Talks and Papers from The Storylines Group

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The OpenSciEd High School Assessment System
The OpenSciEd High School Assessment System

Kate Henson, University of Colorado, Boulder
Zoë Buck Bracey, BSCS Science Learning
Michael Novak, Northwestern University

NSTA National Conference, Kansas City, October 2023

Questions and Crosscutting Concepts: How can we support students in asking good questions?
Questions and Crosscutting Concepts: How can we support students in asking good questions?

Whitney Mills, BSCS Science Learning
Jamie Deutch Noll, BSCS Science Learning
Dan Voss, Northwestern University

NSTA National Conference, Kansas City, October 2023

Why are oysters dying and how can we use chemistry to protect them?
Why are oysters dying and how can we use chemistry to protect them?

Nicole Vick, Northwestern University
Kerri Wingert, Good Question Research

NSTA National Conference, Kansas City, October 2023

Meeting the Challenges of Math & Computation with OpenSciEd High School
Meeting the Challenges of Math & Computation with OpenSciEd High School

Michael Novak, Northwestern University
Nicole Vick, Northwestern University
Wayne Wright, University of Colorado, Boulder

NSTA National Conference, Kansas City, October 2023

The Matter-Energy-Forces Triangle: A Common Approach to Make Sense of Physics, Chemistry, Biology, and Earth Science in OpenSciEd
The Matter-Energy-Forces Triangle: A Common Approach to Make Sense of Physics, Chemistry, Biology, and Earth Science in OpenSciEd

Whitney Mills, BSCS Science Learning
Deanna Lee-Rivers, University of Colorado, Boulder
Dan Voss, Northwestern University
Diego Rojas-Perilla, BSCS Science Learning

NSTA National Conference, Kansas City, October 2023

It's Electric! Firguing Out the Structure and Properties of Matter through Lightning
It's Electric! Firguing Out the Structure and Properties of Matter through Lightning

Rachel Patton, ASU Prep
Kerri Wingert, Good Question Research & Evaluation
Dan Voss, Northwestern University

NSTA National Conference, Kansas City, October 2023

Anchoring Science Professional Learning in Curriculum Materials Enactment: Illustrating Theories in Practice to Support Teachers’ Learning (chapter)
Anchoring Science Professional Learning in Curriculum Materials Enactment: Illustrating Theories in Practice to Support Teachers’ Learning (chapter)

Katherine L. McNeill, Boston College
Renee Affolter, Boston College
Brian Reiser, Northwestern University

In Teacher Learning in Changing Contexts: Perspectives from the Learning Sciences, 2023

Students' Use of Crosscutting Concepts to Develop Questions from an Anchoring Phenomenon
Students' Use of Crosscutting Concepts to Develop Questions from an Anchoring Phenomenon

Dan Voss, Northwestern University
Brian J. Reiser, Northwestern University
Joe Kremer, Denver Public Schools
Jamie Noll, Northwestern University
Dawn Novak, Science Educator
Michael Novak, Northwestern University
Nicole Vick, Northwestern University
Ann E. Rivet, Teachers College, Columbia University

Characterizing relationships between collectiveenterprise and student epistemic agency inscience: A comparative case study
Characterizing relationships between collectiveenterprise and student epistemic agency inscience: A comparative case study

Jessica L. Alzen, University of Colorado Boulder
Kelsey Edwards, Northwestern University
William R. Penuel, University of Colorado Boulder
Brian J. Reiser, Northwestern University
Cynthia Passmore, University of California Davis
Chris D. Griesemer, University of California Davis
Aliza Zivic, Northwestern University
Christina Murzynski, Northwestern University
Jason Y. Buell, Northwestern University

Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2023

Kicking off the Year with OpenSciEd High School Chemistry
Kicking off the Year with OpenSciEd High School Chemistry

Dan Voss, Northwestern University
Samantha Pinter, Northwestern University

NSTA National Conference, Atlanta, March 2023

Explaining phenomena from a Matter, Energy, and Forces perspective in OpenSciEd Physics
Explaining phenomena from a Matter, Energy, and Forces perspective in OpenSciEd Physics

Diego Rojas-Perilla, BSCS Science Learning
Zoë Buck Bracey, BSCS Science Learning
Michael Novak, Northwestern University

NSTA National Conference, Atlanta, March 2023

Using Forces to Connect Energy and Matter in OpenSciEd Chemistry
Using Forces to Connect Energy and Matter in OpenSciEd Chemistry

Michael Novak, Northwestern University
Nicole Vick, Northwestern University
Dan Voss, Northwestern University

NSTA National Conference, Atlanta, 2023

Supporting Mathematics Thinking for All Students in High School Science
Supporting Mathematics Thinking for All Students in High School Science

Jamie Noll, BSCS Science Learning
Michael Novak, Northwestern University
Jim Ryan, OpenSciEd
Nicole Vick, Northwestern University

NSTA National Conference, Atlanta, March 2023

Connecting student interests and questions with science learning goals through project-based storylines
Connecting student interests and questions with science learning goals through project-based storylines

William R. Penuel, University of Colorado, Boulder
Brian J. Reiser, Northwestern University
Tara A. W. McGill, Northwestern University
Michael Novak, Northwestern University
Katie Van Horne, Concolor Research
Allysa Orwig, Denver Public Schools

Disciplinary and Interdisciplinary Science Education Research, 2022

Starting with complex macroscopic phenomena: A different approach to teaching Cells & Genetics & Evolution
Starting with complex macroscopic phenomena: A different approach to teaching Cells & Genetics & Evolution

Gail Housman, Northwestern University
Jamie Noll BSCS Science Learning
Dawn Novak, Science Educator
Michael Novak, Northwestern University

NSTA National Conference, Chicago, July 2022

How can we support and assess student growth in the practice of arguing from evidence?
How can we support and assess student growth in the practice of arguing from evidence?

