ISLS 2026
ICLS Short Paper

ICLS Short Paper Session | iS-EPISTEMOLOGY | Negotiating epistemology and sensemaking

Fri Jun 19, 8:00 AM–9:30 AM · ALP 2700

Short papers on how students and children negotiate what counts as scientific knowledge, spanning explanation construction, epistemic disagreements in high school classrooms, and trust in scientific evidence. Talks also examine identity cues in STEM, support spaces in Japanese schools, and a model integrating behaviorism, cognitivism, and constructivism.

6 talks in this session

#855: Reconstructing vs Constructing Explanations: Interview Interactions and Shifts in Epistemic Roles
Sugat Dabholkar, Yiru Wang, Scott Benjamin, Julia Svoboda
#825: When Students Disagree About What Counts as Science: Examining Epistemic Disagreements in High School Science Classrooms
Noora Noushad, Susan A. Yoon, Clark A. Chinn, Claire LeBovidge, Huma Hussain-Abidi
#569: Deconstructing the Logic of Schooling: Children’s Practices in In-School Educational Support Spaces in Japan
Ayaka Nakano
#1174: Reimagining Learning as a 3-Dimensional Vector: Integrating Behaviorism, Cognitivism, and Social Constructivism
Anupam Raj
#1072: Classroom Observations for Children's Reactions to Ambient Identity Cues in a STEM Video
JungEun Ha, Emre Dinç, Jose Sandoval-Llanos, Anna Yinqi Zhang, Brian R. Belland
#1033: Building Trust in Scientific Reviews: Challenges and Insights from High School Science
Huma Hussain-Abidi, Clark Chinn, Susan A. Yoon, Noora F. Noushad, Claire LeBovidge