College of Education
Project SEMILLAS (Ayça Fackler Research Group)
Led by Ayça Fackler · School of Teaching and Learning
What we study
The Fackler Lab studies how multilingual students engage in science practices, focusing on climate literacy and qualitative research methods. They work with rural teachers to support diverse learners in science education.
What working here is like
- Fieldwork
- Surveys & interviews
- Human participants
- Projects
- 3
- Papers
- 5
Current projects
Project SEMILLAS
A project engaging youth in climate-related investigations for Gulf region communities.
Hurricanes Through Youth Voices
Works with youth to explore how hurricanes affect their communities, studying how multilingual students build climate literacy and science practices.
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Flash Floods Through Youth Voices
Works with youth to explore how flash floods affect their communities and what they know about them, studying how multilingual students take part in science learning.
Summaries are written by AI in plain language from public symposium abstracts and may be imperfect.
Recent papers, explained
- From Storms to Stories
2026 · Science and Children
Describes a climate change unit that connects science, art, and local experiences for students.
- Extending the Practice of Modeling into Meaning-Making with Science Texts
2026 · Journal of Science Teacher Education
Explores how modeling in science texts can support diverse language learners in classrooms.
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- Figuring Science Across Worlds: A Case of Newcomer Multilingual Learners’ Meaning-Making in Online Science Learning
2026 · Research in Science Education
- Empowering Elementary Preservice Science Teachers: Harnessing Diverse Language Resources in the Practice of Modeling
2025 · Science Education
Studies how teacher training can use modeling to help teachers engage diverse language learners.
- Mentoring that fell apart: Using an epistemic injustice lens to (re)construct a doctoral mentoring dyad in science education.
2025 · Journal of Diversity in Higher Education
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