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Rebecca Kruse
Science Educator
rkruse@bscs.org
Rebecca Kruse joined BSCS in September 2008 as a Science Educator in the Center for Professional Development. Rebecca currently works as an Institute for Learning Fellow on the DL Science Team, and participates in targeted professional development and curricular work with Los Angeles Public Schools.
Rebecca earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Chemistry from Saint Louis University and a Ph.D. in bio-analytical chemistry from University of Illinois. During graduate school Rebecca was an NSF GK-12 Teaching Fellow, working with scientists from the National Center for Supercomputing Applications and central Illinois teachers to integrate high- performance computing and visualization in the high-school science curriculum. She completed a post-doctoral appointment with Fred Goldberg and Gillian Roehrig at San Diego State University, during which she also worked as a high school chemistry teacher and science staff developer for San Diego City Schools.
Rebecca’s most recent work was as an internal program evaluator and research associate for the Penn Science Teacher Institute at University of Pennsylvania. Prior to this work, she was an Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Coordinator of Education Initiatives for the College of Science & Technology at Southeastern Louisiana University.
Rebecca’s past efforts have focused on aspects of teacher preparation and professional development, including the development of inquiry-based college level physical science curricula for prospective and practicing elementary teachers, content and pedagogy-driven professional development for middle and high school teachers, and evaluation of professional development programs and district curriculum implementation efforts.
Rebecca co-authored Physical Science and Everyday Thinking (It’s About Time, 2008) and in her leisure time is currently working on an NSF-curriculum called Learning Physical Science, which is intended to bring student-centered, process-oriented learning experiences to non-science majors enrolled in “traditional” physical science courses. Rebecca’s recent research publications include articles in Journal of Chemical Education, School Science & Mathematics, Journal for Research in Science Teaching, and a chapter in Educational Curricula: Development and Evaluation (Nova Science, 2008).
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