91 Publications (Page 1 of 4)
2020
Exploring Preservice Teachers' Beliefs about Effective Science Teaching through Their Collaborative Oral Reflections
Min, Mina⋅Akerson, Valarie and Aydeniz, Fetiye
Journal of Science Teacher Education, vol. 31, (no. 3), pp. 263, 4/2/2020. | Journal Article
2019
How Does Learner-Directed Scientific Investigations Influence Students’ Questioning and Their Nature of Science Conceptions?
Avsar Erumit, Banu⋅Fouad, Khadija E and Akerson, Valarie L
International Journal of Education in Mathematics, Science and Technology, pp. 31, 2019-01-07. | Journal Article
 
Teaching and Learning Nature of Science in Elementary Classrooms
Akerson, Valarie⋅Carter, Ingrid⋅Pongsanon, Khemmawadee and Nargund-Joshi, Vanashri
Science & Education, vol. 28, (no. 3), pp. 411, 20190714. | Journal Article
 
Teaching Nature of Science through children's literature: an early childhood preservice teacher study
Akerson, Valarie L⋅Avsar Erumit, Banu and Elcan Kaynak, Naime
International Journal of Science Education, vol. 41, (no. 18), pp. 2787, 12/12/2019. | Journal Article
 
Where’s the Science? Exploring a New Science Teacher Educator’s Theoretical and Practical Understandings of Scientific Inquiry
Donohue, Kerri⋅Donohue, Kerri⋅Buck, Gayle A⋅Buck, Gayle A⋅Akerson, Valarie and Akerson, Valarie
International Journal of Research in Education and Science, vol. 6, (no. 1), pp. 1, 2019-11-08. | Journal Article
2017
A Video-Based Measure of Preservice Teachers’ Abilities to Predict Elementary Students’ Scientific Reasoning
Akerson, Valarie L⋅Akerson, Valarie L⋅Carter, Ingrid S⋅Carter, Ingrid S⋅Park Rogers, Meredith A⋅Park Rogers, Meredith A⋅Pongsanon, Khemmawadee and Pongsanon, Khemmawadee
International Journal of Education in Mathematics, Science and Technology, pp. 1, 2017-07-31. | Journal Article
 
Exploring the Use of Lesson Study to Develop Elementary Preservice Teachers’ Pedagogical Content Knowledge for Teaching Nature of Science
Akerson, Valarie⋅Akerson, Valarie⋅Akerson, Valarie⋅Pongsanon, Khemmawadee⋅Pongsanon, Khemmawadee⋅Pongsanon, Khemmawadee⋅Park Rogers, Meredith⋅Park Rogers, Meredith⋅Park Rogers, Meredith⋅Carter, Ingrid⋅Carter, Ingrid⋅Carter, Ingrid⋅Galindo, Enrique⋅Galindo, Enrique and Galindo, Enrique
International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, vol. 15, (no. 2), pp. 312, 20170200. | Journal Article
2015
Using History of Science to Teach Nature of Science to Elementary Students
Fouad, Khadija⋅Masters, Heidi and Akerson, Valarie
Science & Education, vol. 24, (no. 9), pp. 1140, 20151100. | Journal Article
2014
Developing a Professional Identity as an Elementary Teacher of Nature of Science: A self-study of becoming an elementary teacher
Akerson, Valarie L⋅Pongsanon, Khemmawadee⋅Weiland, Ingrid S and Nargund-Joshi, Vanashri
International Journal of Science Education, vol. 36, (no. 12), pp. 2082, 8/13/2014. | Journal Article
 
Exploring Elementary Science Methods Course Contexts to Improve Preservice Teachers’ NOS of Science Conceptions and Understandings of NOS Teaching Strategies
Akerson, Valarie L⋅Weiland, Ingrid⋅Rogers, Meredith Park⋅Pongsanon, Khemmawaddee and Bilican, Kader
EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, vol. 10, (no. 6), 2014-12-15. | Journal Article
 
Integrating the nature of acience: a lesson on interdependent relationships and ecosystems gets a boost when students learn how they are acting like scientists
Weiland, Ingrid⋅Blieden, Katherine and Akerson, Valarie
Science and Children, vol. 52, (no. 1), pp. 60, 20140901. | Journal Article
 
