Research

Research Articles and Presentations

Research Articles

Hudson, M., Leary, H., Longhurst, M., Stowers, J., Poulsen, T., Smith, C., & Sansom, R. L. (2024). Technology-mediated lesson study: a step-by-step guide. International Journal for Lesson & Learning Studies, 13(5), 1-14. https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/IJLLS-07-2023-0094/full/html.

Poulsen, T., Leary, H., Daly, A., & Sansom, R. (2024). Uncovering the Connections Among Rural Science Teachers: A Social Network Analysis. AERA Open, 10. https://doi.org/10.1177/23328584241253821

Smith, C. M., Leary, H. M., Jensen, J. L., & Sansom, R. L. (2024). Ten Years of Three-Dimensional Science and Its Implementation in the Secondary Classroom: A Scoping Review. Journal of Science Teacher Education, 1-19. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1046560X.2024.2411467

Hudson, M., Sansom, R., Leary, H., Stowers, J., Smith, C., Poulsen, T., Longhurst, M., & Moore, A. (2024). Using Technology-Mediated Lesson Study with Rural Teachers to Improve Three-Dimensional Science Instruction. In Lindgren, R., Asino, T. I., Kyza, E. A., Looi, C. K., Keifert, D. T., & Suárez, E. (Eds.), Proceedings of the 18th International Conference of the Learning Sciences - ICLS 2024 (pp. 2383-2384). International Society of the Learning Sciences. https://repository.isls.org//handle/1/11028.

Hudson, M., Sansom, R., Leary, H., Longhurst, M., Stowers, J., Poulsen, T. & Smith, C. (2023). Technology-Mediated Lesson Study: Improving Rural Science Teachers’ Three-Dimensional Science Teaching Practices. In E. Langran (Ed.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (pp. 1743-1746). New Orleans, LA, United States: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/222208/. This paper received an AACE award.

Hudson, M., Sansom, R., Leary, H., Stowers, J., Poulsen, T., Smith, C., & Longhurst, M. (2023). Technology-mediated lesson study: Facilitating three-dimensional science with rural science teachers. In Blikstein, P., Van Aalst, J., Kizito, R., & Brennan, K. (Eds.), Proceedings of the 17th International Conference of the Learning Sciences - ICLS 2023 (pp. 1853-1854). International Society of the Learning Sciences. https://repository.isls.org//handle/1/10053.

Poulsen, T., Leary, H., Daly, A., & Sansom, R. (2024). Uncovering the Connections Among Rural Science Teachers: A Social Network Analysis. AERA Open, 10. https://doi.org/10.1177/23328584241253821

Smith, C. M., Leary, H. M., Jensen, J. L., & Sansom, R. L. (2024). Ten Years of Three-Dimensional Science and Its Implementation in the Secondary Classroom: A Scoping Review. Journal of Science Teacher Education, 1-19. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1046560X.2024.2411467

Conference Presentations

Hudson, M., Leary, H., Sansom, R., Longhurst, M., Stowers, J., Smith, C., & Moore, A. (2025, June). Technology-mediated lesson study to improve teacher outcomes: A longitudinal study [Paper presentation]. International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS) 2025 Annual Conference, Helsinki, Finland.

Hudson, M., Leary, H., Sansom, Longhurst, M., Stowers, J., Smith, C., Moore, A., & Poulsen, T. (2025, April). Evaluating technology-mediated lesson study with rural science teachers [Round table discussion]. American Educational Research Association (AERA) 2025 Annual Conference, Denver, CO.

Sansom, R., Poulsen, T., Broadhead, B., Leary, H., Longhurst, M., & Stowers, J. (2025, April). This is my department: Building deep professional collaborations at a distance for rural science teachers [Paper presentation]. American Educational Research Association (AERA) 2025 Annual Conference, Denver, CO.

Sansom, R., (2025, March). Mechanisms of professional learning for 3D science teaching in rural schools [Round table discussion]. National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST) 2025 Annual International Conference, National Harbor, MD.

Longhurst, M., Moore, A., Smith, C., Sansom, R., Leary, H., Stowers, J., & Hudson, M. (2025, January). Three-dimensional science teaching for rural spaces: Capturing evidence of teacher change in knowledge and practice [Paper presentation]. Association for Science Teacher Education (ASTE) 2025 Annual conference, Long Beach, CA.

Sansom, R., Smith, C., Leary, H., Hudson, M., Broadhead, B., & Longhurst, M. (2024, March). Essential elements of technology-mediated lesson study (TMLS): A professional learning model for rural science teachers [Paper presentation]. National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST) 2024 Annual International Conference, Denver, CO.

Hudson, M., Sansom, R., Leary, H., Smith, C., Longhurst, M., Stowers, J., Poulsen, T., & Moore, A. (2024). Advancing three-dimensional science instruction with rural teachers using technology-mediated lesson study [Paper presentation]. Association of Educational and Communications and Technology (AECT) 2024 Conference, Kansas City, MO.

