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Research Group Alumni

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Patrick Bohan

MSc Chemistry, 2023

Patrick's research investigated discourse interactions for guided-inquiry laboratories. He is currently teaching Chemistry at Cuesta College in San Luis Obispo.

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Alberto Berber

BSc Chemistry, 2023

Alberto's research supported an analysis of student-instructor interactions in a guided-inquiry laboratory. He is pursuing medicine after his bachelor's degree.

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Morgan Britter

BSc Psychology, 2021

Morgan's research investigated power dynamics within group settings. She published her work in the Journal of Chemical Education.

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Iliana Borges

BSc Chemistry, 2021

Iliana's work focused on the factors impacting the teaching of Physical Science in elementary schools. She presented her work at AERA and SACNAS.

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Phillip Tapia

BSc Chemistry, 2021

Phillip's work focused on factors impacting the teaching of Physical Science in elementary schools. He presented his work at AERA and SACNAS.

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Alvir Sangha

MSc Chemistry, 2021

Alvir's research investigated preservice teachers' conceptual development and ownership in Physical Science laboratories. He is currently a PhD student at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

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Esther Fernandez

BSc Biology, 2021

Esther's research focused on the impact of lecture approaches on preservice teachers' conceptual development and the impact of laboratory on experimental practices.

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Tess Hernández

MSc Chemistry, 2020

Tess's research focused on the impact of zoo-aligned Introductory Chemistry curriculum for conceptual learning, and zoo and conservation perspectives.  She had a paper accepted to the Integrative and Comparative Biology Journal.  She now works at the Wonderful Company.

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Mingyang Li

MEd Curriculum & Instruction, 2020

Mingyang studied the impact of a project-based learning unit on high school students' understanding of solution chemistry concepts.  He had a paper accepted in the Journal of Science Education and Technology.

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Jie Zhu

MEd Curriculum & Instruction, 2020

Jie's work investigated the conceptual development of pre-service elementary teachers and instructor perspectives on assessment for a guided-inquiry laboratory approach.  She is now teaching in southern California.

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Jordyn Kamitono

BSc Biology, 2019

Jordyn's work focused on the impact of a zoo-context laboratory structure on students' conceptual learning and engagement in an Introductory Chemistry course. She presented her research as an undergraduate at the American Chemical Society (ACS) in New Orleans and also at the American Educational Research Association (AERA) conference in Toronto, Canada. After her BSc, she pursued Pharmacy at the California Health Sciences University (CHSU) in Clovis.

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Jennifer Click

MEd Curriculum & Instruction, 2019

Jennifer's research investigated preservice teachers' ownership of science concepts in guided-inquiry laboratory settings compared to a conventional laboratory approach. Jennifer presented her research at the AERA conference in Toronto, Canada.  She also co-authored a paper in the Journal of Science Education and Technology. She teaches at Edison High School in Fresno.

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Sara Meadows

MEd Curriculum & Instruction, 2019

Sara's research studied the impact of a guided-inquiry laboratory versus a conventional laboratory approach on pre-service elementary teachers' Physical Science conceptual development. Sara presented her research at the AERA conference in Toronto, Canada. She teaches at Edison High School in Fresno.

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Ryan Umar

MSc Chemistry, 2019

Ryan's work focused on the development of pre-service K-8 teachers' understanding of the nature of science. She presented her research at the Western Regional Noyce Conference.  She now teaches at Clovis Community College.

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Anthony Hinde

MSc Chemistry, 2018

Anthony's research focused on the lecture-based approaches in teaching Physical Science content to pre-service K-8 teachers and their impact on conceptual development. He presented his research at the AERA conference in New York.  He is now a lecturer in the Chemistry Department at CSU Bakersfield.

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