Publications and Presentations:

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles and Book Chapters:

Katz, P., Hestness, E., Riedinger, K., McGinnis, J. R., Dai, A., Pease, R., Marbach-Ad, G., & Dantley, S.J. (in review). Transforming science teacher preparation by bridging formal and informal science education: A focus on drawings as evidence.

McGinnis, J. R., Hestness, E., Riedinger, K. (accepted). Changing science teacher education in a changing global climate: Telling a new story.  In J. Lin and R. Oxford (Eds.), Transformative Eco-Education for Human Survival in the 21st century. Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing.

Reidinger, K., McGinnis, J. R., Hestness, E., & Marbach-Ad, G. (in review). The influence of the infusion of informal science education and socioscientific issues in an elementary science methods course.

Marbach-Ad, G., & McGinnis, J. R., Pease, R., Dai, A., Schalk, K., &  Benson, S. (in review). Promoting science for all by way of student interest in an undergraduate microbiology course for non-majors.

McGinnis, J. R., Hestness, E., Riedinger, K, Katz, P., Marbach-Ad, G., & Dai, A. (accepted). Including informal science education in formal teacher education. In B. Frasier, K. Tobin, & C. McRobbie (Eds.), Second International Handbook of Science Education. Netherlands: Springer.

Marbach-Ad, G., & McGinnis, J. R., Pease, R., Dai, A., Schalk, K., &  Benson, S.  (in press, 2009). Clarity in Teaching and active learning in undergraduate microbiology course for non-majors. Bioscene.

Marbach-Ad, G., & McGinnis, J. R. (in press, Fall 2009). A measurement of beginning mathematics teachers’ beliefs of subject matter and instructional actions over time.  School Science and Mathematics.

Marbach-Ad, G., McGinnis, J. R., & Dantley, S. (2008). Beliefs and reported science teaching practices of recently graduated elementary and middle school teacher education majors from a historically black college/university and a predominately white college/university. Electronic Journal of Science Education, 12(2), 171-198.

Marbach-Ad, & McGinnis, J. R. (2008).  A measurement of beginning science teachers’ beliefs of subject matter and instructional actions over time.  Journal of Science Teacher Education, 18(2), 13-30.

McGinnis, J.R., & Marbach-Ad, G. (2007). What beliefs and intended actions do reform-prepared mathematics and science teachers convey to the workplace? The Journal of Mathematics and Science: Collaborative Exploration, 9, 81-117.

McGinnis, J. R., Roth McDuffie, A., & Graeber, A. (2006). Perceptions of making connections between science and mathematics in a science methods course. Journal of Elementary Science Education, 18(2), 13-29

Conference Proceedings:

Katz, P., McGinnis, J. R., Hestness, E., Riedinger, K., Marbach-Ad, G., & Dantley, S. J. Transforming Science Teacher Preparation by Bridging Formal and Informal Science Education: A Focus on Drawings as Evidence. In the proceedings of the 2009 Proceedings of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching (78 pages).

McGinnis, J.R., Marbach-Ad, Pease, R., Dai, A, & Dantley, S. (2008). Landscape Baseline Data in a Large Scale Science Teacher Preparation Model : (Project NEXUS). In the proceedings of the 2008 Proceedings of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching (27 pages).

Marbach-Ad, G., McGinnis, & J. R., Pease, R., Dai, A., Schalk, K, & Benson, S. (2008). Connecting learners’ area of interest in a microbiology course for non-majors and teacher interns: Project Nexus (Y2). In the 2008 Proceedings of the Association for Science Teacher Education (31 pages).

McGinnis, J.R., Marbach-Ad, Pease, R., Dai, A, & Dantley, S. (2008). Landscape Baseline Data in a Large Scale Science Teacher Preparation Model : (Project NEXUS). In the 2008 Proceedings of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching (27 pages).

Marbach-Ad, G., McGinnis, & J. R., Dantley, S (2007). Beliefs and teaching practices reported by newly graduated elementary and middle school science teachers: Project Nexus (Year 1). In the proceedings of the 2007 Proceedings of the Association for Science Teacher Education (32 pages).

