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The National Academies
Board On Science Education
Science Learning, Kindergarten through eighth grade
First Committee Meeting
The National Academy of Science
2101 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20418
NAS Members Room
November 4 - 5, 2004
Thursday, November 4
CLOSED SESSION
8:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
OPEN SESSION
10:45 a.m. Welcome
Martin Orland, Director, Center for Education
11:00 a.m. Discussion of the charge with the Sponsors
Janice Earle, Senior Program Director, National Science Foundation
Daniel Berch, Program Director, National Institute of Child Health & Human Development
12:00 a.m. Lunch
12:45 p.m. Research Perspectives on Science Learning: How Do Children
Presenters: Ala Samarapungavan, Associate Professor, Purdue University,
“Domain Specificity, Ontology, and Epistemology: Constraints on Conceptual Change in Science Learning”
Presentation
Clark Chinn, Associate Professor, Rutgers University,
“Learning Through Argumentation in the Classroom”
Presentation
Christine Massey, Director of Precollege Research and Education, Institute for Research in Cognitive Science (IRCS), University of Pennsylvania,
“Learning about Light and Shadows: Designing Instruction for Conceptual Change with Young Learners”
Presentation
1:45 p.m. Response: Maureen Callanan, Professor, University of California Santa Cruz
Gregory Kelly, Professor, Pennsylvania State University
2:05 p.m. Discussion of Presentations
Questions for discussion
1) How do children learn science?
2) What relevant ideas and experiences do children bring to school?
3) Is learning best characterized as domain specific? Domain general? Both?
4) What is the role of context in learning (setting, interactions with others, culture, etc.)?
5) How do we define the outcomes of science education?
2:45 p.m. Break
CLOSED SESSION
3:00p.m.- 6:00 p.m.
Friday, November 5
CLOSED SESSION
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