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Improving NGSS focused model-based learning curriculum through the examination of students’ experiences and iterated models

Byung-Yeol Parka Department of Curriculum & Instruction, Neag School of Education, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Todd Campbella Department of Curriculum & Instruction, Neag School of Education, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-6844-5303View further author information
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Miriah Kellyb Environment, Geography & Marine Sciences, Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-9744-2897View further author information
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Ron Grayc Center for Science Teaching and Learning, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-0512-063XView further author information
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Chester Arnoldd Center for Land Use Education & Research (CLEAR), University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-8533-5931View further author information
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Cary Chadwickd Center for Land Use Education & Research (CLEAR), University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USAView further author information
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Laura M. Cisnerose Department of Natural Resources & the Environment and Institute of the Environment, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USAView further author information
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David Dicksond Center for Land Use Education & Research (CLEAR), University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USAView further author information
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David M. Mossf Global Education, Neag School of Education, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USAView further author information
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Laura Rodriguezg Department of Education, Eastern Connecticut State University, Willimantic, CT, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-7029-9701View further author information
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John C. Voline Department of Natural Resources & the Environment and Institute of the Environment, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA;h School of Forest Resources, and Office of the Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost, University of Maine, Orono, ME, USAView further author information
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Michael R. Willigi Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology and Institute of the Environment, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USAView further author information
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