Selected works by KSTF Fellows and staff

Physical Science Teacher Developer Howard Glasser recently had an article titled "The Numbers Speak: Physics First Supports Math Performance" published in The Physics Teacher.

Physical Science Teacher Developer Howard Glasser recently published a paper titled "Arguing Separate but Equal: A Study of Argumentation in Public Single-Sex Science Classes in the United States" in the International Journal of Gender, Science and Technology. Read the abstract here.

2010 KSTF Biology Teaching Fellow Helen Snodgrass authored an article titled “Perspectives of High-Achieving Women on Teaching” in The New Educator. In this piece, Helen explores what high-achieving women are looking for in a career and why fewer high-achieving women are entering teaching.

KSTF Research Alumna Dr. Laurie Rubel co-authored an article “Learning to Map & Mapping to Learn Students’ Worlds” in the April 2011 issue of Mathematics Teacher.

2006 KSTF Mathematics Teaching Fellow Nicole Hubbard co-authored an article "Uganda Unpacked" in the Spring 2010 issue of UnBoxed.

KSTF Alumna Anne Watson co-published an article titled "Students for Sustainable Energy" in the April/May 2010 issue of The Science Teacher.

Jason Gipson-Nahman (2006 Physical Science Fellow) has been invited to contribute a commentary for the forthcoming book The American Public School Teacher: Past, Present and Future, which will commemorate the 50th anniversary of the National Education Association’s Status of the American Public School Teacher survey series. The invited commentators include well-known scholars and policymakers in education, such as Linda Darling-Hammond, Gloria Ladson-Billings and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan. Jason is one of six classroom teachers who will contribute a commentary.

Mathematics Teacher Developer Rachael Brown had a guest editorial published in the University of Georgia’s student-produced journal, The Mathematics Educator, and an article published in Elementary School Journal.
Brown, R.E. (2010) Tensions faced by mathematics professional developers. The Mathematics Educator, 20(1), 3-7.
Izsak, A., Orrill, C.H., Cohen, A.S., & Brown, R.E. (2010) "Measuring middle grades teachers’ understanding of rational numbers with the mixture rasch model." Elementary School Journal, 110(3), 279-300.

Laurie Rubel (2006 Research Fellow Alumna) published a recent article titled “Connecting Research to Teaching” in the September 2010 issue of Mathematics Teacher. In addition, Laurie authored a chapter that chronicles her KSTF research project, “Centering the Teaching of Mathematics on Urban Youth: Equity Pedagogy in Action,” in the new book, Mathematics Teaching & Learning in K-12: Equity and Professional Development (edited by Mary Foote and published by Palgrave).