Search Results - "Busch, K. C."

Complex influences of mechanistic knowledge, worldview, and quantitative reasoning on climate change discourse: Evidence for ideologically motivated reasoning among youth by Zummo, Lynne, Donovan, Brian, Busch, K. C.

“…Anthropogenic climate change remains divisive in the United States, where skepticism of the scientific consensus is associated with conservative worldviews,…”
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Impacts of a Practice-Based Professional Development Program on Elementary Teachers' Facilitation of and Student Engagement With Scientific Argumentation by Osbome, Jonathan F., Borko, Hilda, Fishman, Evan, Zaccarelli, Florencia Gomez, Berson, Eric, Busch, K. C., Reigh, Emily, Tseng, Anita

“…This article reports an investigation of a professional development program to enhance elementary teachers' ability to engage their students in argument from…”
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Textbooks of doubt, tested: the effect of a denialist framing on adolescents' certainty about climate change by Busch, K.C.

“…In US school settings and materials, climate change is often framed as an uncertain phenomenon. However, the effect of such denialist representations on…”
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Broadening epistemologies and methodologies in climate change education research by Busch, K. C., Henderson, Joseph A., Stevenson, Kathryn T.

“…In this commentary, we reflect on the articles in this special collection from our lens as scholars who have chosen to conduct research with a focus on climate…”
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Toward a more humane genetics education: Learning about the social and quantitative complexities of human genetic variation research could reduce racial bias in adolescent and adult populations by Donovan, Brian M., Semmens, Rob, Keck, Phillip, Brimhall, Elizabeth, Busch, K. C., Weindling, Monica, Duncan, Alex, Stuhlsatz, Molly, Bracey, Zoë Buck, Bloom, Mark, Kowalski, Susan, Salazar, Brae

“…When people are exposed to information that leads them to overestimate the actual amount of genetic difference between racial groups, it can augment their…”
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Pedagogical Content Knowledge for Informal Science Educators: Development of the ISE-PCK Framework by Busch, K.C., Kudumu, Mwenda, Park, Soonhye

“…The purpose of this study was to conceptualize a pedagogical content knowledge framework for informal science educators (ISE-PCK). An initial, hypothetical…”
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What effective design strategies do rural, underserved students in STEM clubs value while learning about climate change? by Gutierrez, Kristie S., Blanchard, Margaret R., Busch, K. C.

“…This study investigated the experiences of rural, underserved middle school students in afterschool clubs. Culturally relevant climate change education…”
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Intergenerational learning: A recommendation for engaging youth to address marine debris challenges by Hartley, Jenna M., Stevenson, Kathryn T., Peterson, M. Nils, Busch, K.C., Carrier, Sarah J., DeMattia, Elizabeth A., Jambeck, Jenna R., Lawson, Danielle F., Strnad, Renee L.

“…Youth can impact environmental attitudes and behaviors among adults. Indeed, research on intergenerational learning has demonstrated the influence of young…”
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What is community-level environmental literacy, and how can we measure it? A report of a convening to conceptualize and operationalize CLEL by Gibson, Lauren M., Busch, K. C., Stevenson, Kathryn T., Cutts, Bethany B., DeMattia, Elizabeth A., Aguilar, Olivia M., Ardoin, Nicole M., Carrier, Sarah J., Clark, Charlotte R., Cooper, Caren B., Feinstein, Noah Weeth, Goodwin, Jean, Peterson, M. Nils, Wheaton, Mele

“…Environmental education research often emphasizes the importance of community context, but conceptualization and measurement of environmental literacy has…”
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Conceptualizing community scientific literacy: Results from a systematic literature review and a Delphi method survey of experts by Busch, K. C., Rajwade, Aparajita

“…The predominant conceptualization of scientific literacy occurs on the micro scale of an individual person. However, scientific literacy can also be exhibited…”
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Call for papers: Special issue: Learning and teaching in times of science denial and disinformation by Lombardi, Doug, Busch, K. C.

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Adolescent framings of climate change, psychological distancing, and implications for climate change concern and behavior by Busch, K.C., Ayala Chávez, Regina

“…It is essential to understand how youth are framing climate change in order to develop effective educational opportunities and targeted communication. For this…”
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Pushing toward systemic change in the Capitalocene: Investigating the efficacy of existing behavior prediction models on individual and collective pro-environmental actions in high school students by Gibson, Lauren, Stevenson, Kathryn, Busch, K. C., Cutts, Bethany, Seekamp, Erin, Krementz, Sarah

“…Environmental education often advocates for individual pro-environmental behavior-which, while beneficial to a degree, fails to match the large scale of…”
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Exploring a Theoretical Model of Climate Change Action for Youth by Busch, K.C, Ardoin, Nicole, Gruehn, Daniel, Stevenson, Kathryn

“…This study explores the influence of cognitive (knowledge and certainty) and psychosocial (social norms and efficacy) variables on youth's climate…”
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Textbooks of doubt: using systemic functional analysis to explore the framing of climate change in middle-school science textbooks by Román, Diego, Busch, K.C.

“…Middle school students are learning about climate change in large part through textbooks used in their classes. Therefore, it is crucial to understand how the…”
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Facilitator organizations enhance learning and action through citizen science: a case study of Girl Scouts' Think Like a Citizen Scientist journey on SciStarter by Smith, Haley E., Cooper, Caren B., Busch, K.C., Harper, Suzanne, Muslim, Amy, McKenna, Kaleigh, Cavalier, Darlene

“…Engagement in citizen science can result in participant outcomes including increased science and environmental literacy and civic action. One factor which may…”
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Polar Bears or People? Exploring Ways in Which Teachers Frame Climate Change in the Classroom by Busch, K.C.

“…Not only will young adults bear the brunt of the effects of climate change, but they are also the ones who will be required to take action-to mitigate and to…”
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Becoming the change we want to see: Aspirations and initial progress with diversity, equity, access, and inclusion practices to create welcoming environments and center community in informal science institutions by Peterman, Karen, Chesnut, Lynn, Gathings, M. J., Martin, Keshia, Maier, Allison Black, Evia, Jane Robertson, Ayala Chávez, Regina, Harris, Maren, Busch, K. C., Stover, Darrell, Larson, Lincoln R., Stevenson, Kathryn, Yelton, Charles

“…This study focuses on the diversity, equity, access, and inclusion (DEAI) practices of informal science institutions (ISI) that are part of a statewide grants…”
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Conceptualizing community-level environmental literacy using the Delphi method by Gibson, Lauren, Busch, K. C., Stevenson, Kathryn, Chesnut, Lynn, Cutts, Bethany, Seekamp, Erin

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How mixed messages may be better than avoidance in climate change education by Stevenson, Kathryn, Busch, K. C., Peterson, M. Nils, Frank, Danielle A., Chavez, Regina Ayala

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