@inproceedings{4d970f46a81e44859e06198995107923,
title = "Teaching with Representations: How Teachers' Perception Shift Their Science Teaching",
abstract = "Representations are essential to science education. However, few studies explore teacher understanding of their implementation of representations. In particular, there is little attention to how teacher perception influences their in-classroom teaching with representations. To support teachers in using representations in the elementary science classroom, we designed the longitudinal Project, Representation: Teachers as Learners (RepTaL), which includes various professional development activities. This paper explores teachers' perceptions of science representations that influence the way they incorporate representations in their science teaching. We analyzed six participants' interviews and classroom recordings across the 2021-2023 academic years. The results revealed after engaging with the (RepTaL), teachers started to try various representations in their science classrooms. Another major change is the teachers would like to have students be the “owners” of the representation rather than the audience. Their in-classroom teaching also showed that they integrated what they learned from PD in their teaching without coaching in the last year.",
keywords = "Elementary Education, In-service teacher, Professional Development, Science Education",
author = "Xintian Tu and Joshua Danish and Zachary Ryan and Morgan Vickery and Rogers, \{Meredith Park\} and Cindy Hmelo-Silver and Andrea Philips",
note = "We would like to thank the teachers and their students who participated in this study. We are also grateful to the James McDonnell Foundation (Grant \#: 220020521) for their generous support of this ongoing work. We would also like to thank graduate students at Indiana University for their effort in collecting data, Dr. Noel Enyedy and our collaborators at Vanderbilt University.; 18th International Conference of the Learning Sciences, ICLS 2024 ; Conference date: 10-06-2024 Through 14-06-2024",
year = "2024",
doi = "10.22318/icls2024.791061",
language = "English (US)",
series = "Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning Conference, CSCL",
publisher = "International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS)",
pages = "602--609",
editor = "Robb Lindgren and Tutaleni Asino and Kyza, \{Eleni A.\} and Chee-Kit Looi and Keifert, \{D. Teo\} and Enrique Suarez",
booktitle = "ISLS Annual Meeting 2024",
address = "United States",
}