Main Research Topics
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Student Agency
We explore how students take ownership of their learning and contribute as co-constructors of the understanding of the natural world. Our work also focuses on developing instructional methods to support student agency and empower learners to participate meaningfully in science classrooms.
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Epistemic Practices of Biology
It is necessary to build a repertoire of epistemic practices of biology to strengthen students' agency in sensemaking of the natural world. We work to identify these practices, design instruction that brings them into classroom learning, and bridge authentic scientific work with school science so that students can engage in biological sciences as an active, knowledge-building disciplines.
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Uncertainty Navigation in Sensemaking
Scientific inquiry involves navigating conceptual, epistemic, and relational uncertainties. We explore how students and teachers navigate these uncertainties productively during classroom sensemaking, and how uncertainty can be leveraged as a resource for deeper reasoning and exploration of ideas.