Dawn Novak, Consultant
Michael Novak, Northwestern University
Brian J. Reiser, Northwestern University

NSTA National Conference, Chicago, July 2022

The Power of Phenomena: Spurring Questions to Drive the Class's Direction
The Power of Phenomena: Spurring Questions to Drive the Class's Direction

Brian J. Reiser, Northwestern University
Nicole Vick, Northwestern University
Dan Voss, Northwestern University

NSTA National Conference, Chicago, July 2022

Building Climate Understandings for Equity and Social Justice Across the High School Curriculum
Building Climate Understandings for Equity and Social Justice Across the High School Curriculum

Kate Henson, University of Colorado, Boulder
Ann Rivet, Teachers College, Columbia University
Diego Rojas-Perilla, BSCS Science Learning
Nicole Vick, Northwestern University

Scaffolding Students’ Progression Through CCCs and SEPs Using Resources From the OpenSciEd Toolkit
Scaffolding Students’ Progression Through CCCs and SEPs Using Resources From the OpenSciEd Toolkit

Gail Housman, Northwestern University
Jamie Deutch Noll, BSCS Science Learning
Dawn Novak, Science Educator

NSTA National Conference, Chicago, July 2022

Supporting Three-Dimensional Learning From Students’ Questions About Water With a Storyline Unit
Supporting Three-Dimensional Learning From Students’ Questions About Water With a Storyline Unit

Gretchen Brinza, Boulder Valley School District
Katie Larson, Elgin Area School District U-46
Amy McGreal, Chicago Public Schools and Northwestern University
Michael Novak, Northwestern University

Science and Children, 3/1/22

Storyline Units: An Instructional Model to Support Coherence from the Students’ Perspective
Storyline Units: An Instructional Model to Support Coherence from the Students’ Perspective

Brian J. Reiser, Northwestern University
Michael Novak, Northwestern University
Tara A. W. McGill, Northwestern University
William R. Penuel, University of Colorado, Boulder

Journal of Science Teacher Education, 9/24/21

Developing Research-Based Instructional Materials to Support Large-Scale Transformation of Science Teaching and Learning: The Approach of the OpenSciEd Middle School Program
Developing Research-Based Instructional Materials to Support Large-Scale Transformation of Science Teaching and Learning: The Approach of the OpenSciEd Middle School Program

Daniel C. Edelson, Brian J. Reiser, Katherine L. McNeill, Audrey Mohan, Michael Novak, Lindsey Mohan, Renee Affolter, Tara A. W. McGill, Zoë E. Buck Bracey, Jamie Deutch Noll, Susan M. Kowalski, Dawn Novak, Abraham S. Lo, Carolyn Landel, Andrew Krumm, William R. Penuel, Katie Van Horne, María González-Howard, and Enrique Suarez

Journal of Science Teacher Education, 9/24/21

Motivating Three-Dimensional Learning From Students’ Questions
Motivating Three-Dimensional Learning From Students’ Questions

Tara A.W. McGill, Northwestern University
Gail Housman, Northwestern University
Brian J. Reiser, Northwestern University

Science and Children, 9/1/21

Getting to Know Next Generation Science Storylines: How Did All These Bags of Chips Get Onto the Beach?
Getting to Know Next Generation Science Storylines: How Did All These Bags of Chips Get Onto the Beach?

Gail Housman, Northwestern University
Ashley Stanley, District 65 (Evanston, IL)

Using Phenomena to Drive Student Learning in a Unit of Instruction for Elementary School Students
Using Phenomena to Drive Student Learning in a Unit of Instruction for Elementary School Students

Katy Fattaleh, The Nora Project
Michael J. Novak, Park View School and Northwestern University

NSTA Virtual Conference, 7/28/18

Negotiating Epistemic Agency and Target Learning Goals: Supporting Coherence from the Students' Perspective
Negotiating Epistemic Agency and Target Learning Goals: Supporting Coherence from the Students' Perspective

Aliza Zivic, Northwestern University
John F. Smith, Northwestern University
Brian J. Reiser, Northwestern University
Kelsey D. Edwards, Northwestern University
Michael Novak, Northwestern University
Tara A. W. McGill, Northwestern University

ICLS, London, 6/26/18

An NGSS Bonding Experience
An NGSS Bonding Experience

Aliza Zivic, Northwestern University
Josh Rappuhn, Belvidere North High School

NSTA, GA, 3/17/18

How Do We Make NGSS Storylines Work by Pushing Students to Go Deeper?
How Do We Make NGSS Storylines Work by Pushing Students to Go Deeper?

Brian J. Reiser, Northwestern University
Michael Novak, Northwestern University

NSTA, 3/16/18

How Can Light Help Me See and Communicate with Others? A Storyline Designed to Support 3-D Learning in an Early Elementary Classroom
How Can Light Help Me See and Communicate with Others? A Storyline Designed to Support 3-D Learning in an Early Elementary Classroom

Sara Ivory, Ogden International School
Tara A. W. McGill, Northwestern University
Michael J. Novak, Northwestern University
Brian J. Reiser, Northwestern University

NGSS @ NSTA Forum, 3/16/18

Using NGSS Storylines to SUpport Students in Meaningful Engagement in Science and Engineering Practices
Using NGSS Storylines to SUpport Students in Meaningful Engagement in Science and Engineering Practices

Brian J. Reiser, Northwestern University
Tara McGill, Northwestern University
Michael Novak, Northwestern University

NSELA, 3/14/18

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