Journal Articles

Recent publications authored by WCER researchers include:

Proposing a Core Set of Instructional Practices and Tools for Teachers of Science,” Mark Windschitl, Jessica Thompson, Melissa Braaten and David Stroupe, Science Education, 2012.


Gross Motor Development in Children Adopted from Orphanage Settings,” BJ Roeber, CL Tober, Daniel M. Bolt and SD Pollak, Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 2012.


Application of a Multidimensional Nested Logit Model to Multiple-Choice Test Items,” Daniel M. Bolt, James A. Wollock and Youngsuk Suh, Psychometrika, 2012.


Why Two Smoking Cessation Agents Work Better Than One: Role of Craving Suppression,” Daniel M. Bolt, Megan E. Piper, Wendy E. Theobald and Timothy B. Baker, Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2012.


For Whom is Argument and Explanation a Necessary Distinction? A Response to Osborne and Patterson,” Leema K. Berland and Katherine L. McNeill, Science Education, 2012.


In Pursuit of Consensus: Disagreement and Legitimization During Small-Group Argumentation,” Leema K. Berland and Victor R. Lee, International Journal of Science and Education, 2012.


Engaging Students in the Scientific Practices of Explanation and Argumentation,” Brian J. Reiser, Leema K. Berland and Lisa Kenyon, Science and Children, 2012.


Students’ Framings and Their Participation in Scientific Argumentation,” Leema K. Berland and David Hammer, in "Perspectives on Scientific Argumentation," edited by Myint Swe Khine, 2012.


Negotiating STEM Epistemic Commitments for Engineering Design Challenges,” Leema K. Berland and Kirstin C. Busch, ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, 2012.


Developing a Vision of Pre-College Engineering Education,” Jill A. Marshall and Leema K. Berland, Journal of Pre-College Engineering Education Research, 2012.


AMOEBA: Mining How Students Learn to Program Together,” Matthew Berland, Tom Benton, Carmen Petrick and Taylor Martin, Proceedings of the International Conference of the Learning Sciences, 2012.


Understanding Strategic Boardgames as Computational-Thinking Training Machines,” Matthew Berland, International Conference of the Learning Sciences, 2012.


Triangulating Learning in Board Games,” Sean C. Duncan and Matthew Berland, Games, Learning and Society Conference Proceedings, 2012.


IPRO: A Mobile, Social Programming Game for iOS,” Matthew Berland, Taylor Martin, Tom Benton and Carmen Petrick-Smith, Games, Learning and Society Conference Proceedings, 2012.


Becoming an Expert Boardgamer: A Quantitative Exploration,” Matthew Berland, Games, Learning and Society Conference Proceedings, 2012.


The Wisconsin Longitudinal Study of Doctoral & Postdoctoral Teaching Development: Key Findings,” Ross Benbow, Derria Byrd and Mark R. Connolly, Longitudinal Study of Future STEM Scholars, 2011.


The Reasons Behind Early Adolescents’ Responses to Peer Victimization,” Amy Bellmore, W.T. Chen and E. Rischall, Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2012.


South-South Migration and Education: The Case of People of Haitian Descent Born in the Dominican Republic,” Lesley Bartlett, Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2012.


Comparative Pedagogies and Epistemological Diversity: Social and Materials Contexts of Teaching in Tanzania,” Frances Vavrus and Lesley Bartlett, Comparative Education Review, 2012.


Placement of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students in Programs for Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders: Contemporary Trends and Research Needs,” Alfredo J. Artiles, Aydin Bal, Stanley C. Trent, Kathleen King Thorius, Advances in Special Education, 2012.