My research interests include (a) designing strategies to develop elementary teachers' understandings of nature of science so they can both (1)better differentiate science from other ways of knowing and (2)provide their own students with appropriate conceptions of science, (b) devising ways to improve elementary students' understandings of nature of science and (c) helping elementary teachers recognize their strengths in teaching such subjects as language arts in teaching science.

Ph. D. (1997) Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR. Science Education. Minor: Integrated Science
Dissertation: The Influence of Primary Children’s Ideas in Science on Teaching Practice
Ed. M. (1993) Washington State University, Richland, WA. Elementary Education
B.A. (1981) University of California, Berkeley, CA. Psychology