Developing a multi-year learning progression for carbon cycling in socio-ecological systems

Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 675-698

  Mohan, Lindsey ^a   Chen, Jing ^a   Anderson, Charles W ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Learning progressions; Student reasoning; Tracing matter

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; CARBON CYCLING; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON SOURCE; CELLULAR RESPIRATION; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL PROCESS; COMPLEX DOMAINS; DEVELOPMENT PROCESS; ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; EMPIRICAL VALIDATION; FOOD WEBS; GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGES; HIGH SCHOOL; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS; ITERATIVE PROCESS; LEARNING PROGRESSIONS; LEVEL 2; LEVEL 4; LIFE PROCESS; MACROSCOPIC SCALE; MULTIPLE SCALE; NATIONAL STANDARD; STUDENT REASONING; TRACING MATTER;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMBUSTION; ECOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; STUDENTS; THERMOCHEMISTRY;

ORGANIC CARBON;

EID: 68149169387     PISSN: 00224308     EISSN: 10982736     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tea.20314     Document Type: Article

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