Contrasting Cases can Facilitate Middle School Science Learning at Scale Christian Schunn, Liz Richey, Louis Alfieri, Kalyani Raghavan, & Mary Sartoris Overview 1 Funded by: Grant R305C080009 to The 21st Century Partnership for STEM Education. The opinions expressed are those of the authors and do not represent views of the U.S. Department of Education
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Contrasting Cases can Facilitate Middle
School Science Learning at
ScaleChristian Schunn, Liz Richey, Louis Alfieri,
Kalyani Raghavan, & Mary Sartoris
Funded by: Grant R305C080009 to The 21st Century Partnership for STEM Education. The opinions expressed are those of the authors and do not represent views of the U.S. Department of Education
The 21st Century Center for Research and Development in Cognition and
Science
The 21st Century Partnership for STEM Education
Objective: To improve current science curricula and identify general principles for the design of curriculum that could be easily applied to other science curricula to improve student learning.
Overview of Cognitive Science PrinciplesContrasting Cases: Introducing new material
by simultaneously comparing and contrasting several relevant cases
Prior Knowledge & Misconceptions: Identifying areas of known conceptual difficulty in science learning in order to guide emphasis in planning modifications and conducting teacher professional development
Visualizations: Helping students gain proficiency with conventions used in scientific graphics, such as labeling, captions, relative scale, perspective, etc.
Spaced Testing: Systematically revisiting material learned earlier and having students recall it repeatedly over extended periods of time