Hudson, M., Smith, C., Leary, H., Longhurst, M., Stowers, J., Poulsen, T., Moore, A., & Sansom, R. (2024). Applying and adapting technology-mediated lesson study: A study with rural teachers [Paper presentation]. Association of Educational and Communications and Technology (AECT) 2024 Conference, Kansas City, MO.

Longhurst, M., Moore, A., Sansom, R., Leary, H., Stowers, J., Hudson, M., & Smith, C. (2024). Implications of technology-mediated lesson study on teacher practice [Paper presentation Association for Science Teacher Education (ASTE) 2024 conference, New Orleans, LA.

Smith, C., Hudson, M., Sansom, R., Leary, H., Longhurst, M., Stowers, J., Poulsen, T., & Moore, A. (2024). Changes in teachers’ understanding of 3D science from participation in technology-mediated lesson study [Poster presentation]. Society for the Advancement of Biology Education Research (SABER) 2024 Conference, Minneapolis, MN.

Smith, C., Hudson, M., Moore, A., Longhurst, M., Sansom, R., Leary, H., Poulsen, T., & Stowers, J. (2023, Oct.). Changes in teacher understanding of 3D science from participation in technology-mediated lesson study [Paper presentation]. 2023 Northern Rocky Mountain Educational Research Association (NRMERA) Conference, Omaha, NE.

Sansom, R., Poulsen, T., Leary, H., Longhurst, M., Stowers, J., Hudson, M., Smith, C., & Moore, A. (2023, October). Rural secondary science teachers’ professional networks before and after professional development: Social network analysis [Paper presentation]. 2023 Northern Rocky Mountain Educational Research Association (NRMERA) Conference, Omaha, NE.

Hudson, M., Leary, H., Sansom, R., Longhurst, M., Stowers, J., Poulsen, T., & Smith, C. (2023). Technology-Mediated Lesson Study: Facilitating Three-Dimensional Science with Rural Science Teachers [Paper presentation]. 2023 Association of Education and Communications & Technology (AECT) Conference, Orlando, FL.

Leary, H., Hudson, M., Sansom, R., Longhurst, M., Stowers, J., Poulsen, T., Smith, C. (2023). Using Technology-Mediated Lesson Study in the Professional Learning of Rural Science Teachers [Paper presentation]. 2023 Association of Education and Communications & Technology (AECT) Conference, Orlando, FL.

Hudson, M. A., Sansom, R., Leary, H., Longhurst, M., Stowers, J., Smith, C, Poulsen, T., & Moore, A. (2024). Using Technology-Mediated Lesson Study with Rural Teachers to Improve Three-Dimensional Science Instruction [Poster presentation]. International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS) 2024 Conference, Buffalo, NY.

Holder, B., Moore, A., Longhurst, M., Sansom, R., Leary, H., Stowers, J., Hudson, M., Poulsen, T., & Smith, C. (2023, June). Rural science teachers' collaborative design and interactive implementation of three-dimensional lessons [Practitioner Presentation]. International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS). Montreal, QC.

Sansom, R., Leary, H., Longhurst, M., Stowers, J., Hudson, M., Poulsen, T., & Smith, C. (2023, June). Technology-mediated lesson study: Facilitating three-dimensional science with rural teachers [Poster presentation]. Discovery Research PreK-12 PI 2023 Meeting, Arlington, VA.

Hudson, M., Sansom, R., Leary, H., Longhurst, M., Stowers, J., Poulsen, T., & Smith, C. (2023, March). Technology-Mediated Lesson Study: Improving Rural Science Teachers’ Three-Dimensional Science Teaching Practices [Paper presentation]. 2023 Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE) International 2023 Conference, New Orleans, LA.

Sansom, R., Longhurst, M., Stowers, J., Leary, H., Hudson, M., Poulsen, T., & Smith, C. (2023, March). Three-dimensional science and technology-mediated lesson study for rural science teachers [Roundtable presentation]. Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE) 2023 Conference, New Orleans, LA.

Hudson, M. A., Sansom, R., Leary, H., Longhurst, M., Stowers, J., Poulsen, T., & Smith, C. (2023, March). Technology-mediated lesson study: Facilitating three-dimensional science with rural teachers [Poster presentation].International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS) 2023 Conference, Montreal, QC.

Hudson, M. A., Sansom, R., Leary, H., Longhurst, M., Stowers, J., Poulsen, T., & Smith, C. (2023, March). Technology-mediated lesson study: Facilitating three-dimensional science with rural teachers [Poster presentation]. The 2023 Learning, Instruction, and Technology (LIT) Graduate Student Conference, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT.

