Modeling Instruction Staff

David Hestenes

Director of the Modeling Instruction Program
US Mail address:
Department of Physics
Arizona State University
PO Box 871504
Tempe, AZ 85287-1504 USA

Office: PSH 561
Office phone: (480) 965-6277
Email: Hestenes@asu.edu

David Hestenes oversees the Modeling Instruction Program. When he's not working on the design of Modeling Instruction and on nurturing ASU's graduate program for physics teachers, he spends his time in theoretical physics, geometric calculus, neural networks, and cognitive research in science education. His title is Distinguished Research Professor of Physics. Visit his website. Read a newspaper article about him.

Jane Jackson

Co-Director
US Mail address:
Department of Physics
Arizona State University
PO Box 871504
Tempe, AZ 85287-1504 USA

Office: PSH 561
Office phone: (480) 965-8438
Email: jane.jackson@asu.edu

Formerly at Scottsdale Community College, Jane Jackson is responsible for handling the countless administrative details involved in the smooth operation of the Program. These include (but are not limited to) organizing workshops and courses, disseminating information about the workshops, assisting workshop participants, and promoting university-high school partnerships nationwide.

Larry Dukerich

Workshop Leader
ASU Mail address:
CRESMET
Arizona State University
PO Box 87 3604
Tempe, AZ 85287-3604 USA

Office: PSH 567
Email: Ldukerich@mac.com

Larry Dukerich taught chemistry and physics at Dobson High School in Mesa, AZ and is a Faculty Associate at ASU. His responsibilities include developing curriculum materials, research in schools, developing and leading workshops.

P. Gregg Swackhamer

Workshop Leader

School mail address

Glenbrook North High School
2300 Shermer Road
Northbrook, IL 60062

Email: pswackhamer@glenbrook.k12.il.us

Gregg Swackhamer teaches physics at Glenbrook North High School in Northbrook, IL. He works on combatting naive conceptions about the energy concept and on incorporating elementary particle physics into the first year physics program in collaboration with the QuarkNet Project, and on developing model-centered freshman physics and AP-C cources.

 

 

M. Colleen Megowan

Action Research Coordinator
and Leadership Workshop Instruction

US Mail address:

phone:
Email: ckozumplik@aol.com

  

Colleen Megowan has coordinated action research by modelers and taught the MNS program's Leadership Workshop seminar since 2002. A 20 year veteran high school educator, Colleen completed her PhD in Physics Education Research in 2007 and has accepted an assistant professorship at Arizona State University's Polytechnic Campus beginning in August 2008. She conducts classroom research and seeks funding to extend and instututionalize Modeling Instruction, as well as promoting partnerships among science teachers, university personnel, business, industry across Arizona.

 

 

Rob MacDuff

Volunteer researcher

US Mail address:

2027 E. University, #110
Tempe, AZ 85281

phone: (480) 205-6135
Email: MacDuff@mac.com

  

Rob MacDuff does research and development in Cognitive Instruction in Mathematical Modeling. He designs integrated math and science programs for K-12 schools. He works on structural (morphological) based reasoning as a means of model construction. Rob did his Ph.D dissertation in Mathematics Education on the special theory of cognition, a theory that shows how concepts are formed and transformed in the process of problem solving. He is also an ABD (all but dissertation) in physics.

 

 

Robert Culbertson

Director of the Department of Physics Master of Natural Sciences (MNS) degree program

Office/lab: PSF 483
Office/lab phone: (480) 965-9866
Email: Robert.Culbertson@asu.edu

  

Bob Culbertson is Associate Professor of Physics at ASU. His primary research area is solid state physics, but since 2004 he has also been directing research of graduate students in physics education. He teaches PHS540: Integrated Physics and Chemistry, and PHS581: Structure of Matter, in the MNS program. He is an associate director of CRESMET , an interdisciplinary research center at ASU that seeks to understand and promote high-quality teaching and learning of science, mathematics, engineering and technology. Visit his website.
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