个人简介

2013 Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Award 2013 Outstanding Chemistry Graduate Student Award 2012 UNLV Graduate and Professional Student Association Merit Award 2012 K. Patricia Cross Future Leaders Award (Finalist) 2009 Distinguished Educator Award

研究领域

Chemical Education

Visual Literacy in Science: Students cannot directly observe molecules interacting with one another or their environment. Instead, students are often presented with representations that model particular structures and/or interactions. Therefore, students’ ability to decode these representations is a fundamental process in learning of chemistry, and more broadly in the teaching and learning of science. Biochemistry Education: My science background has focused on biochemistry. As such, my interests in chemical education research has also focused on biochemistry. Upper-level sciences, such as biochemistry, are underrepresented in the chemical education research literature. My research has focused on qualitative analysis of biochemistry students’ perceptions of biochemical processes such as protein translation. Nano Science Education: Nano science research is a relatively new field of research (within the last 50 years or so). Nano Science education research is even more recent. We are exploring how researchers think about this emergent field and how best to integrate this topic into the classroom. K-20 Professional Development: Projects such as MIST (Mathematics Integrated with Science through Technology) and ACELL (Advancing Chemistry by Enhancing Learning in the Laboratory) target middle and high school teachers as well as college chemistry faculty to develop their understanding of science and math content or research-based laboratory pedagogies. STEM Career Development: Project STEER (Scholarships to Enhance Excellence in the Chemical and Biological Research-based Workforce) aims to track and improve the STEM pipeline from undergraduate STEM majors into the bioscience industry.

近期论文

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Bussey TJ, & Orgill M "Plenty of Room at the Bottom for Nano Education", Journal of Nano Education, 2014, Vol. 6, Issue 2, 81-82 Bussey TJ, Litster ME, Ho W, Wood SA, & Orgill M "Using a Field in Flux to Discuss Nature of Science in the Classroom: The Case of Defining Self-Assembly", Journal of Nano Education, 2014, Vol. 6, Issue 2, 157-168 Bussey TJ, Orgill M, & Crippen KJ "Variation theory: A theory of learning and a useful theoretical framework for chemical education research", Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2013, Vol. 14, Issue 1, 9-22