Award IV (Innovations in Teaching Science Teachers) Recipients
1990 A Reflective Approach to Science Methods Courses for Preservice Elementary Teachers, Dorothy Rosenthal, California State University-Long Beach
1991 Enhancing Science and Mathematics Teaching, Kenneth Tobin, Nancy Davis, Kenneth Shaw, and Elizabeth Jakubowski, Florida State University
1992 The Learning Cycle as a Model for the Design of Science Teacher Preservice and Inservice Education, Peter Rubba, Pennsylvania State University
1993 Reconstructing Science Teacher Education Within Communities of Learners, Deborah Tippins, University of Georgia, Sharon Nichols, Florida State University, and Kenneth Tobin, Florida State University
1994 No Award Given
1995 Science for Early Adolescence Teachers (Science FEAT): A Program for Research and Learning, Samuel Spiegel, Angelo Collins, and Penny J. Gilmer, Florida State University
1996 An Innovative Model for Collaboration Reform in Elementary School Science Teaching, M. Gail Shroyer, Emmett Wright, and Linda Ramey-Gassert, Kansas State University
1997 Reconceptualizing the Elementary Science Methods Course Using Reflective Orientation, Sandra Abell and Lynn Bryan, Purdue University
1998 What Science Education Standards Say: Implications for Teacher Education,
Penny Hammrich, Temple University
1999 No Award Given
2000 Professional Development Programs for Elementary Science Teachers: An Analysis of Teacher Self- Efficacy Beliefs and The Professional Development Model, Tracy J. Posnanski, University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee
2001 Empowering Teachers as Researchers and Inquirers, Anne M. (Amy) Cox-Petersen, California State University, Fullerton
2002 Being There and Not Being “There:” The Experience of Teaching an Elementary Science Education Course on the Internet, Janice Koch and Michael Barriere, Hofstra University
2003 Using a Card-sorting Task to Elicit and Clarify Science Teaching Orientations,
Patricia Friedrichsen, University of Missouri-Columbia and Thomas Dana, Pennsylvania University
2004 An Inquiry-based Laboratory Lesson to Construct an Understanding of Earth’ s Seasons, Paul Ashcraft, Clarion University and Susan Courson, Clarion University
2005 No Award given
2006 No Award given
2007 Using Historical Non-fiction and Literature Circles to Develop Elementary Teachers’ Nature of Science Understanding, Sharon E. Nichols, The University of Alabama & William Straits, California State University Long Beach
2008 A Case Study of Fifth Grade Teachers’ Changes in Methodology During a Two-Year Timeframe, Anita Martin and Brian Hand, University of Iowa
2009 Flexibly adaptive professional development in support of teaching science with geospatial technology, Nancy M. Trautmann, Cornell University & James G. MaKinster Hobart & William Smith Colleges
2010 Learning to Teach Science Through Collaboration: Coteaching and Cogenerative Dialogue in Elementary Science Methods Courses, Christina Siry, University of Luxembourg, Nicole Lowell, Elizabeth Zawatski, Manhattanville College
2011 Exploring Multiple Outcomes: Using Cogenerative Dialogues and Coteaching in a Middle School Science Classroom, Nicole K. Grimes, The Graduate Center, The City University of New York What about those left behind? A template for developing quality science lessons for English language learners, Susan Gomez-Zwiep and William J. Straits, California State University, Long Beach
2012 Descriptive Inquiry in the Throes of Learning to Teach: Can Prospective Teachers Learn to Teach and Study their Teaching Closely? Michele Koomen and Jamie Mitchell, Gustavus Adolphus College,
2013 No Award Given
2014 Connecting to Our Community: Utilizing Photovoice as a Pedagogical Tool to Connect College Students to Science, Kristin Cook, Bellarmine University & Cassie Quigley, Clemson University
2015, If You Can’t Say Something Nice: A Design-Based Research Approach Investigating the Social Interactions of New Science and Math Teachers Using a Video Annotation Tool, Joshua Ellis, Tasneem Anwar, Justin McFadden, & Gillian Roehrig from the University of Minnesota STEM Education Center
2016, The Use of Journal Clubs in Science Teacher Education. Dr. Karen A. Tallman, Springfield College and Dr. Allan Feldman, University of South Florida
2017, Teachers’ classroom practices 2-5 years after having completed an intensive secondary science teacher education program. Michael Clough, Iowa State University; Joanne Olson, Iowa State University
2018, Collaborating to teach elementary science methods in the field with K-6 classroom teachers: Benefits for in-service and pre-service teachers. Matthew Vick, University of Wisconsin, Whitewater; Patricia Falk Mukwonago Area School District
2019, A Curriculum-linked Professional Development Approach to Support Teachers’ Adoption of Socio-Environmental Science Investigation Alec Bodzin, Lehigh University; Thomas Hammond, Lehigh University; Kate Popejoy, Popejoy STEM LLC; William Farina, Lehigh University, David Anastasia, Breena Holland, James Carrigan, Scott Rutzmoser, Dork Sahagian
2020, CyberSecurity and Technology: How do they Fit into a Science Classroom? Andrea C. Burrows and Mike Borowczak, University of Wyoming.
2022, Strategies for Science Teacher Educators: Preparing Elementary Preservice Teachers to Integrate Engineering Skills and Practices by Kristie Gutierrez, Orlando Ayala, Jennifer J. Kidd, Stacie I. Ringleb, Krishnanand Kaipa, and Pilar Pazos (Old Dominion University)
2023, Promoting Teachers’ Understanding of the Relationship and Difference Between Science and Engineering: A Novel Set of Instructional Materials, Jacob Pleasants, University of Oklahoma, Jennifer Parrish, University of Northern Colorado, Sofia Alvarez-Briglie, University of Oklahoma, and Claudia Colonnello-Olivares, University of Oklahoma
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