Hutchins, Nicole M.; Biswas, Gautam. “Catalyzing teachers’ evidence-based responses to students’ problem-based learning in STEM.” Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning Conference, CSCL (2023): 154-161.https://repository.isls.org/handle/1/9968
This paper looks at how middle school STEM teachers understand what their students are learning and how they solve problems during a problem-based learning unit. It also explores how teachers use this understanding to make changes to their lesson plans based on evidence from their students’ work. By analyzing teachers’ spoken thoughts while they think through these tasks, the study identifies key connections that help teachers move from interpreting student learning to actually changing their teaching. The paper compares the approaches of an experienced teacher and a novice teacher, and discusses how these findings can help improve professional training for STEM teachers and the development of tools to support them.
