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Appendix C: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members and Staff
Pages 355-364

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From page 355...
... His research interests include evolutionary genetics of mating behavior and chromosomal polymorphisms of the Drosophila species, evolutionary genomics of Drosophila, and science education and minority participation in college science curricula. At the National Research Council, he has served on a number of committees, including the Committee to Review Northeast Fishery Stock Assessments and the Committee on the Release of Genetically Engineered Organisms into the Environment.
From page 356...
... . At the National Research Council, he is a member of the Board on Science Education A Framework for K-12 Science Education 356
From page 357...
... At the National Research Council, he served on the Committee on Science Learning, K-8. Since 1998 he has taught policy analysis at the Woodrow Wilson School of International and Public Affairs at Princeton University.
From page 358...
... At the National Research Council, he has served as a member, ex officio member, or chair of the Mathematical Sciences Education Board; the Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy; the Center for Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Education Advisory Board; and the U.S. National Committee for Mathematics; and he is currently a member of the Board on African Science Academy Development.
From page 359...
... In 2007, while a program officer at the National Research Council, he directed the development of the awardwinning Surrounded by Science: Learning Science in Informal Environments. From 1986 to 2007, he held several positions in K-12 education, including director of secondary instruction and state science supervisor for the Maine Department of Education.
From page 360...
... At the National Research Council, he was a member of the Board on Physics and Astronomy and the Committee on Physics of the Universe.
From page 361...
... At the National Research Council, he has served on the Board on Testing and Assessment and co-chaired the Committee on the Cognitive Science Foundations for Assessment, which issued the report Knowing What Students Know: The Science and Design of Educational Assessment. He recently helped the College Board build new frameworks for curriculum, instruction, assessment, and professional development in Advanced Placement biology, chemistry, physics, and environmental science.
From page 362...
... At the National Research Council, he served on the panel authoring the report Taking Science to School. He also served on the edito rial boards of Science Education and the Journal of the Learning Sciences.
From page 363...
... His research interests have included equity in education, mathematics education, bilingual education, school restructuring, professional development of teachers, student engagement, and reform. He was associate director and co-principal investigator of Promoting Science among English Language Learners (P-SELL)
From page 364...
... School District and Michigan State University, in which grade-level groups of K-8 teach ers studied scientific content, standards-based and inquiry-oriented curriculum design, research-based teaching practices, and their students' science learning. At the National Research Council, she served on the Teacher Advisory Council and was a consultant for the popular publication, Ready, Set, Science!


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