The majority of my work is motivated and informed by Activity Theory. However, in some of my papers, it is not explicitly addressed. This tag, therefore, refers to those papers where I explicitly discuss some aspect of Activity Theory as a component of my analysis, or to advance Activity Theory.
Danish, J. A., Peppler, K., Phelps, D., & Washington, D. (2011). Life in the Hive: Supporting Inquiry into Complexity Within the Zone of Proximal Development. Journal of Science Education and Technology.
Tags: Activity Theory, BeeSign, Complex Systems, Early Elementary, Interactive Whiteboard, Science Education, Second BeeSign Study, Technology
Papers | Joshua October 3, 2011 | 
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Danish, J. A., & Saleh, A. (2011). The Primary Interactive Pathway: An Analytic Tool For Examining and Comparing Students’ Representational Activities. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Jean Piaget Society.
Danish, J. A., Peppler, K., & Phelps, D. (2011). BeeSign: Designing to Support Mediated Group Inquiry of Complex Science by Early Elementary Students. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA.
In this talk at the 2011 EC Moore Symposium at IUPUI I briefly summarize Activity Theory and then suggest an approach to using Activity Theory to design and reflect upon instructional design for face-to-face and online courses.
Tags: Activity Theory
Invited Talks | Joshua March 5, 2011 | View Comments
Danish, J. A., & Phelps, D. (2010). Representational Practices by The Numbers: How Kindergarten and First-Grade Students Create, Evaluate, and Modify Their Science Representations. International Journal of Science Education.
Tags: Activity Theory, Early Elementary, First BeeSign Study, Representation, Representational Practices
Papers | Joshua December 14, 2010 | View Comments
Danish, J. A. (2010). The Primary Interactive Pathway: An Analytic Tool For Examining and Comparing Students’ Representational Activities. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association.
Tags: Activity Theory, Complex Systems, Early Elementary, First BeeSign Study, Primary Interactive Pathway, Representation, Science Education
Presentations | Joshua November 25, 2009 | View Comments
Enyedy, N., Danish, J. A., Fields, D., Kao, L., Hart, M., & Mukhopadhyay, S. (2009). Negotiating the “Relevant” in Culturally Relevant Mathematics: The Community Mapping Project. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association.
Tags: Activity Theory, Culturally Relevant Pedagogy, GIS, Mathematics Education, Middle School, Technology
Presentations | Joshua April 17, 2009 | View Comments
Danish, J. A., & Enyedy, N. (2008). CHAT & Actor Network Theory (ANT) Perspectives on How Kindergarten and First Grade Students Co-Construct Science in Action. Paper presented at the ISCAR.
Tags: Activity Theory, Early Elementary, Latour, NRM Study, Representation, Science Education
Presentations | Joshua July 25, 2008 | Comments Off
Danish, J. A., & Enyedy, N. (2007). Negotiated Representational Mediators: How Young Children Decide What to Include in Their Science Representations. Science Education, 91(1), 1-35.
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Tags: Activity Theory, Early Elementary, NRM Study, PDF, Representation, Science Education
Papers | Joshua January 1, 2007 | View Comments
Danish, J. A., & Enyedy, N. (2006). Unpacking the Mediation of Invented Representations. Paper presented at the International Conference of the Learning Sciences, Bloomington, IN. Science Education, 91(1), 1-35.
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Tags: Activity Theory, Early Elementary, NRM Study, PDF, Representation, Science Education
Papers | Joshua June 17, 2006 | View Comments