INTEGRATING THE NATURE OF SCIENCE
Weiland, Ingrid⋅Blieden, Katherine and Akerson, Valarie
Science and Children, vol. 52, (no. 1), pp. 60-64, Sep 2014. | Journal Article
 
INTEGRATING THE NATURE OF SCIENCE: A lesson on interdependent relationships and ecosystems gets a boost when students learn how they are acting like scientists
Weiland, Ingrid⋅Blieden, Katherine and Akerson, Valarie
Science and Children, vol. 52, (no. 1), pp. 64, 20140901. | Journal Article
 
What Third-Grade Students of Differing Ability Levels Learn about Nature of Science after a Year of Instruction
Akerson, Valarie⋅Nargund-Joshi, Vanashri⋅Weiland, Ingrid⋅Pongsanon, Khemmawadee and Avsar, Banu
International Journal of Science Education, vol. 36, (no. 2), pp. 276, 1/22/2014. | Journal Article
2013
Toward Understanding the Nature of a Partnership Between an Elementary Classroom Teacher and an Informal Science Educator
Weiland, Ingrid and Akerson, Valarie
Journal of Science Teacher Education, vol. 24, (no. 8), pp. 1333-1355, Dec 2013. | Journal Article
2012
Bridging the Gap between Preservice Early Childhood Teachers' Cultural Values, Perceptions of Values Held by Scientists, and the Relationships of These Values to Conceptions of Nature of Science
Akerson, Valarie⋅Buzzelli, Cary A and Eastwood, Jennifer L
Journal of Science Teacher Education, vol. 23, (no. 2), pp. 133-157, Mar 2012. | Journal Article
 
Developing a Community of Practice to Support Preservice Elementary Teachers' Nature of Science Instruction
Akerson, Valarie L⋅Donnelly, Lisa A⋅Riggs, Morgan L and Eastwood, Jennifer L
International Journal of Science Education, vol. 34, (no. 9), pp. 1392, 6/1/2012. | Journal Article
 
Environmental Argumentation as Sociocultural Activity
Oliveira, Alandeom⋅Akerson, Valarie and Oldfield, Martha
Journal of Research in Science Teaching, vol. 49, (no. 7), pp. 869-897, Sep 2012. | Journal Article
 
The Implicit Communication of Nature of Science and Epistemology during Inquiry Discussion
Oliveira, Alandeom⋅Akerson, Valarie⋅Colak, Huseyin⋅Pongsanon, Khemmawadee and Genel, Abdulkadir
Science Education, vol. 96, (no. 4), pp. 652-684, Jul 2012. | Journal Article
2011
Elementary teachers' pedagogical conent knowledge for teaching the nature of science
Hanuscin, Deborah and Akerson, Valarie
Science Education, vol. 95, (no. 1), pp. 145, 20110101. | Journal Article
 
Elementary teachers' pedagogical content knowledge for teaching the nature of science
Hanuscin, Deborah L⋅Hanuscin, Deborah⋅Lee, Michele H⋅Lee, Michele⋅Akerson, Valarie L and Akerson, Valarie
Science education, vol. 95, (no. 1), pp. 167, 2011. | Journal Article
 
Exploring Indian secondary teachers' orientations and practice for teaching science in an era of reform
Nargund‐Joshi, Vanashri⋅Rogers, Meredith A. Park and Akerson, Valarie L
Journal of Research in Science Teaching, vol. 48, (no. 6), pp. 647, August 2011. | Journal Article
 
If We Teach Them, They Can Learn: Young Students Views of Nature of Science During an Informal Science Education Program
Quigley, Cassie⋅Pongsanon, Khemmawadee and Akerson, Valarie
Journal of Science Teacher Education, vol. 22, (no. 2), pp. 129-149, Mar 2011. | Journal Article
 
The Importance of Teaching and Learning Nature of Science in the Early Childhood Years
Akerson, Valarie⋅Buck, Gayle A⋅Donnelly, Lisa A⋅Nargund-Joshi, Vanashri and Weiland, Ingrid S
Journal of Science Education and Technology, vol. 20, (no. 5), pp. 537-549, Oct 2011. | Journal Article
 
The NOS Challenge
Quigley, Cassie⋅Buck, Gayle and Akerson, Valarie
(pp. 57-61). Oct 2011