Funding
This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under grant DRL-1415541. This four year project from 2014 to 2018 consists of the research and development of online materials and mobile application software to support instructional leaders around the science practices in the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
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Research Publications
JOURNAL ARTICLES
Cherbow, K., McKinley, M.T, McNeill, K. L. & Lowenhaupt, R. (2020). Current k-8 science instruction: A systems analysis of the similarities and differences with the science practices. Science Education, 104(3), 446-478.
Lowenhaupt, R. & McNeill, K. L. (2019). Subject-specific instructional leadership in K8 Schools: The supervision of science in an era of reform. Leadership and Policy in School, 18(3), 460-484. Cherbow, K., McNeill, K. L., Lowenhaupt, R., McKinley, M. T., & Lowell, B. R. (2019). NGSS lesson adaptations: A resource for integrating the science practices into your instruction. Science and Children. 56(5), 73-77. McNeill, K.L., Lowenhaupt, R., & Katsh-Singer, R. (2018).Instructional leadership and the implementation of the NGSS: Principals’ understandings of science practices. Science Education, 102(3), 452-473. McNeill, K. L., Katsh-Singer, R. & Pelletier, P. (2015). Assessing science practices – Moving your class along a continuum. Science Scope, 39(4), 21-28. |
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS AND WORKSHOPS
McNeill, K. L, Cherbow, K., Lowell, B. R. & Lowenhaupt, R. (2019, April)Supporting k-8 principals’ vision of science instruction: Shifting towards science as practice through professional development.Paper to be presented at the annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST), Baltimore, MD.
Cherbow, K., McKinley, M., McNeill, K. L. & Lowenhaupt, R. (2018, March). Current k-8 science instruction: Similarities and differences with the science practices. Paper to be presented at the annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST), Atlanta, GA. Download Paper. McNeill, K. L. & Lowenhaupt, R. (2018, March). Instructional leaders views of “good” science instruction: Moving from general pedagogy and hands on to the science practices. Paper to be presented at the annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST), Atlanta, GA. Cherbow, K. & McNeill, K. L. (2018, March). Multimedia tools for supporting K-8 instruction in the NGSS science practices. Workshop to be presented at the annual conference of the National Science Teachers Association. Atlanta, GA. 1. Download PowerPoint. 2. Download Materials. McNeill, K. L. (2017, June). Building school and district capacity for the Next Generation Science Standards. Invited presentation at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, Washington DC. Lowenhaupt, R.J. & McNeill, K.L. (2017, April). Supervision in context: Instructional Leadership for K-8 Science. Paper presented at the annual conference of the American Educational Research Association. San Antonio, TX. Lowenhaupt, R., McNeill, K., Katsh-Singer, R., Fagan, K. (2016, November). Instructional Leadership for K-8 Science: Measuring Leadership Content Knowledge for Science Practices (LCK-SP). Paper presented at the University Council for Educational Administration Convention. Detroit, MI. McNeill, K. L. (2016, October). Instructional leadership for science practices: Supporting teachers in transitioning to the new science standards. Invited presentation at the Massachusetts Science Education Leadership Association (MSELA), Marlborough, MA. Katsh-Singer, R., McNeill, K. L., Fagan, K., & Lowenhaupt, R. (2016, April). Defining and measuring leadership content knowledge for science practices (LCK-SP). Poster presented at the annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, Baltimore, MD. Lowenhaupt, R. J., Fagan, K., Katsh-Singer, R. & McNeill, K. L. (2016, April). The need for k8 science supervision: Instructional leadership in the era of reform. Paper to be presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Washington, DC. Download Paper. McNeill, K.L., Katsh-Singer, R., Fagan, K. & Lowenhaupt, R. J. (2016, April). Principals’ views of “good” science instruction: General pedagogy, hands on science, or science practices. Paper to be presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Washington, DC. Download Paper. Katsh-Singer, R., McNeill, K. L., Fagan, K. & Lowenhaupt, R. J. (2016, April). Defining and measuring leadership content knowledge (LCK) for science practices. Poster to be presented at the annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, Baltimore, MD. Download Poster. |