Research & Publications

Edelson, D. C. (2007). Environmental Science for All? Considering Environmental Science for Inclusion in the High School Core Curriculum. Science Educator, 17(1), 42-56.

Edelson, D. C., Pitts, V., Salierno, C., & Sherin, B. (2006). Learning-for-Use in Earth Science: Curriculum Design and Evaluation. In C. Manduca & D. Mogk (Eds.), Earth and Mind: How Geologist Think and Learn about the Earth (pp. 131-144).  Boulder, CO: Geological Society of America.  (request a reprint)

Edelson, D. C., & Reiser, B. J. (2006). Making authentic practices accessible to learners: Design challenges and strategies.  In R. K. Sawyer (Ed.), Cambridge Handbook of the Learning Sciences (pp. 335-354). New York: Cambridge University Press. (request a reprint)

Edelson, D. C., Tarnoff, A., Schwille, K., Bruozas, M., & Switzer, A. (2006). Learning to make systematic decisions. The Science Teacher, 73(4), 40-45. (Note: requires free registration on NSTA website to download).

Salierno, C., Edelson, D. C., & Sherin, B. (2005). The development of student conceptions of the earth-sun relationship in an inquiry-based curriculum. Journal of Geoscience Education, 53(4), 422-431. (request a reprint)

Sherin, B., Brown, M., & Edelson, D. C. (2005). On the content of task-structured science curricula. In L. B. Flick & N. Lederman (Eds.), Scientific Inquiry and Nature of Science: Implications for Teaching, Learning, and Teacher Education. Dordecht, NL: Kluwer. (request a reprint)

Edelson, D. C., Salierno, C., Matese, G., Pitts, V., & Sherin, B. (2002). Learning-for-Use in Earth science: Kids as climate modelers. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, New Orleans, LA, April 2002.

Edelson, D. C. (2001). Learning-For-Use:  A Framework for the Design of Technology-Supported Inquiry Activities. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 38 (3), 355-385.(request a reprint)

Edelson, DC, Gordin, D.N., & Pea, R.D. (1999). Addressing the challenges of inquiry-based learning through technology and curriculum design. Journal of the Learning Sciences, 8(3/4) 391-450.

Edelson, D. C., Brown, M., Gordin, D. N., & Griffin, D. A. (1999, February). Making visualization accessible to students. GSA Today, 9(2), 8-10.

Brown, M. & Edelson, DC (1999).A Lab by Any Other Name: Integrating Traditional Labs and Computer-Supported Collaborative Investigations in Science Classrooms.

Edelson, D.C. (1998). Matching the Design of Activities to the Affordances of Software to Support Inquiry-Based Learning. In A.S. Bruckman, M. Guzdial, J.L. Kolodner, & A. Ram (Eds.), Proceedings of ICLS 98:International Conference on the Learning Sciences, Atlanta, GA, December 16-19, 1998, (pp.77-83). Charlottesville, VA: AACE.

Brown, M., & Edelson, D.C. (1998). Software in Context: Designing for students, teachers, and classroom enactment. In A.S. Bruckman, M. Guzdial, J.L. Kolodner, & A. Ram (Eds.), Proceedings of ICLS 98:International Conference on the Learning Sciences, Atlanta, GA, December 16-19, 1998, (pp.63-69). Charlottesville, VA: AACE.

Edelson, D. C., Gordin, D. N., Pea, R. D. (1997, March). Creating Science Learning Tools from Experts' Investigation Tools: A Design Framework. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, Oak Brook, IL, March 21-24, 1997.

Edelson, D. C. & Gordin, D.N. (1996) Adapting Digital Libraries for Learners: Accessibility vs. Availability. D-Lib Magazine, September 1996. [http://www.dlib.org/dlib/september96/09contents.html]

Edelson, D. C. (1996). Realising authentic science learning through the adaptation of science practice. In B. J. Fraser & K. Tobin (Eds.), International Handbook of Science Education. Kluwer.

Gordin, D. N., Edelson, D. C., & Gomez, L. M. (1996). Scientific Visualization as an Interpretive and Expressive Medium. In D. C. Edelson & E. A. Domeshek (Eds.), Proceedings of the International Conference on the Learning Sciences, July 1996, Evanston, IL, (pp. 409-414). Charlottesville, VA: AACE.

Gordin, D.N., Edelson, D.C., Gomez, L.M., Lento, M., & Pea, R.D. (January,1996). "Student conference on global warming: A collaborative network-supported ecologically hierarchic geosciences curriculum," Proceedings of the Fifth American Meteorological Society Education Symposium.

Edelson, D. C., Pea, R. D., & Gomez., L. (1996). Constructivism in the collaboratory. In B. G. Wilson (Ed.), Constructivist learning environments: Case studies in instructional design, (pp. 151-164). Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Educational Technology Publications.

Pea, R., Gomez, L., & Edelson, D. (1995). Science Education as a Driver of Cyberspace Technology Development. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Internet Society, Honolulu, HI, June 27-30.