If we hope to teach students science practices, then we first have to define what we mean by the term. What does it mean to be a…… Read more “What are science practices?”

The work we have been doing for the past few years in the CCU Physics Education Research Group has focused on scientific reasoning. Our research has focused…… Read more “Is science teaching failing at teaching science thinking?”

On Monday, I was the invited speaker for a joint colloquium of science education researchers and students at the University of Zurich and ETH Zurich. Guillaume Schiltz is a…… Read more “Science Thinking, Practice and Learning Thresholds as Steep as the Hills in Zurich”

On Monday, I had the opportunity to visit the physics classes of Dr. Irena Dvořáková. Irena teaches physics at ZŠ Červený vrch, which translates to English as Red Hill…… Read more “Teaching Physics in the Czech Republic”

I’m on sabbatical from Coastal Carolina University this semester while I complete a Fulbright Scholar Award in Prague, Czech Republic. My host is the Department of Physics…… Read more “An American in Prague: A Physics Teaching Fulbright”