Research Presentations (National Audience):

McGinnis, J. R., Katz, P., Hestness, E., Riedinger, K., Marbach-Ad, G., & Dantley, S. J. (2009). Transforming Science Teacher Preparation by Bridging Formal and Informal Science Education: A Focus on Drawings as Evidence. A paper presented at the annual meeting of the annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, Garden Grove, California, April, 2009. [presentation] [photos]

Katz, P., McGinnis, J. R., Hestness, E., Riedinger, K., & Marbach-Ad, G. (2009). Bridging Informal and Formal Science Education in Elementary Teacher Preparation: A Study of the Role of an Internship in an Afterschool Informal Science Program. A poster presented at the annual meeting of the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego, California, April, 2009. 

Marbach-ad, G., McGinnis, J. R., Pease, R., Dai, A, Schalk, K., & Bensen, S. (2009). Taking The Next Step In Transforming An Undergraduate Science Content Course Appropriate For Teacher Education Majors: Science For All Via Student Interest. A paper presented at the annual meeting of the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego, California, April, 2009. 

Katz, P., McGinnis, J.R., Robinson, T., & Lewis, K. (2009). Informal science education in formal elementary/middle school teacher preparation: The case of an informal science education internship (Hands on Science Science, Outreach). A participatory session to presented at the annual meeting of the National Science Teachers Association, New Orleans, LA, March, 2009.  [photos]

McGinnis, J. R.,Marbach-Ad, G. Dantley, S. J., Benson, S., Dai, A, & Pease, R. (2008). Landscape Baseline data in a large scale science teacher preparation model. A paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, Baltimore, Maryland, April, 2008. [presentation] [abstract]

Marbach-Ad, G., McGinnis, J. R., Pease, R., Dai, A., Schalk, K., & Bensen, S. (2008). Teaching for All in a Microbiology Course for Non-Majors and Teachers’ Interns: Project Nexus (Y2). A paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New York, New York, April, 2008. [abstract]

Marbach-Ad, G., McGinnis, & J. R., Benson, S., & Schalk, K (2008). Connecting learners’ area of interest in a microbiology course for non-majors and teachers’ interns: Project Nexus (Y2). A paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Science Teacher Educators, St. Louis, Missouri, February, 2008. [presentation] [abstract]

Benson, S., Schalk, K, McGinnis, J.R., Marbach-Ad, G., (2007). Using student interest to foster reconstructive learning in a non-majors microbiology course: A preliminary report. A poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Society for Microbiology (ASM), Buffalo, New York.

McGinnis, & J. R., Benson, S., Dantley, S. (2007). The Maryland upper elementary/middle school science teacher professional continuum model. A poster presented at the annual meeting of the National Science Foundation DR-K12 Conference, Arlington, VA, September 9-11. [poster]

Marbach-Ad, G., & McGinnis, J.R. (2007). Beliefs and reported science teaching practices of recently graduated elementary and middle school teacher education majors: a mixed methods analysis. A paper accepted for presentation at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL., April 13, 2007. [presentation] [abstract]

Marbach-Ad, G., McGinnis, & J. R., Dantley, S. (2007). Beliefs and teaching practices reported by newly graduated elementary and middle school science teachers: Project Nexus (Year 1). A paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Science Teacher Educators, Clearwater, Fl, January 4, 2-7. [presentation] [abstract]

McGinnis, & J. R., Benson, S., Dantley, S. (2006). The Maryland upper elementary/middle school science teacher professional continuum model. A poster presented at the annual meeting of the National Science Foundation Teacher Professional Continuum Conference,
Reston, VA, May 7-9. [poster]

Research Presentations (International Audience):

Dantley, S., McGinnis, J. R., Marbach-Ad, G., Pease, R., Dai, A. (2009). Project NEXUS as a large scale science teacher preparation model. A paper presented at the 11the Annual International Cross Cultural Research Exchange Conference With the Faculty of Political Science and International Relations  Pontificia Universidad Javeriana Bogota, Colombia.

Dantley, S., Marbach-Ad, G., McGinnis, J. R., & Benson, S. (2007). Benchmark data in a transformative science teacher education program, Project Nexus. A paper presented at the annual Xiamen research conference , Xiamen, China.

