| Jennifer Blue | Faculty Profile » |
Research Area:
Physics Education
Experiment / Theory:
N/A
Research Summary:
My research agenda runs on two main tracks, with an occasional side trip. One of the main tracks is research into undergraduate physics laboratory classes, where I have studied student learning, including the development of critical thinking, and attitudes. I do take side trips to research students’ critical thinking in other areas, as evidenced by their problem solving and their writing. The other main track is K-12 science education, where I have studied the professional development of teachers. I also look at the attitudes and achievement of girls in K-12 education, with side trips to discuss undergraduate women and under-represented minorities in the sciences.
Last 3 Publications:
Blue, Jennifer & Debra Gann “When Do Girls Lose Interest in Math and Science?” Accepted for publication in Science Scope- accepted (2008).
Blue, Jennifer & Stephen Kanim (2008) “A Ph.D. in Physics Education Research.” American Physical Society Forum on Education Newsletter, Spring 2008.
Available online: http://www.aps.org/units/fed/newsletters/spring2008/blue-kanim.cfm
Blue, Jennifer, Beverley A.P. Taylor, and Jan Yarrison-Rice (2008) “Full-Cycle Assessment of Critical Thinking in an Ethics and Science Course.” International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning 2(1), 24 pages.
Available Online: http://www.georgiasouthern.edu/ijsotl/issue_v2n1.htm