Expertise
K-12 curriculum development work
Program evaluation
Conceptual change research
Teacher education K-12 (science)
Investigating students' science concepts; exploring teaching strategies that facilitate conceptual change. My research interests include studying student's science concepts and examining teaching models that facilitate conceptual change such as the learning cycle teaching model. K-12 curriculum development work
Program evaluation
Conceptual change research
Teacher education K-12 (science)
I am planning to do a follow-up study of teacher education candidates that have completed a new 1 year certification program.
British Isles, Costa Rica, Indonesia
Communities
Education
Degrees
EdD, University of Northern Colorado, Science Education, 1974
MST
BS
EdD
Keywords
british isles costa rica indonesia united kingdom education science education teacher education behavioral science education curriculum development secondary education middle school education middle school education precollegiate education - science or mathematics
Honors

Distinguished Teaching Award, National Science Teachers Association, 2002

Distinguished Teacher Educator Award, Indiana Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, 1990

Burton W. Gorman Award, Indiana University School of Education, 1987

Associations
National Association of Biology Teachers
National Science Teachers Association