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Abstract: Many researchers and educators working to engage students in learning science by doing science have asked: How can we get students to make sense of the world around them, construct and critique ideas, and recognize and articulate problems needing to be solved? Furthermore, how can we help students develop strong disciplinary identities as well as productive disciplinary feelings, disposi... read moretions, and beliefs? These questions were the motivations for this dissertation, which is an in-depth study of three cases of students doing science, ranging from minutes to years. For each of these studies, I explore the dynamics involved in students' scientific engagement and I identify the factors that contributed to starting and sustaining it. In particular, these cases reveal how affective and epistemological dynamics contribute to the emergence and stability of students' engagement and how responsive instruction can support these dynamics.
Thesis (Ph.D.)--Tufts University, 2017.
Submitted to the Dept. of Education.
Advisor: David Hammer.
Committee: Barbara Brizuela, Eve Manz, and Jessica Watkins.
Keyword: Science education.read less
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