tate. 2009 Advisor: Marcia C. Linn
Student conceptions of confounding in observational settings: results form experimental surveys by Nathaniel Albert Titterton. 2001 Advisors: Paul Holland & Andrea A. diSessa
Learning to speak for nature: a case study of the development of scientists and their representational practices by José Antonio (Tony) Torralba. 2006 Advisors: Geoffrey Saxe and Rogers Hall.
Promoting student understanding of elementary probability using a technology-mediated inquiry environment by Philip James Vahey. 1998 Advisor: Bernard R. Gifford
Pathways of professional learning for elementary science teachers using computer learning environments by LaTonya Michelle Williams. 2004 Advisor: Marcia C. Linn
Thinking through new vocationalism: examining career academy students' problem solving and school performance by Christopher Yalun Wu. 2005 Advisor: Daniel Stern