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Papers by Doug Lombardi

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This article characterizes "engagement in science learning" from a sociocultural perspective and ... more This article characterizes "engagement in science learning" from a sociocultural perspective and offers a mixed method approach to measuring engagement that combines critical discourse analysis (CDA) and social network analysis (SNA). Conceptualizing engagement from a sociocultural perspective, the article discusses the advantages of a mixed methodological approach, and specifically how mixed methods can expand and enrich our understanding of engagement in certain science learning situations. Through this sociocultural viewpoint, engagement is defined as meaningful changes in disciplinary discourse practice, which captures the dialectical relationship between the individual and collective. The combined use of CDA and SNA integrates an individual's relative position in a group with her situated language use.

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Engagement is one of the hottest research topics in the field of educational psychology. Research... more Engagement is one of the hottest research topics in the field of educational psychology. Research shows that multifarious benefits occur when students are engaged in their own learning, including increased motivation and achievement. However, there is little agreement on a concrete definition and effective measurement of engagement. This special issue serves to discuss and work toward addressing conceptual and instrumentation issues related to engagement, with particular interest in engagement in the domain of science learning. We start by describing the dimensional perspective of engagement (behavioral, cognitive, emotional, agentic) and suggest a complementary approach that places engagement instrumentation on a continuum. Specifically, we recommend that instrumentation be considered on a "grain-size" continuum that ranges from a person-centered to a contextcentered orientation to clarify measurement issues. We then provide a synopsis of the articles included in this special issue and conclude with suggestions for future research.

Proceedings of the 9th International Conference of the Learning Sciences Volume 2, 2010

Abstract Overcoming students&amp;amp;#x27; misconceptions may be a challenge when teachin... more Abstract Overcoming students&amp;amp;#x27; misconceptions may be a challenge when teaching about global climate change because students tend to confuse short-term weather effects with long-term climate transformations, which may stem from misunderstandings about deep time. Furthermore, student plausibility perceptions about human-induced climate change may influence understanding of scientific principles underlying the phenomenon. This study showed significant relationships between understandings of weather and climate ...

Journal of Astronomy & Earth Sciences Education (JAESE), 2015

Accidental releases of hazardous materials to the atmosphere may result from fires that create a ... more Accidental releases of hazardous materials to the atmosphere may result from fires that create a buoyant plume which may rise several hundred meters above the ground. For such buoyant release cases, estimates of ground-level concentrations may be as much as a factor of 100 lower than similar, nonbuoyant releases. For the Oak Ridge Reservation, safety analyses often examine buoyant release

The Science Teacher, 2013

Analitik düşünme ve karar verme gibi yaşam becerileri fen Bilimleri programı amaçları arasında ye... more Analitik düşünme ve karar verme gibi yaşam becerileri fen Bilimleri programı amaçları arasında yer almaktadır. Bu beceriler alan bilgisi ve bilimin doğasını anlamada önemli bir yer tutar. Bilimin doğasının alt boyutlarından biri bilimsel pratiklerdir. Erduran ve Dagher tarafından geliştirilen ve bilimsel pratikleri tanımlayan Benzen Halkası Benzetmesi'nde, veri-model, model-tahmin gibi ilişkiler yer alır. Bu ilişkilerin kurulmasında analitik düşünme ve karar verme becerileri kullanılır. Bu çalıştayın temel amacı Model-Kanıt (MOK) İlişki Şemasını kullanarak yaşam becerilerini geliştirmek ve bilimsel pratikleri daha iyi anlamalarını sağlamaktır. Temple Üniversitesi'nde öğretim üyesi olan Doug Lombardi ve ekibi NSF tarafından desteklenen MEL projesi (Model-Evidence Link Diagram Project) kapsamında MOK ilişki şemasını geliştirilmiştir (NSF Destek No. DRL-131605). MOK İlişki Şeması öğrencilerin alternatif modeller ve kanıtlar arasındaki ilişkileri değerlendirmelerine yardımcı olu...