Benson, S., Schalk, K, McGinnis, J.R., Marbach-Ad, G. (2007). Using student interest to foster reconstructive learning in a non-majors microbiology course: A preliminary report. A poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Society for Microbiology Conference on Undergraduate Education (ASMCUE), Toronto, Canada.

Benson, S., Schalk, K, McGinnis, J.R., Marbach-Ad, G., (2007). Using student interest to foster reconstructive learning in a non-majors microbiology course. International Society for Scholarship in Teaching and Learning (ISSoTL), Sydney, Australia.

Community Presentations (Local Audience):

McGinnis, J. R., & Hestness, E. (2009, May). Project Nexus science methods study: Infusion of a climate change module in formal teacher education preparation. A presentation at the Professional Development Schools (Team A) Spring Meeting, Hollywood Elementary School, College Park, MD. [presentation]

McGinnis. J. R. Hestness, E., & Riedinger, K. (2008, November). Studying the use of a climate change module in science teacher preparation. A poster presented at the annual meeting of the ISSL, University of Maryland, College Park.

McGinnis, J.R. (2008, October). Project Nexus:  An update of Y2 and Y3 findings. Elementary Teacher Education Program, Department of Curriculum & Instruction, College of Education, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland.

McGinnis, J.R, Katz, P., Hestness, E, Riedinger, K., & Marbach-Ad, G. (2008). Research in Project Nexus: An examination of the use of drawings to gain insight into elementary education interns' change of science teaching identify as influenced by an informal science education internship. A presentation at the UMD Science Teaching Center's colloquium series. College Park, MD.  

McGinnis, J. R., Dantley, S.J., Lewis, K., & Robinson. (2008, October). The recruitment of science teachers of color: the views of education and science content advisors, HBCU and PWCU contexts. An invited seminar for the Minority Institute for Minority Achievement and Undergraduate Education, University of Maryland, College Park. [presentation] [poster]

McGinnis, J. R., Marbach-Ad, Riedinger, K, & Hestness, E. (2008).  Survey results of elementary/middle school majors in a transformative science methods course (Project Nexus). A presentation at the annual meeting of the Prince George’s County/University of Maryland Professional Development Schools, Rockledge and Hollywood Elementary Schools, Maryland.

McGinnis, J.R. (2007, October). Project Nexus:  An update of Y1 findings. Elementary Teacher Education Program, Department of Curriculum & Instruction, College of Education, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland.

McGinnis, J. R. (2007, April). ). Project Nexus: An update of Y2 activities. Elementary Teacher Education Program, Department of Curriculum & Instruction, College of Education, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland.

McGinnis, J.R. (2007, January). Project Nexus: An update of Y2 activities. Professional Development Schools Coordinating Council (Prince Georges’ County Public School System), Bowie Elementary School, Bowie, Maryland.

McGinnis, J.R. (2006, December). Project Nexus: An update of Y1 findings. Elementary Teacher Education Program, Department of Curriculum & Instruction, College of Education, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland.

McGinnis, J.R. (2006, October). Project Nexus: Y2 research activities. Elementary Teacher Education Program, Department of Curriculum & Instruction, College of Education, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland.

McGinnis, J.R. (2005, December). Project Nexus: Research aims and design. Elementary Teacher Education Program, Department of Curriculum & Instruction, College of Education, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland.

McGinnis, J.R., Pease, R., & Dai, A. (2005, October). Project Nexus: An overview of its goals and activities. Professional Development Schools Coordinating Council (Prince Georges’ County Public School System), Beltsville Elementary School, Beltsville, Maryland.

Graduate Students’ Scholarly Papers and Dissertations (Project Nexus Studies):

Schalk, K.  (2009, Spring). A Case-Study Of A Socio-Scientific Issues Curricular And Pedagogical Intervention In An Undergraduate Microbiology Course: A Focus On Informal Reasoning. Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation, University of Maryland, MD. Dissertation Director: Dr. J. Randy McGinnis

Hestness, E (2009, Spring). Educating future teachers of science for environmental literacy, global awareness and social consciousness:  A study of a global climate change curricular module in an elementary science methods course. Unpublished Masters Scholarly Paper, University of Maryland, MD.
Scholarly Paper Director: Dr. J. Randy McGinnis

This material is based on work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 0455752. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.

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