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California State University, Fullerton: Fullerton, CA, US

2019-08-17 to present | Assistant Professor (Secondary Education)
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Gavin Tierney

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University of Washington: Seattle, WA, US

2016-06 | Ph.D. (Educational Psychology - Learning Sciences)
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Gavin Tierney

Works (25)

Designing for Equity: Moving Project-Based Learning from Equity Adjacent to Equity Infused

Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem-Based Learning
2025-01-14 | Annotation | Author
Part of ISSN: 1541-5015
Contributors: Gavin Tierney; Rochelle Urban; Gina Olabuenaga
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In the Service of Student Engagement: Project-Based Learning Classrooms and Teacher Practices

The Journal of Experimental Education
2025-01-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Gavin Tierney; Carol Adams; Sarah Ward
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From Earning to Learning: Reasoning and Participation in Youth Co-design of Digital Badges

Cognition and Instruction
2024-04-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Gavin Tierney; Theresa Horstman; Carrie Tzou
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Advocacy as a sociocultural practice: Power, equity, and identity

Theory to Practice: Educational Psychology for Teachers and Teaching (vol. 4: Teaching to Prepare Advocates)
2022 | Book chapter
Contributors: Gavin Tierney
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Gavin Tierney

Designing Curriculum for Project-Based Learning

Lucas Education Research
2022 | Report
Contributors: Gavin Tierney; Rochelle Urban; Gina Olabuenaga; Courtney Paulger
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Gavin Tierney

Redefining Care in Teacher Education: Responding Better to Student Needs after COVID

Care After COVID: Reconstructing Understandings of Care in Teacher Education
2022 | Book chapter
Contributors: Gavin Tierney; Rebecca Smith; Paul Sutton
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Gavin Tierney

Youth co-design of responsive digital badge systems: disrupting hierarchy and empowering youth

CoDesign
2021 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85071019994

Contributors: Tierney, G.; Horstman, T.; Tzou, C.
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Gavin Tierney via Scopus - Elsevier

(Re)Designing for Engagement in a Project-based AP Environmental Science Course

Journal of Experimental Education
2020 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85059341004

Part of ISBN:

19400683 00220973

Contributors: Tierney, G.; Goodell, A.; Nolen, S.B.; Lee, N.; Whitfield, L.; Abbott, R.D.
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Gavin Tierney via Scopus - Elsevier

Design principles for creating digital badges to support learning

Information and Learning Science
2020 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85092668409

Part of ISSN: 23985348
Contributors: Horstman, T.; Tierney, G.; Tzou, C.
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Gavin Tierney via Scopus - Elsevier

Design principles for the design of digital badge systems: Supporting learning in informal science programs

Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning Conference, CSCL
2020 | Conference paper
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2-s2.0-85102933337

Part of ISSN: 15734552
Contributors: Horstman, T.; Tierney, G.; Tzou, C.
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Gavin Tierney via Scopus - Elsevier

Ideational Resources and Alternative Definitions of Success: Reorienting to Education and Developing Identities in an Alternative High School

The High School Journal
2020 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1534-5157
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Gavin Tierney

Negotiating contradictions in identity development: Re-engaging youth in alternative school contexts

Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning Conference, CSCL
2020 | Conference paper
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2-s2.0-85102866905

Part of ISSN: 15734552
Contributors: Tierney, G.
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Gavin Tierney via Scopus - Elsevier

Student engagement and the negotiation of joint enterprise in a project-based learning course

Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning Conference, CSCL
2020 | Conference paper
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2-s2.0-85102857727

Part of ISSN: 15734552
Contributors: Tierney, G.; Nolen, S.
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Gavin Tierney via Scopus - Elsevier

Alternative Schools in the United States: How History, Policy, and Definitions of Success Define Alternative Schools and the Youth Who Attend Them

International perspectives on alternative education: Policy and practice
2018 | Book chapter
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Gavin Tierney

Defining alternative as more than at-risk: Youth defined outcomes and emerging identities in alternative schools

Proceedings of International Conference of the Learning Sciences, ICLS
2018 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85053831341

Part of ISBN:

18149316

Contributors: Tierney, G.
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Gavin Tierney via Scopus - Elsevier

Linking identity resources across roles: Family science workshops and badging

Proceedings of International Conference of the Learning Sciences, ICLS
2018 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85053838954

Part of ISBN:

18149316

Contributors: Tierney, G.; Horstman, T.; Tzou, C.
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Gavin Tierney via Scopus - Elsevier

Re-engaging youth: Using discourse analysis to explore individual agency and community belonging

Proceedings of International Conference of the Learning Sciences, ICLS
2018 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85053822435

Part of ISBN:

18149316

Contributors: Tierney, G.
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Gavin Tierney via Scopus - Elsevier

Maintaining interest in politics: ‘engagement first’ in a U.S. High school government course

Journal of Social Science Education
2017 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85029718980

Part of ISBN:

16185293

Contributors: Lo, J.C.; Tierney, G.
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Gavin Tierney via Scopus - Elsevier

Productive disciplinary engagement in design tasks

6th Research in Engineering Education Symposium: Translating Research into Practice, REES 2015
2015 | Conference paper
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2-s2.0-84962658512

Contributors: Koretsky, M.D.; Nolen, S.B.; Tierney, G.; Wetzstein, L.
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Gavin Tierney via Scopus - Elsevier

Productively engaging student teams in engineering: The interplay between doing and thinking

Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE
2015 | Conference paper
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2-s2.0-84938125126

Part of ISBN:

15394565

Contributors: Koretsky, M.D.; Gilbuena, D.M.; Nolen, S.B.; Tierney, G.; Volet, S.E.
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Gavin Tierney via Scopus - Elsevier

Authenticity matters: Youth and science participation in design-based learning environments

Proceedings of International Conference of the Learning Sciences, ICLS
2014 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84937684650

Part of ISBN:

18149316

Contributors: Tierney, G.; Scipio, D.
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Gavin Tierney via Scopus - Elsevier

Defining success in an alternative high school: Resources for the reframing of education

Proceedings of International Conference of the Learning Sciences, ICLS
2014 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84937955010

Part of ISBN:

18149316

Contributors: Tierney, G.
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Gavin Tierney via Scopus - Elsevier

Designing for engagement in environmental science: Becoming "environmental citizens"

Proceedings of International Conference of the Learning Sciences, ICLS
2014 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84937722135

Part of ISBN:

18149316

Contributors: Nolen, S.B.; Tierney, G.; Goodell, A.; Lee, N.; Abbott, R.D.
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Gavin Tierney via Scopus - Elsevier

Outside the margins: Examining the identities, communities, and contexts of youth who attend alternative schools

Proceedings of International Conference of the Learning Sciences, ICLS
2014 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84937785579

Part of ISBN:

18149316

Contributors: Tierney, G.
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Gavin Tierney via Scopus - Elsevier

Studying&supporting productive disciplinary engagement in STEM learning environments

ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings
2014 | Conference paper
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2-s2.0-84905159197

Contributors: Koretsky, M.; Nolen, S.B.; Gilbuena, D.M.; Lehtinen, E.; Vauras, M.; Tierney, G.; Volet, S.E.
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Gavin Tierney via Scopus - Elsevier