Elementary CCS students articulated multiple, varied project purposes, with all students acting toward helping the birds¶

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Evidence · 1 study · qualitative r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2023 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Each student articulated and acted on at least a couple of project purposes (help, attract, research, learn, teach), but prioritization and framing varied across students. → Erin Bridges Bird · Heidi L. Ballard · Margaret Harte 2023 q2 i? Despite variation, all youth expressed interest in and action toward the purpose of helping the birds. → Erin Bridges Bird · Heidi L. Ballard · Margaret Harte 2023

Evidence¶

Erin Bridges Bird · Heidi L. Ballard · Margaret Harte 2023¶

Erin Bridges Bird · Heidi L. Ballard · Margaret Harte. (2023). Data to decision-making: how elementary students use their Community and Citizen Science project to reimagine their school campus. Instructional Science. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11251-022-09612-6

q2 · i? · qualitative · r2

Ethnographic case study of ten focal student-ornithologists in an after-school bird-monitoring CCS club, drawing on interviews and field observations (Findings, project purpose). The analysis found layered, socially and ecologically framed purposes; the article adds that "all youth expressed interest in and action towards the project purpose of helping the birds."

"Each student spoke about and acted on at least a couple of their collective project purposes, which they saw as a means to help birds, attract birds, conduct more research, teach others, and learn more about birds and plants."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Seven of ten focal students explained they could help the birds by expanding their research efforts on campus and beyond — related
• Spontaneous responsiveness to real-world events in PBL can deepen student-directed inquiry beyond what designed curriculum achieves — related