K C Busch

Becoming the change we want to see: Aspirations and initial progress with diversity, equity, access, and inclusion practices to create welcoming environments and center community in informal science institutions

Peterman, K., Chesnut, L., Gathings, M. J., Martin, K., Maier, A. B., Evia, J. R., … Yelton, C. (2024, March 7). CURATOR-THE MUSEUM JOURNAL, Vol. 3.

Conceptualizing community scientific literacy: Results from a systematic literature review and a Delphi method survey of experts

Busch, K. C., & Rajwade, A. (2024, April 2). SCIENCE EDUCATION.

Conceptualizing community-level environmental literacy using the Delphi method

Gibson, L., Busch, K. C., Stevenson, K., Chesnut, L., Cutts, B., & Seekamp, E. (2024, August 26). ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION RESEARCH, Vol. 8.

How mixed messages may be better than avoidance in climate change education

Stevenson, K., Busch, K. C., Peterson, M. N., Frank, D. A., & Chavez, R. A. (2024, September 24). JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES AND SCIENCES, Vol. 9.

Pushing toward systemic change in the Capitalocene: Investigating the efficacy of existing behavior prediction models on individual and collective pro-environmental actions in high school students

JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION, 55(2), 102–124.

The making of an outdoor educator: a mixed methods study of identity through voice and discourse

Fraulo, A., Carrier, S. J., & Busch, K. C. (2024, June 13). INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENCE EDUCATION PART B-COMMUNICATION AND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, Vol. 6.

Using social network analysis to assess connections within climate and energy education organizations: A case study conducted by the Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network (CLEAN)

Boyd, K. J., Busch, K. C., Gold, A. U., Ward, E. G., Niepold, F., Poppleton, K., … Morrison, D. L. (2024, September 26). ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION RESEARCH.

Collaborative capacity-building for collective evaluation: a case study with informal science education centers

Busch, K. C., Chesnut, L., Stevenson, K., Larson, L., Black-Maier, A., Yelton, C., & Stover, D. (2023, May 24). INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENCE EDUCATION PART B-COMMUNICATION AND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, Vol. 5.

Facilitator organizations enhance learning and action through citizen science: a case study of Girl Scouts' Think Like a Citizen Scientist journey on SciStarter

Smith, H. E., Cooper, C. B., Busch, K. C., Harper, S., Muslim, A., McKenna, K., & Cavalier, D. (2023, July 14). ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION RESEARCH, Vol. 7.

Adolescent framings of climate change, psychological distancing, and implications for climate change concern and behavior

CLIMATIC CHANGE, 171(3-4).

Call for papers: Special issue: Learning and teaching in times of science denial and disinformation

Lombardi, D., & Busch, K. C. (2022, September 2). JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN SCIENCE TEACHING.

Pedagogical Content Knowledge for Informal Science Educators: Development of the ISE-PCK Framework

Research in Science Education, 4.

What effective design strategies do rural, underserved students in STEM clubs value while learning about climate change?

Gutierrez, K. S., Blanchard, M. R., & Busch, K. C. (2022, January 24). ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION RESEARCH, Vol. 1.

What is community-level environmental literacy, and how can we measure it? A report of a convening to conceptualize and operationalize CLEL

Gibson, L. M., Busch, K. C., Stevenson, K. T., Cutts, B. B., DeMattia, E. A., Aguilar, O. M., … Wheaton, M. (2022, April 19). ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION RESEARCH, Vol. 5.

Intergenerational learning: A recommendation for engaging youth to address marine debris challenges

MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN, 170.

Textbooks of doubt, tested: the effect of a denialist framing on adolescents' certainty about climate change

Busch, K. C. (2021, July 27). ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION RESEARCH.

Complex influences of mechanistic knowledge, worldview, and quantitative reasoning on climate change discourse: Evidence for ideologically motivated reasoning among youth

JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN SCIENCE TEACHING, 58(1), 95–127.

Impacts of a Practice-Based Professional Development Program on Elementary Teachers' Facilitation of and Student Engagement With Scientific Argumentation

AMERICAN EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH JOURNAL, 56(4), 1067–1112.

Toward a more humane genetics education: Learning about the social and quantitative complexities of human genetic variation research could reduce racial bias in adolescent and adult populations

SCIENCE EDUCATION, 103(3), 529–560.

Broadening epistemologies and methodologies in climate change education research

[Review of ]. ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION RESEARCH, 25(6), 955–971.

Polar Bears or People? Exploring Ways in Which Teachers Frame Climate Change in the Classroom

International Journal of Science Education, Part B, 6(2), 137–165.

Textbooks of doubt: using systemic functional analysis to explore the framing of climate change in middle-school science textbooks

Environmental Education Research, 22(8), 1158–1180.