At the end of September, I visited Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro, TN to give a seminar entitled Exploring the use of formative assessment, metacognition, and scaffolds to support students in learning biological concepts. Thank you to faculty and students in … Continue reading
Our research group traveled to Baltimore, MD in April for the annual National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST) conference. I presented a paper and co-presented a poster with Tina Vo. Sabel, J., Forbes, C., & Zangori, L. (2016, … Continue reading
On April 7, I successfully defended my dissertation: “Use of scaffolds to support undergraduate students in learning and understanding biological concepts.” I will be participating in graduation at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln on May 6 and then I’m off to the … Continue reading
I recently traveled to Providence, Rhode Island to attend the National Association of Biology Teachers (NABT) Professional Development Conference. I presented two papers, the first at the NABT Biology Education Research Symposium and the second in a general session. Sabel, … Continue reading
Our group recently published a new manuscript in the American Biology Teacher which describes a course we developed for preservice teachers. This was an innovative new course that integrated life science content with elementary science teaching methods. For a pdf of this paper, … Continue reading
Our research group had a new manuscript published in the Journal of Science Teacher Education in May. This paper focused on preservice teachers learning life science content and formative assessment practices in an integrated content and methods course. For a … Continue reading
In April, I attended and presented papers at the National Association of Research in Science Teaching (NARST) and the American Educational Research Association (AERA) international conferences both held in Chicago, IL. Sabel, J., Forbes, C., & Zangori, L. (2015, April). … Continue reading