Nancy Butler Songer

Are Good Texts Always Better? Interactions of Text Coherence, Background Knowledge, and Levels of Understanding in Learning From Text

Danielle S. McNamara, Eileen Kintsch, Nancy Butler Songer et al. · Cognition and Instruction · 1996 · 1.3K citations

Second Language Learning, Inquiry-based Learning, Text Structure +24

How do students' views of science influence knowledge integration?

Nancy Butler Songer, Marcia C. Linn · Journal of Research in Science Teaching · 1991 · 417 citations

Inquiry-based Learning, Science Education, Integrative Learning +18

Beyond Fourth-Grade Science: Why Do U.S. and Japanese Students Diverge?

Marcia C. Linn, Catherine Lewis, Ineko Tsuchida et al. · Educational Researcher · 2000 · 290 citations

Inquiry-based Learning, Science Education, Education +16

How and when does complex reasoning occur? Empirically driven development of a learning progression focused on complex reasoning about biodiversity

Nancy Butler Songer, Ben Kelcey, Amelia Wenk Gotwals · Journal of Research in Science Teaching · 2009 · 221 citations · Full text

Inquiry-based Learning, Science Education, Integrative Learning +26

Technology‐rich inquiry science in urban classrooms: What are the barriers to inquiry pedagogy?*

Nancy Butler Songer, Hee‐Sun Lee, Rosalind Kam · Journal of Research in Science Teaching · 2002 · 215 citations · Full text

Inquiry-based Learning, Science Education, Urban Classrooms +20