Selected Publications

Selected Publications

1. Vedder Weiss, D. and D. Fortus (2011). "Adolescents’ declining motivation to learn science: Inevitable or not?" Journal of Research in Science Teaching 48(2): 199-216.

1. Fortus, D. & Krajcik, J. (accepted). Curriculum Coherence and Learning Progressions. In B. Fraser, C. McRobbie, & K. Tobin (Eds.) , Second International Handbook of Science Education, Dordrecht: Springer Verlag.

2. Shwartz, Y., Weizman, A., Fortus, D., Sutherland, L., Merritt, J., & Krajcik, J. (2009). Classroom discussions and their role in inquiry-based learning environments. The Science Teacher 76(5), pp. 44-47.

3. Fortus, D., Levy Nahum, T., & Mualem, R. (2009). What can we learn from the experience of “Tomorrow 98”? Report commissioned by Yad Hanadiv, Jerusalem.

4. Schwarz, C. V., Reiser, B. J., Davis, E. A., Kenyon, L. O., Acher, A., Fortus, D., Hug, B., & Krajcik, J. (2009). Developing a learning progression of scientific modeling: Making scientific modeling accessible and meaningful for learners. The Journal of Research in Science Teaching 46(6), pp. 632-654.

5. Fortus, D. (2009). The Importance of Learning to Make Assumptions. Science Education 93(1), pp. 86-108.

6. Shwartz, Y., Weizman, A., Fortus, D., Krajcik, J., & Reiser, B. (2008). The IQWST experience: Using coherence as a design principle for a middle school science curriculum. The Elementary School Journal 109 (2), pp. 199-219.

7. Fortus, D. (2008). Science Education. In T.L. Good, C. Ames, Berliner, D., Brophy, J., Corno, L., & McCaslin, M. (Eds.), 21st Century Education: A Reference Handbook. Thousand Oaks, (pp. 352-359). CA: Sage Publications.

8. Fortus, D., Dershimer, R.C., Krajcik, J., Marx, R.W., & Mamlok-Naaman, R. (2005). Design-Based Science (DBS) and Real-World Problem-Solving. International Journal of Science Education 27(7), pp. 855-879.

9. Avraham, R., Fortus, D., & Logue, K. (2004). Revisiting the roles of legal rules and tax rules in income redistribution: A response to Kaplow & Shavell. Iowa Law Review 89(4).

10. Fortus, D., Dershimer, R.C., Marx, R.W., Krajcik, J., & Mamlok-Naaman, R. (2004). Design-Based Science (DBS) and Student Learning. Journal of Research in Science Teaching 41(10).

11. Fortus, D., Mann, A., & Revzen, M. (1995). The Hartree-Fock Bogoliubov approximation in thermo field dynamics and temperature-like correlations. In Y.X. Gui, F.C. Khanna, & Z.B. Su (Eds.), Thermal field theories and their applications (pp. 399-405). River Edge, NJ: World Scientific.