SUMMARY:
Total: 25
Refereed Journals: 6
Chapters: 1
Papers International/National: 18
Papers Published in Refereed Journals [TOP]

Roth, W.M., Tobin, K., & Shaw, K. (1997). Cascades of inscriptions and the re-presentation of nature: How numbers, tables, graphs, and money come to re-present a rolling ball. International Journal of Science Education, 19, 1075-1091.

Tobin, K. & McRobbie, C. (1997). Beliefs about the nature of Science and the enacted science curriculum. Science and Education, 6, 355-371.

McRobbie, C. & Tobin, K. (1997). A social constructivist perspective on learning environments International Journal of Science Education, 19, 193-208.

Tobin, K., McRobbie, C.J., & Anderson, D. (1997). Dialectical constraints to the discursive practices of a high school physics community. Journal of Research in Science Teaching 34, 491-507.

Ritchie, S.M., Tobin, K., & Hook, K.S. (1997). Viability of mental models in learning chemistry. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 34, 223-238.

Bodner, G. M., Metz, P.A., & Tobin, K. (1997). Cooperative learning: An alternative to teaching at a medieval university. Australian Science Teachers’ Journal, 43, 23-28.

Chapter
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Tobin, K. (1997). The teaching and learning of elementary science. In G.D Phye (Ed.), A handbook of classroom learning: The construction of academic knowledge. Orlando, FL: Academic Press. (pp. 369-403).

Papers presented at national/international meetings [TOP]

Tobin, K. (January, 1997). Sociocultural perspectives on the teaching and learning of science. Keynote address at the International Conference on Science and Mathematics Education, Hanoi, Vietnam.

Tobin, K., Muire, C., & Davis, N. (March, 1997). Cultural diversity and the challenges of teaching science. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, Chicago.

Bleicher, R.E., McRobbie, C.J. & Tobin, K. (March, 1997). Opportunities to talk science in classrooms. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, Chicago.

Puttick, G., Tobin, K., & Duschl, R. (March, 1997). How much light does a plant need? Questions, data and theories in a second-grade classroom. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, Chicago.

. Schaller, J. & Tobin, K. (March, 1997). Establishing credibility and authenticity in ethnographic studies. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, Chicago.

Tobin, K. (March, 1997). Teaching science methods to women: Tales from a male professor. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, Chicago.

Tobin, K. (April, 1997). The mediational role of culture on the enacted science curriculum. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago.

Tobin, K. (April, 1997). A multi-level analysis of
mathematics and science education in Florida’s community colleges. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago.

Tobin, K. (April, 1997). The contribution of qualitative methods in learning environment research. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago.

Tobin, K. (April, 1997). Traditional practices as a referent for enacting a science curriculum. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago.

Bleicher, R.E., McRobbie, C.J. & Tobin, K. (April, 1997). The discourse of science classrooms. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago.

Tobin, K. (April, 1997). The emergence of a scientific discourse in a physics program for prospective science teachers. Paper presented at the 8th National Conference on College Teaching and Learning, Jacksonville, Florida.

Tobin, K. (April, 1997). Building communities of learners on the World Wide Web. Paper presented at the 8th National Conference on College Teaching and Learning, Jacksonville, Florida.

Davis, N.T., & Tobin, K. (April, 1997). Portfolios as sites for critical discourse. Paper presented at the 8th National Conference on College Teaching and Learning, Jacksonville, Florida.

Muire, W. C. & Tobin, K. (April, 1997). Maintaining the status quo: An interpretive investigation of the teaching of science in Florida’s community colleges. Paper presented at the 8th National Conference on College Teaching and Learning, Jacksonville, Florida.

Tobin, K., (August, 1997). Advances in learning theory and the reform of science and mathematics teaching and learning. EXPO keynote address, PROMASE Teachers as Researchers Conference, Miami, Florida.

Tobin, K. (September, 1997). Sociocultural perspectives on using the internet to educate science teachers for challenging contexts. Plenary address at the Investigacion e innovacion en la didactica de las ciencias, Universidad de Murcia, Spain.

Tobin, K. (September, 1997). The social construction and re-presentation of science teacher knowledge . Plenary debate at the Investigacion e innovacion en la didactica de las ciencias, Universidad de Murcia, Spain.

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