Access the full text.
Sign up today, get DeepDyve free for 14 days.
Loading next page...
/lp/sage/task-engagement-and-conceptual-change-in-middle-school-science-RJvRK63IRM
References (74)
-
Ann Brown (1988)
Motivation to learn and understand: On taking charge of one's own learning.Cognition and Instruction, 5
-
P. Fensham (1988)
Development and Dilemmas in Science Education. -
S. Heath (1983)
Ways with Words: Language, Life and Work in Communities and Classrooms -
J. Nussbaum, S. Novick (1982)
Alternative frameworks, conceptual conflict and accommodation: Toward a principled teaching strategyInstructional Science, 11
-
Ronald Simpson, J. Oliver (1985)
Attitude toward Science and Achievement Motivation Profiles of Male and Female Science Students in Grades Six through Ten.Science Education, 69
-
Elaine Elliott, C. Dweck (1988)
Goals: an approach to motivation and achievement.Journal of personality and social psychology, 54 1
-
G. Berkheimer (1990)
Using Conceptual Change Research To Reason about Curriculum. Research Series No. 195. -
L. Anderson, Nancy Brubaker, Janet Alleman-Brooks, Gerald Duffy (1985)
A Qualitative Study of Seatwork in First-Grade ClassroomsThe Elementary School Journal, 86
-
P. Cobb, T. Wood, Erna Yackel, B. McNeal (1992)
Characteristics of Classroom Mathematics Traditions: An Interactional Analysis, 29
-
G. Posner, K. Strike, P. Hewson, William Gertzog (1982)
Accommodation of a scientific conception: Toward a theory of conceptual changeScience Education, 66
-
P. Winne, R. Marx (1982)
Students' and Teachers' Views of Thinking Processes for Classroom LearningThe Elementary School Journal, 82
-
B. Weiner (1986)
An attributional theory of motivation and emotion -
(1989)
Teaching for meaningful understanding and selfregulated learning -
(1990)
Introducing multicultural science teaching to a secondary school -
Ann Rosebery, Beth Warren, Faith Conant (1992)
Appropriating Scientific Discourse: Findings from Language Minority Classrooms.The Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2
-
Annemarie Palincsar, C. Anderson, Yvonne David (1993)
Pursuing Scientific Literacy in the Middle Grades Through Collaborative Problem SolvingThe Elementary School Journal, 93
-
(1961)
Learning with science -
A. Bandura (1985)
Social Foundations of Thought and Action: A Social Cognitive Theory -
(1987)
The educator's handbook: A research perspective -
A. Contreras, Okhee Lee (1990)
Differential Treatment of Students by Middle School Science Teachers: Unintended Cultural Bias.Science Education, 74
-
Beyond prior knowledge: Issues in text processing and conceptual change -
M. Covington, C. Omelich (1985)
Ability and Effort Valuation among Failure-Avoiding and Failure-Accepting Students.Journal of Educational Psychology, 77
-
L. Corno, E. Mandinach (1983)
The role of cognitive engagement in classroom learning and motivationEducational Psychologist, 18
-
K. Strike, G. Posner (1983)
On rationality and learning: A reply to West and PinesScience Education, 67
-
I. Mullis, L. Jenkins (1988)
The Science Report Card: Elements of Risk and Recovery. Trends and Achievement Based on the 1986 National Assessment. -
M. Clifford (1991)
Risk Taking: Theoretical, Empirical, and Educational ConsiderationsEducational Psychologist, 26
-
(1988)
Science achievement in seventeen countries: A preliminary report -
J. Meece, P. Blumenfeld, R. Hoyle (1988)
Students' goal orientations and cognitive engagement in classroom activitiesJournal of Educational Psychology, 80
-
W. Doyle (1985)
Content Representation in Teachers' Definitions of Academic Work. R&D Report 6161. -
C. Mitchell, K. Weiler (1991)
Rewriting Literacy: Culture and the Discourse of the Other. Critical Studies in Education and Culture Series. -
S. Michaels (1985)
Hearing the Connections in Children's Oral and Written Discourse *Journal of Education, 167
-
S. Nolen (1988)
Reasons for studying: Motivational orientations and study strategies.Cognition and Instruction, 5
-
M. Maehr (1991)
Advances in Motivation and Achievement -
Kathleen Roth (1985)
Conceptual Change Learning and Student Processing of Science Texts. -
S. Paris, G. Olson, H. Stevenson (1983)
Learning and motivation in the classroom -
C. Diener, C. Dweck (1980)
An analysis of learned helplessness: II. The processing of success.Journal of personality and social psychology, 39 5
-
Okhee Lee, D. Eichinger, C. Anderson, G. Berkheimer, Theron Blakeslee (1990)
Changing middle school students' conceptions of matter and moleculesJournal of Research in Science Teaching, 30
-
P. Blumenfeld, J. Mergendoller, Donald Swarthout (1987)
Task as a heuristic for understanding student learning and motivationJournal of Curriculum Studies, 19
-
Carole Ames, R. Ames (1984)
Systems of student and teacher motivation: Toward a qualitative definition.Journal of Educational Psychology, 76
-
K. Strike, G. Posner (1992)
A revisionist theory of conceptual change -
G. Wehlage (1991)
School Reform for At‐Risk StudentsEquity & Excellence in Education, 25
-
L. Delpit (1988)
The Silenced Dialogue: Power and Pedagogy in Educating Other People's ChildrenHarvard Educational Review, 58
-
P. Pintrich, E. Groot (1990)
