Ophus, John - University of Northern Iowa

个人简介

Education: Ph.D. Curriculum and Instruction, University of Idaho, 2005 M.S. Entomology, University of Idaho, 1998 B.A. Biology, English, Concordia College, Moorhead, MN, 1996

研究领域

My research focuses on methods to better prepare teachers of STEM in pedagogy and content as well as exploring low-cost methods for attracting students to fields in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. I currently run the Iowa Near-Space Program Integrating Research and Education (INSPIRE) program. The project trains pre-service teachers in STEM and social studies fields to have students design, build, launch, and recover homemade satellites capable of reaching altitudes of 110,000 above sea-level. My Master's degree focused on factors of the acquisition and innoculation of potato leafroll virus (PLRV) by the Green Peach Aphid (Myzus persicae) on Russet-Burbank potatoes.

近期论文

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Crow, J.E., T. J. Kennedy, M.R.L. Odell, J.D. Ophus & J.T. Abbitt. (2013). Using Just-in-Time PD to Technologically Prepare High School STEM Teachers, in: Capraro, M.M., R.M. Capraro, & C.H. Lewis (Eds). Improving Urban Schools: Equity and Access in K-16 STEM Education. Information Age Publishing, Charlotte, N.C. 208 p. Ophus, J.D. and Abbitt, J.T. (2009). Exploring the Potential and Perceptions of Social Networking Systems in University Courses. MERLOT Journal of Online Teaching and Learning. 5(4): 639-648. Abbitt. J.T. and J.D. Ophus. What have WebQuests Taught Us? An Analysis of Current Research. (2008). Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education Journal. (AACEJ). 16(4): 441-456. Mowry, T. M. and Ophus, J. D. (2006). Influence of the Potato leafroll virus and virus-infected plants on the arrestment of the aphid, Myzus persicae. Journal of Insect Science. 2006. 6(22): 8 pp. Graves, S., Odell, M., Ewers, T. and Ophus, J. (2004). A Model for Reform in Teaching Integrated Science: Promoting Scientific Literacy Among Undergraduate Non-Science Majors, in Sunal, D.W., Wright, E.L., and Blands, J., (eds.) Research in Science Education: Reform in Undergraduate Science Teaching for the 21st Century (pp. 477-493). Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing Inc. Mowry, T.M. and Ophus, J.D. 2002. Effects of sub-lethal imidacloprid levels on potato leafroll virus transmitted by Myzus persicae. Entomolgia Experimentalis et Applicata. 103:249-255.