CONTENTS

1. Introduction: Coordinating PreK-16 STEM Education Research and Practices for Advancing and Refining Reform Agendas


Richard A. Duschl, Amber S. Bismack, James Greeno and Drew H. Gitomer

Theme 1: Systems Thinking


2. Thinking about a System and Systems Thinking in Engineering


Thomas A. Litzinger


3. Diagnostic Instruction: Toward an Integrated System for Classroom Assessment


Jim Minstrell, Ruth Anderson, and Min Li


4. Response 1: Systems Thinking as a Design Problem


Marcela Borge


5. Response 2: Improving Learning about Systems Requires Designing for Change in Educational Systems


William R. Penuel

Theme 2: Model-Based Reasoning


6. Modeling Authentic STEM Research: A Systems Thinking Perspective


Annmarie R. Ward


7. Meeting the Standards for STEM Educations: Individual and National Needs


Spencer A. Benson


8. Response 1: Model-Based Reasoning in Professional Development


Hilda Borko


9. Response 2: "Where is the line?"


Brian P. Coppola

Theme 3: Quantitative Reasoning


10. Quantitative Reasoning in Mathematics Education: Directions in Research and Practice


Heather Lynn Johnson


11. Teachers Use of Data, Measurement, and Data Modeling in Quantitative Reasoning


Anthony J. Petrosino


12. Response 1: Quantitative Reasoning in STEM Disciplines


Robert Mayes


13. Response 2: Quantitative Reasoning: Capturing a Tension Between Structure and Variability


Rose Mary Zbiek

Theme 4: Equity, Epistemic, and Ethical Outcomes


14. Educational and Ethical Dilemmas for STEM Education in Pennsylvania’s Marcellus Shale Gasfield Communities


Catharine Biddle & Kai A. Schafft


15. Defining a Knowledge Base for Reasoning in Science: The role of procedural and epistemic knowledge


Jonathan Osborne


16. Response 1: Views from Above and Below: Access to Science Education


Nancy Brickhouse


17. Response 2: The Values of Science Literacy


Nancy Tuana

Theme 5: STEM Communication and Policy Outreach


18. Why People Care About Chickens and Other Lessons about Rhetoric, Public Science, and Informal Learning Environments


Stacey Pigg, William Hart-Davidson, Jeff Grabill, and Kirsten Ellenbogen


19. New Environments for Professional Development: Situating Science Learning and Teaching in a Framework and NGSS World


Jean Moon


20. Response 1: School-System Contexts for Professional Development


Edward J. Fuller


21. Response 2: Technology-supported Communication in Science: Conjectures on Expertise and Evaluation


Drew H. Gitomer

Reflections and Summary


22. Reflections on the Waterbury Summit: STEAM And Systems Thinking


Stephanie E. Vasko


23. Summary: Driving Change Forward