Motivational and self-regulated learning components of classroom academic performance.Journal of Educational Psychology, 82
-
L. Resnick (1987)
The 1987 Presidential Address Learning In School and OutEducational Researcher, 16
-
A. Pines, Leo West (1986)
Conceptual understanding and science learning: An interpretation of research within a sources‐of‐knowledge frameworkScience Education, 70
-
G. Berkheimer (1990)
Using a New Model of Curriculum Development To Write a Matter and Molecules Teaching Unit. Research Series No. 196. -
E. Hetherington (1983)
Socialization, personality, and social development -
(1985)
A motivational analysis of self-determination and self-regulation in education -
Roger Cannon, Ronald Simpson (1985)
Relationships among Attitude, Motivation, and Achievement of Ability Grouped, Seventh-Grade, Life Science Students.Science Education, 69
-
K. Tobin (1986)
Student task involvement and achievement in process-oriented science activitiesScience Education, 70
-
S. Harter (1981)
A new self-report scale of intrinsic versus extrinsic orientation in the classroom: Motivational and informational components.Developmental Psychology, 17
-
P. Blumenfeld, J. Meece (1988)
Task Factors, Teacher Behavior, and Students' Involvement and Use of Learning Strategies in ScienceThe Elementary School Journal, 88
-
Carole Ames, Jennifer Archer (1988)
Achievement Goals in the Classroom: Students' Learning Strategies and Motivation ProcessesJournal of Educational Psychology, 80
-
(1988)
Theory into practice I: A constructivist approach to curriculum development -
J. Brophy (1987)
Synthesis of Research on Strategies for Motivating Students to Learn.Educational Leadership, 45
-
R. Duschl, R. Hamilton (1992)
Philosophy of science, cognitive psychology, and educational theory and practice -
G. Berkheimer (1988)
Matter and Molecules Teacher's Guide: Activity Book. Occasional Paper No. 122. -
(1984)
Meaning and motivation: Toward a theory of personal investment -
(1983)
Images of science: A summary of results from the 1981-82 National Assessment of Science. Minneapolis: Minnesota Research and Evaluation Center, University of Minnesota -
K. Egan (1987)
Literacy and the Oral Foundation of Education.NAMTA Journal, 18
-
D. Kuhn, E. Amsel, M. O’Loughlin, Leona Schauble, B. Leadbeater, William Yotive (1988)
The development of scientific thinking skills -
(1980)
Culture and achievement motivation: A second look -
W. Doyle (1983)
Academic WorkReview of Educational Research, 53
-
(1981)
What research says to the teacher: Vol. 3- Washington, DC: National Science Teachers' Association -
J. Nicholls, Michael Patashnick, S. Nolen (1985)
Adolescents' theories of education.Journal of Educational Psychology, 77
-
J. Brophy (1983)
Conceptualizing student motivation -
S. Graham, Shari Golan (1991)
Motivational influences on cognition : task involvement, ego involvement, and depth of information processingJournal of Educational Psychology, 83
-
K. Wentzel (1989)
Adolescent classroom goals, standards for performance, and academic achievement: An interactionist perspective.Journal of Educational Psychology, 81
-
K. Tobin (1990)
Windows into Science Classrooms: Problems Associated with Higher-Level Cognitive Learning. -
J. Ogbu (1987)
Variability in Minority School Performance: A Problem in Search of an ExplanationAnthropology & Education Quarterly, 18
-
P. Fensham (1985)
Science for all: A reflective essayJournal of Curriculum Studies, 17
-
C. Diener, C. Dweck (1978)
An Analysis of Learned Helplessness: Continuous Changes in Performance, Strategy, and Achievement Cognitions Following Failure.Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 36
-
Robert James, Stanley Smith (1985)
Alienation of students from science in grades 4–12Science Education, 69
-
C. Steele (1992)
Race and the Schooling of Black Americans.The Atlantic Monthly, 269
- Publisher
- SAGE
- Copyright
- Copyright © 2019 by American Educational Research Association
- ISSN
- 0002-8312
- eISSN
- 1935-1011
- DOI
- 10.3102/00028312030003585
- Publisher site
- See Article on Publisher Site
Abstract
Science educators have long been concerned that many students fail to engage in academic tasks with the goal of achieving better understanding of science. This study examined two research questions. First, what patterns of students’ task engagement emerge as they work on science classroom tasks? Second, how are patterns of students’ task engagement related to factors involving their cognition (i.e., knowledge and achievement), motivation (e.g., goals in science class), and affect (i.e., attitudes toward science)? The study involved 12 sixth-grade students in two classrooms where the teachers and instructional materials provided students with extensive support to understand science better. The results indicated that some students recognized the value of science learning and demonstrated high quality of cognitive engagement, whereas others pursued alternative agendas. The results are used to explore two research traditions that offer different explanations for the failure of students’ task engagement: (a) cognitive science or conceptual change research and (b) motivation research.
Journal
American Educational Research Journal – SAGE
Published: Jun 24, 2016