Poulsen, T., & Whiting, E. (2023). Capitalizing on Community [Conference presentation]. Rural Sociological Society (RSS) 2023 Conference, Burlington, VT.

Sansom, R., Castagno, A., Moore, B., Bowman, F., & Dovi, B. (2023). Professional development for culturally responsive STEM teaching in diverse rural communities [Conference presentation]. Discovery Research PreK-12 PI 2023 Meeting, Arlington, VA.

Poulsen, T., Sansom, R., Leary, H., Stowers, J., & Longhurst, M. (2023, January). The implications of technology-mediated lesson study in the professional learning of rural science teachers [Paper presentation]. Association for Science Teacher Education (ASTE) 2023 International Conference. Salt Lake City, UT.

Sansom, R. (2022). SEEd Standards: Science in Three Dimensions! [Conference presentation]. Utah Rural Schools Association Summer Conference 2022 (URSA), Cedar City, UT.

Poulsen, T., Sansom, R., Longhurst, M., Leary, H., Stowers, J. (2022). Uncovering the connections between rural science teachers [Conference presentation]. Northern Rocky Mountain Educational Research Association (NRMERA) 2022 Conference, Billings, MT.

URSA 2022 Handout

Poulsen, T., & Whiting, E. (2022). Unpacking the isolation of rural science teachers [Paper presentation]. American Educational Research Association (AERA) 2022 Conference, San Diego, California.

AERA 2022 Handout

Teacher Participant Presentations

Morris, D., & Sansom, R. (2024, November). Structure and function of materials: Spandex vs cotton [Practitioner presentation]. National Conference on Science Education (NSTA) 2024 conference, New Orleans, LA.

Morris, D., & Sansom, R. (2024, November). Wave properties of light using three-dimensional science [Practitioner presentation]. National Conference on Science Education (NSTA) 2024 conference, New Orleans, LA.

Hansen, L., & Wilder, T. (2024, July 16). Using 3D science to help students make sense [Conference presentation]. Utah Rural Schools Association (URSA) 2024 Conference, Price, UT.

Smith, D., & Hermansen, J. (2024, July 16). Using SEEd to design highly effective 3D lessons [Conference presentation]. Utah Rural Schools Association (URSA) 2024 Conference, Price, UT.

Moore, A., Morris, D., & Wilder, T. (2023). Collaborative lesson study: Using the power of technology [Conference presentation]. Utah Rural Schools Association (URSA) 2023 Conference, Price, UT.

Andreasen, J. (2023). Making lessons relatable for students [Conference presentation].Utah Rural Schools Association (URSA) 2023 Conference, Price, UT.

Moore, A. (2023, Sept). Integrating the three dimensions of science for engaging lessons [Conference presentation]. Utah Science Teachers Association (UtSTA) 2023 Conference, Layton, UT.

Moore, A. (2023, Sept.). Supportive school leaders: Integrating the three dimensions of science for engaging and effective lessons [Conference presentation]. Utah Science Teachers Association (UtSTA) 2023 Conference, Layton, UT.

_______________ (2023, January). Three-dimensional rural science teacher professional learning (3DRST) [Conference presentation]. Association for Science Teacher Education (ASTE) 2023 Conference, Salt Lake City, UT. https://byu.app.box.com/file/1213363192408

What We Are Reading

Articles and books the Project Leadership Team is reading

• Social Network Theory and Educational Change
  
  • Edited by Alan J. Daly
  • Foreword by Judith Warren Little (Harvard Educational Press 2010)
• Research-Practice Partnerships in Education: The State of the Field
  
  • Farrell & Penuel (2021)

Lesson Study

• Teacher Professional Learning through Lesson Study in Virtual and Hybrid Environments: Opportunities, Challenges, and Future Directions
  
  • Edited by Rongjin Huang, Nina Helgevold, Jean Lang, and Heng Jiang
• Lesson Study Step by Step: How Teachers Learning Communities Improve Instruction
  
  • By Jacqueline Hurd, Catherine Lewis (Heinemann 2011)
• How does lesson study work? Toward a Theory of Lesson Study Process and Impact.
  
  • Lewis et al. (2019)
  • From Theory and Practice of Lesson Study in Mathematics (R. Huang et al., eds.)
• Online Lesson Study: Virtual Teaming in a New Normal
  
  • Goei et al. (2021)

3D Science

• Three-Dimensional Learning
  
  • https://www.nextgenscience.org/three-dimensions
• The Crosscutting Concepts; Critical Component of “Third Wheel” of Three-Dimensional Learning?
  
  • Cooper (2020)
• Integrating science and engineering practices: Outcomes from a Collaborative Professional Development
  
  • Brand (2020)
• Repositioning Pedagogical Content Knowledge in Teachers' Knowledge for Teaching Science
  
  • Edited by Anne Hume, Rebecca Cooper, Andreas Borowski