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Brian Hand is affiliated with the University of Iowa in the United States. Their work spans social sciences and psychology, with particular emphasis on education and developmental and educational psychology. Their contributions also touch on experimental and cognitive psychology, computer science applications, and artificial intelligence.

The scientist's research focuses on key topics such as educational strategies and epistemologies, education and critical thinking development, science education and pedagogy, innovative teaching and learning methods, teacher education and leadership studies, innovative teaching methods, and educational assessment and pedagogy.

Brian Hand has published in various venues, frequently appearing in the following journals:

  • Thinking Skills and Creativity
  • Journal of Research in Science Teaching
  • International Journal of Science Education
  • Disciplinary and Interdisciplinary Science Education Research
  • Science Education

Among their recent publications are:

  • Does a Knowledge Generation Approach to Learning Benefit Students? A Systematic Review of Research on the Science Writing Heuristic Approach (2020), Educational Psychology Review
  • The factorial validity of the Cornell Critical Thinking Tests: A multi-analytic approach (2020), Thinking Skills and Creativity
  • Characterising immersive argument-based inquiry learning environments in school-based education: a systematic literature review (2021), Studies in Science Education
  • Computational Modeling of the Effects of the Science Writing Heuristic on Student Critical Thinking in Science Using Machine Learning (2020), Journal of Science Education and Technology
  • Development of a questionnaire on teachers' knowledge of language as an epistemic tool (2020), Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Brian Hand frequently collaborates with several co-authors in their field, including:

  • Gavin W. Fulmer
  • Jee Kyung Suh
  • Jihyun Hwang
  • Catherine Lammert
  • Fatma Yaman

Best Publications

  • Examining the literacy component of science literacy: 25 years of language arts and science research

    Larry D. Yore;Brian M. Hand

  • Using the science writing heuristic as a tool for learning from laboratory investigations in secondary science

    Carolyn W. Keys;Brian Hand;Vaughan Prain;Susan Collins

  • Using a Science Writing Heuristic to enhance learning outcomes from laboratory activities in seventh-grade science: quantitative and qualitative aspects

    Brian Hand;Carolyn W. Wallace;Eun‐Mi Yang

  • Comparing an Inquiry‐based Approach known as the Science Writing Heuristic to Traditional Science Teaching Practices: Are there differences?

    Recai Akkus;Murat Gunel;Brian Hand

  • A writing in science framework designed to enhance science literacy

    Brian Hand;Vaughan Prain;Chris Lawrence;Larry D. Yore

  • Factors Affecting the Implementation of Argument in the Elementary Science Classroom. A Longitudinal Case Study

    Anita M. Martin;Brian Hand

  • Student Achievement and Science Curriculum Development Using a Constructive Framework

    Brian Hand;David F. Treagust

  • Teachers implementing writing-to-learn strategies in junior secondary science: A case study

    Brian. Hand;Vaughan R. Prain

  • Writing‐to‐learn Strategies in Secondary School Cell Biology: A mixed method study

    Liesl M. Hohenshell;Brian Hand

  • Writing for learning in secondary science: Rethinking practices

    Vaughan Prain;Brian Hand

  • Scientists' views of science, models of writing, and science writing practices

    Larry D. Yore;Brian M. Hand;Marilyn K. Florence

  • Implementing the Science Writing Heuristic in the Chemistry Laboratory.

    K. A. Burke;Thomas J. Greenbowe;Brian M. Hand

  • Message from the “Island group”: What is literacy in science literacy?

    Brian M. Hand;Donna E. Alvermann;James Gee;Barbara J. Guzzetti

  • Writing for Different Audiences: Effects on High-School Students' Conceptual Understanding of Biology.

    Murat Gunel;Brian Hand;Mark Andrew McDermott

  • Students' Perceptions of Writing for Learning in Secondary School Science.

    Vaughan Prain;Brian Hand

  • New directions in language and science education research

    Larry D. Yore;Brian Hand;Susan R. Goldman;Gaell M. Hildebrand

  • Using the science writing heuristic in the general chemistry laboratory to improve students' academic performance

    Jason R. Poock;K. A. Burke;Thomas J. Greenbowe;Brian M. Hand

  • The Nature of Elementary Student Science Discourse in the Context of the Science Writing Heuristic Approach.

    Andy Cavagnetto;Brian M. Hand;Lori Norton-Meier

  • Problem-based learning in nurse education: an Australian view.

    Debra Creedy;Jan Horsfall;Brian Hand

  • WRITING FOR LEARNING IN SCIENCE: A SECONDARY ANALYSIS OF SIX STUDIES

    Murat Gunel;Brian Hand;Vaughan Prain

  • Student perceptions of the social constructivist classroom

    Brian Hand;David F. Treagust;Keith Vance

Frequent Co-Authors

Vaughan Prain
Vaughan Prain Deakin University
Larry D. Yore
Larry D. Yore University of Victoria
David F. Treagust
David F. Treagust Curtin University
Susan R. Goldman
Susan R. Goldman University of Illinois at Chicago
Jonathan Osborne
Jonathan Osborne Stanford University
Donna E. Alvermann
Donna E. Alvermann University of Georgia
James Paul Gee
James Paul Gee Arizona State University

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