Education Research Project

Along with several other graduate students and lecturers in the Physics and Astronomy Department, I am working on an education project to identify successful teaching practices in undergraduate courses. We are applying the COPUS classroom observation protocol and engaging our students in pre- and post- course standardized testing to measure learning gains. We hope to publish our findings in a peer-reviewed educational journal. This work will also comprise a chapter of my PhD thesis.

Education Courses

• Language Structure and Acquisition (UCLA Education Department)

• Social Foundations (UCLA Education Department)

• Educational Psychology (UCLA Education Department)

• Secondary Content and Literacy Methods (UCLA Education Department)

• Teaching College Physics (UCLA Physics and Astronomy Department)

• Central Seminar (UCLA Office of Instructional Development) (website)

• An Introduction to Evidence-Based Undergraduate STEM Teaching (online)

Education Workshops and Seminars

• Communicating Science Workshop (more info on ComSciCon)

• Center for Astronomy Education: Improving the College Introductory Astronomy and Space Science General Education Course Through Active Engagement: A Tier I (Introductory) Workshop (website)

• Workshop: Citizen Science in the College Classroom (more info on Citizen Science)

• Workshop: Teaching Astronomy Through Role-Playing and Debate (more info about this workshop)