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Prof. Andy Anderson to receive career award from NARST

February 1, 2012
Prof. Andy Anderson to receive career award from NARST

Charles W. “Andy” Anderson, professor of science education at Michigan State University, has been selected to receive the 2012 NARST Distinguished Contributions to Science Education through Research Award. The award is considered the NARST’s most prestigious for scholars in the field of science education. The NARST, National Association for Research in Science Teaching, is a worldwide organization for improving… Read More »

MSU names director of research institute on mathematics, science education

August 9, 2011
MSU names director of research institute on mathematics, science education

Joseph Krajcik, a well-known science education expert, has been named director of the Institute for Research on Mathematics and Science Education (IRMSE) at Michigan State University. The interdisciplinary center, launched during a Washington, D.C. conference last fall, is designed to address some of the most pressing challenges related to teaching science and mathematics by bringing… Read More »

Professor co-chairs national conference on learning progressions in science, mathematics

July 22, 2011
Professor co-chairs national conference on learning progressions in science, mathematics

Michigan State University Professor Charles (Andy) Anderson will help bring together more than 50 leading researchers, educators and policymakers next week in an effort to reach consensus about learning progressions – an emerging approach for reforming science and mathematics education. Research on learning progressions (or trajectories), which focus on improving how students develop scientific or… Read More »

MSU announces first group of fellows preparing to teach math, science in urban schools

May 12, 2011
MSU announces first group of fellows preparing to teach math, science in urban schools

Twelve aspiring science and mathematics teachers will begin their professional preparation at Michigan State University this summer as part of a new statewide fellowship program focused on preparing future educators for jobs in high-need classrooms. Gov. Rick Snyder today announced the inaugural cohort of fellows selected to complete the W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s Woodrow Wilson Michigan… Read More »

Alum wins national award for research on science teaching

February 18, 2011
Alum wins national award for research on science teaching

Jeffrey J. Rozelle, who received his Ph.D. from the College of Education in 2010, is expected to receive an Outstanding Doctoral Research Award from the National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST) during the organization’s international conference this April. Rozelle is one of two scholars nationwide selected for the honor, acknowledging that his dissertation has… Read More »

College students lack scientific literacy, study finds

January 7, 2011
College students lack scientific literacy, study finds

Most college students in the United States do not grasp the scientific basis of the carbon cycle – an essential skill in understanding the causes and consequences of climate change, according to research published in the January issue of BioScience. The study, whose authors include several current and former researchers from Michigan State University, calls… Read More »

Out of the lab… and testing her teaching skills

December 3, 2010
Out of the lab… and testing her teaching skills

MSU alum changes careers through Fellowship focused on math and science education Final deadline for application is Jan. 12! More information. By Nicole Geary Two years ago, Georgia Watson was testing soil samples for heavy metals. She was a lab tech by training even though her heart, by that time, was aching with another aspiration.… Read More »

Alum leads research on fellowships for Knowles Science Teaching Foundation

November 23, 2010
Alum leads research on fellowships for Knowles Science Teaching Foundation

Jodie A. Galosy, Ph.D. ’05 (Curriculum, Teaching and Educational Policy) has joined the Knowles Science Teaching Foundation (KSTF) as Senior Program Officer for Research. Galosy will direct research activities that inform and support KSTF’s cornerstone Teaching Fellowships program, which provides five-year fellowships to teachers of high school mathematics and science early in their careers.  Galosy joins KSTF from… Read More »

MSU launches new Institute for Research on Mathematics and Science Education

October 25, 2010
MSU launches new Institute for Research on Mathematics and Science Education

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Michigan State University will expand its capacity to improve mathematics and science education across the nation through the creation of a new, interdisciplinary research center. The Institute for Research on Mathematics and Science Education is expected to bring together top scholars from the science and education fields and facilitate projects that can… Read More »