Month: June 2026

We are pleased to share that Remah Haj presented her research at the Israeli Math, Computer and Natural Science Education Student Forum, held at the Weizmann Institute of Science in June 2026.

As part of a plenary session, Remah presented her doctoral research examining epistemic emotions in a Socio-Scientific Issues through Digital Curation (SSI-DC) learning pathway. Her presentation highlighted the dual role of epistemic emotions: both as indicators of uncertainty, cognitive conflict, and knowledge gaps, and as mechanisms that support students’ information exploration, evaluation of evidence, argumentation, and knowledge construction throughout the learning process.

The forum provided an excellent opportunity to share ongoing research with the science education community, engage in scholarly discussions, and receive valuable feedback from researchers and graduate students across mathematics, computer science, and natural science education.

Congratulations, Remah, on this important presentation and contribution to the field. 👏🎓

We are delighted to congratulate Remah Haj on receiving the Faculty Excellence Scholarship. This prestigious award recognizes her outstanding achievements, commitment to academic excellence, and promising contributions to educational research. We are proud to celebrate this well-deserved recognition and look forward to her future accomplishments 🎉

We are proud to congratulate Haya Ben-Simon on winning the 1st Place Award at the Faculty Research Day poster competition. Her award-winning poster, “Modeling in Citizen Science Contexts: Fostering the Co-Development of Statistical Reasoning, Scientific Reasoning, and Nature of Science Understanding,” presents findings from a study examining how participation in citizen science projects and engagement in modeling practices foster students’ statistical reasoning, scientific reasoning, and understanding of the Nature of Science. Congratulations, Haya, on this well-deserved achievement!

We are pleased to share that Remah Haj presented her research at the Annual International Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Education 2026:

Haj, R., Tsybulsky, D. Epistemic emotions as markers and mechanisms in the integration of scientific knowledge through the SSI-DC learning pathway. Annual International Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Education 2026. Western Galilee College, Israel, May 2026. Oral presentation.

Her presentation focused on the role of epistemic emotions in students’ learning processes within a Socio-Scientific Issues through Digital Curation (SSI-DC) learning pathway.
The study conceptualizes epistemic emotions as both markers of uncertainty, cognitive conflict, and knowledge gaps, and mechanisms that support exploration, evaluation of information, argumentation, and knowledge construction. By examining students’ experiences across different phases of SSI learning, the research highlights the dynamic ways in which emotions accompany and support the integration of scientific knowledge.
This work contributes to the growing body of research on emotions in science education and provides new insights into the role of epistemic emotions in technology-enhanced learning environments.