Talk, Tools, and Tensions: Observing biological talk over time Export

@article{citeulike:2062752, abstract = {The goal of this study is to explore new tools for analyzing scientific sense-making in out-of-school settings. Although such measures are now common in science classroom research, dialogically based methodological approaches are relatively new to informal learning research. Such out-of-classroom settings have more recently become a breeding ground for new design approaches for tracking scientific talk and ideas within complex data-sets. The research reported here seeks to understand the language people <i>do</i> use to make sense of the life sciences over time. Another goal of this study is to track biological themes over time, using a new analytical scheme—the Tool for Observing Biological Talk Over Time. Our analyses are linked to and informed by tensions between particularistic and holistic data collection and analysis, qualitative and quantitative representations, and everyday and formal science discourse. These tensions and our analyses are linked to larger theoretical frameworks and to the recursive interplay between theory and practice.}, author = {Ash, Doris and Crain, Rhiannon and Brandt, Carol and Loomis, Molly and Wheaton, Mele and Bennett, Christine}, citeulike-article-id = {2062752}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09500690701494118}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/routledg/tsed/2007/00000029/00000012/art00008}, doi = {10.1080/09500690701494118}, issn = {0950-0693}, journal = {International Journal of Science Education}, keywords = {ash, biology, classroom, design, dialogue, discourse, education, life, sciences}, month = {October}, number = {12}, pages = {1581--1602}, posted-at = {2009-10-26 04:00:56}, priority = {2}, publisher = {Routledge}, title = {Talk, Tools, and Tensions: Observing biological talk over time}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09500690701494118}, volume = {29}, year = {2007} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2062752 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2062752 N2 - The goal of this study is to explore new tools for analyzing scientific sense-making in out-of-school settings. Although such measures are now common in science classroom research, dialogically based methodological approaches are relatively new to informal learning research. Such out-of-classroom settings have more recently become a breeding ground for new design approaches for tracking scientific talk and ideas within complex data-sets. The research reported here seeks to understand the language people <i>do</i> use to make sense of the life sciences over time. Another goal of this study is to track biological themes over time, using a new analytical scheme—the Tool for Observing Biological Talk Over Time. Our analyses are linked to and informed by tensions between particularistic and holistic data collection and analysis, qualitative and quantitative representations, and everyday and formal science discourse. These tensions and our analyses are linked to larger theoretical frameworks and to the recursive interplay between theory and practice. IS - 12 JF - International Journal of Science Education SN - 0950-0693 EP - 1602 TI - Talk, Tools, and Tensions: Observing biological talk over time PB - Routledge VL - 29 SP - 1581 KW - ash KW - biology KW - classroom KW - design KW - dialogue KW - discourse KW - education KW - life KW - sciences AU - Ash, Doris AU - Crain, Rhiannon AU - Brandt, Carol AU - Loomis, Molly AU - Wheaton, Mele AU - Bennett, Christine PY - 2007/10// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09500690701494118 ER -