Amanda Benedict-Chambers

Amanda Benedict-Chambers is a former elementary and middle school teacher and is currently an Associate Professor in the College of Education at Missouri State University. She also serves as the Director of the Elementary Education Graduate Program. Her research focuses on pre-service and in-service elementary teacher learning, teachers learning to engage in ambitious and equitable science teaching, and the roles of tools and practice-based teacher education in promoting teacher noticing and practice.

Publications

Preservice Teachers Noticing and Positioning Students as “Knowers” in Equitable Scientific Argumentation-Based Discussions
Preservice Teachers Noticing and Positioning Students as “Knowers” in Equitable Scientific Argumentation-Based Discussions
Amanda Benedict-Chambers, Lauren Madden, Pamela S. Lottero-Perdue, Jamie N. Mikeska, Meredith Park Rogers. © 2023. 14 pages.
This study investigated how preservice elementary teachers' (PSTs) noticed the discourse practices they used to position students and their scientific thinking as they...