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42
Citations
8051
World Ranking
4720
National Ranking
2239

Overview

Gregory J. Kelly is affiliated with Pennsylvania State University in the United States. Their research spans several domains within the social sciences and medicine, with a notable concentration on education and oncology. The scientist's academic work includes publications in various subfields such as education, oncology, molecular biology, literature and literary theory, and developmental and educational psychology.

The principal topics of Gregory J. Kelly's research include educational strategies and epistemologies, science education and pedagogy, cancer-related molecular pathways, second language learning and teaching, as well as engineering education and curriculum development. These topics reflect a multidisciplinary approach that integrates social sciences and medical research.

Kelly has authored several papers, including the following recent publications:

  • "Studying the Over-Time Construction of Knowledge in Educational Settings: A Microethnographic Discourse Analysis Approach," 2020, Review of Research in Education
  • "Nature of Science and Nature of Scientists," 2020, Science & Education
  • "Failure and Improvement in Elementary Engineering," 2021, Journal of Research in STEM Education
  • "Affordances of engineering with English learners," 2021, Science Education
  • "A Model for Equity-Oriented PreK-12 Engineering," 2022, Journal of Pre-College Engineering Education Research (J-PEER)

The publication venues most frequently featuring Kelly's work include:

  • Journal of Pre-College Engineering Education Research (J-PEER)
  • Review of Research in Education
  • Science & Education
  • Science Education
  • Human Genetics and Genomics Advances

Collaboration has occurred frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Kara N. Maxwell
  • Christine M. Cunningham
  • Anh N. Le
  • Ryan Hausler
  • Heena Desai

Gregory J. Kelly's research reflects an intersection of educational sciences and biomedical concerns, with a substantial focus on how engineering education intersects with diverse learners and equity considerations. The combination of social sciences and medical disciplines within their work illustrates a broad interdisciplinary scope.

Best Publications

  • Epistemic levels in argument: An analysis of university oceanography students' use of evidence in writing.

    Gregory John Kelly;Allison Takao

  • Scientific literacy and discursive identity: A theoretical framework for understanding science learning

    Bryan A. Brown;John M. Reveles;Gregory J. Kelly

  • Students’ reasoning about electricity: combining performance assessments with argumentation analysis

    Gregory J. Kelly;Stephen Druker;Catherine Chen

  • Inquiry, Activity and Epistemic Practice

    Gregory Kelly

  • The sound of music: Constructing science as sociocultural practices through oral and written discourse

    Gregory John Kelly;Catherine Chen

  • Discourse in Science Classrooms

    Gregory J. Kelly

  • Epistemic Practices of Engineering for Education.

    Christine M. Cunningham;Gregor Y.J. Kelly

  • An ethnographic investigation of the discourse processes of school science

    Gregory J. Kelly;Teresa Crawford

  • The social nature of knowing: Toward a sociocultural perspective on conceptual change and knowledge construction

    Gregory J. Kelly;Judith Green

  • How Students Argue Scientific Claims: A Rhetorical‐Semantic Analysis

    Gregory J. Kelly;Charles Bazerman

  • Epistemic Practices and Science Education

    Gregory J. Kelly;Peter Licona

  • Science education in sociocultural context: Perspectives from the sociology of science

    Gregory J. Kelly;William S. Carlsen;Christine M. Cunningham

  • Ways of knowing beyond facts and laws of science: An ethnographic investigation of student engagement in scientific practices

    Teresa Crawford;Gregory J. Kelly;Candice Brown

  • Students' Interaction with Computer Representations: Analysis of Discourse in Laboratory Groups

    Gregory John Kelly;Teresa Crawford

  • Common Task and Uncommon Knowledge: Dissenting Voices in the Discursive Construction of Physics Across Small Laboratory Groups

    Gregory John Kelly;Teresa Crawford;Judith Green

  • Methodological Considerations for Studying Science-in-the-Making in Educational Settings.

    Gregory J. Kelly;Catherine Chen;Teresa Crawford

  • Science literacy and academic identity formulation

    John M. Reveles;Ralph Cordova;Gregory J. Kelly

  • Science learning and epistemology

    Gregory J. Kelly;Scott McDonald;Per Olof Wickman

  • The epistemological framing of a discipline: Writing science in university oceanography

    Gregory J. Kelly;Catherine Chen;William Prothero

  • What Counts as Knowledge in Educational Settings: Disciplinary Knowledge, Assessment, and Curriculum

    Gregory J. Kelly;Allan Luke;Judith Green

  • Meaning making in secondary science classrooms

    Gregory J. Kelly

Frequent Co-Authors

Judith L. Green
Judith L. Green University of California, Santa Barbara
Allan Luke
Allan Luke Queensland University of Technology
Wolff-Michael Roth
Wolff-Michael Roth University of Victoria
Charles W. Anderson
Charles W. Anderson Michigan State University
Robert T. Brennan
Robert T. Brennan Boston College
Douglas B. Clark
Douglas B. Clark University of Calgary
James Paul Gee
James Paul Gee Arizona State University

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