Jonathan Osborne

The purpose of this project is to develop, revise, and validate online science assessments focusing on scientific argumentation in the domains of Structure of Matter and Ecology. Although student facility with science practices has been studied, there is limited research on how these practices may be supported within a classroom environment, and, in particular, how to readily assess students' ability to engage in scientific practice in an online environment. When it comes to engaging in scie...

The purpose of this grant was to explore the contributions of perspective taking, complex reasoning, and academic language skills to reading for understanding for upper elementary and middle school students; to develop, refine, and test the efficacy of two literacy programs that target the development of these skills for a general population of students and for struggling readers; and to develop professional learning opportunities for science teachers that could serve as a model for other conten