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Modeling Nature: A Route to Understanding Central Themes in Elementary and Middle School Science

This research studies the conceptual development of students as they move across elementary and middle school grades of instruction designed coherently and cumulatively around three of the central strands in the national science standards: growth and diversity, animal and human behavior, and structure and form.

Leadership

Leonard Abbeduto
Richard Lehrer
Leona Schauble

Staff

Cathlin Foy
David Marcou

Funding

National Science Foundation, Research on Education, Policy and Practice (REPP) Program

Project Website

http://www.wcer.wisc.edu/archive/Modeling/index.ht
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Status

Completed May 31 2003

Contact Information

Richard Lehrer, Leona Schauble, Directors
Email: rich.lehrer@vanderbilt.edu