Research Papers & White Papers

  • Stains, M., Escriu-Sune, M., Molina Alvarez, M. L., and Sevian, H. (2010). Assessing Secondary and College Students’ Understanding of the Particulate Nature of Matter: Development and Validation of the Structure and Motion of Matter (SAMM) Survey. Submitted.
    [The survey and its scoring scheme can be found at: http://sites.google.com/site/sammsurvey/]

  • Cacciatore, K.L.; Sevian, H.; Incremental movement toward an inquiry lab curriculum in general chemistry: Can changing a single laboratory experiment improve student performance? J. Chem. Educ.; 86(4), 498 (2009).

  • Skerrett, A.; Sevian, H.; Biographical and contextual factors that predispose, support, and inhibit science and mathematics faculty involvement in K-12 service. (Accepted pending revisions: Cultural Studies in Science Education).

  • Cacciatore, K.L.; Sevian, H.; Connecting solubility, equilibrium, and periodicity in a green inquiry experiment for the general chemistry laboratory. J. Chem. Educ. (2008) 85, 251.

  • Levy, Abigail J. et al. (2008) Do Highly-Qualified Teachers Provide High-Quality Instruction? A Comparative Case Study in One Urban District (Under review: Educational Policy Analysis Archives).

  • Levy, Abigail J. et al. (2009) No Teacher Left Unqualified: How the Highly Qualified Mandate Leaves Some Teachers and Students Behind (Submitted: Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis).

  • Levy, Abigail J. et al. (2009) Teachers' Qualifications and Professional Development Experiences: the Differences They Make to Student Achievement in Science (in preparation).

  • H. Sevian (Ed.), Ganguly, N., Gende, D., Ingram, A., MacKay, T., and Stains, M. The AP Vertical Teams Guide for the Sciences. In press, The College Board. Expected publication date: February, 2010




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