Her research examines use of conceptual change-based instructional strategies to develop student learning in science and instructional technology. The former manager of the Ames Laboratory Education Programs, she has worked in classrooms conducting hands-on and technology-based science projects with K-12 students.
Research Interests:
Teacher Education -Examining preservice teachers’ conceptual development about educational technology
Technology & Science Learning -Providing K-12 students with on-line access to powerful scientific tools -Combining on-line computer simulations and constructivist instructional strategies
Technology and Educational Equity
Courses:
CI 302: Using Computers in the Classroom
CI 501: Foundations of Instructional Technology
Current Projects:
Preparing Inservice and Preservice Teachers to Integrate WebSEM into K-12 Science Instruction, April, 2001 – March, 2002, $24,500, funded by Qwest, (with Andre, T., Chumbley, S., & Constant, K.).
Incorporating Inquiry-based Science Modules Involving an Environmental Scanning Electron Microscope into Preservice Teacher Education Classes, October 1999- September 2001, $74,877, funded by National Science Foundation Directorate for Education and Human Resources, (with Constant, K., Andre, T., Chumbley, S., Hand, B., & Thompson, A.)
Learning to Teach while Learning to Learn, October 1998 – December 1999. (Curriculum development project to develop internet-based simulations for undergraduate science education.), $232,500, funded by National Science Foundation Department of Undergraduate Education, (with Yarger, D., Boysen, J.P., & Thomas, R.)
The Extended Classroom for Enhanced Learning (equipment grant), July 1998- June 2000, $120,000, funded by National Science Foundation Instrumentation and Laboratory Improvement, (with Chumbley, S. Constant, K., & Thompson, A.)
Preparing Inservice and Preservice Teachers to Integrate WebSEM into K-12 Science Instruction, April, 2001 – March, 2002, $24,500, funded by Qwest.
Favorite Quote:
“Learning is most often figuring out how to use what you already know in order to go beyond what you currently think.” (Jerome Bruner)
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