%0 Journal Article
%T Developing a sustained interest in science among urban minority youth
%J Journal of Research in Science Teaching
%D 2007
%A Basu, Sreyashi Jhumki
%A Barton, Angela Calabrese
%V 44
%N 3
%P 466-489
%X This study draws upon qualitative case study to investigate the connections between the “funds of knowledge” that urban, high-poverty students bring to science learning and the development of a sustained interest in science. We found that youth developed a sustained interest in science when: (1) their science experiences connected with how they envision their own futures; (2) learning environments supported the kinds of social relationships students valued; and (3) science activities supported students' sense of agency for enacting their views on the purpose of science. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Res Sci Teach 44: 466–489, 2007<p />
%G 
%I John Wiley and Sons
%@ 0022-4308
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/tea.20143