Positions

Overview

  • After getting a master's in science education from East Carolina University, Amy Taylor taught in NC public schools for over ten years. She graduated from NC State University with a doctorate in science education and is now an assistant professor in the Dept. of Elementary, Middle Level, and Literacy Education.

    • Selected Publications

    Academic Article

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    2022-06-01 Phases of the Moon: As simple as ABCDE: Teaching the phases of the moon to first graders using patterns..  Science Activities..  2022-06-01
    2019-09-01 Island Ecology for Educators: An interdisciplinary course bridging science and education through interactive community partnerships.  Journal of College Science Teaching.  49:24-30. 2019-09-01
    2019-01-01 Island Ecology for Educators: An interdisciplinary course bridging science and education through interactive community partnerships..  Journal of College Science Teaching..  2019-01-01
    2019-01-01 Swinging into Art with Pendulum Paintings..  Science Activities..  2019-01-01
    2016-01-01 “I could see myself as a scientist”: The Potential of Out-of-School-Time Programs to Influence Girls’ Identities in Science..  Afterschool Matters.  23. 2016-01-01
    2015-01-01 Precollege nanotechnology education: a different kind of thinking..  Nanotechnology Reviews.  4:117-127. 2015-01-01
    2014-01-01 Close the Textbook, Open the Cell Image Library..  American Biology Teacher.  76:201-206. 2014-01-01
    2014-01-01 Using Virtual Globes to Pinpoint Watershed Pollution..  The Science Teacher.  81:51-55. 2014-01-01
    2013-02-01 Students' and teachers' applications of surface area to volume relationships.  Research in Science Education.  2013-02-01
    2013-02-01 Students' and teachers' applications of surface area to volume relationships.  Research in Science Education.  2013-02-01
    2009-06-01 Proportional reasoning ability and concepts of scale: Surface area to volume relationships in science.  International Journal of Science Education.  31:1231-1247. 2009-06-01
    2009-04-01 Developing a Sense of Scale: Looking Backward.  Journal of Research in Science Teaching.  46:460-475. 2009-04-01
    2008-11-01 Creativity, Inquiry, or Accountability? Scientists' and teachers' perceptions of science education.  Science Education.  92:1058-1075. 2008-11-01
    2008-03-01 Bumpy, Sticky, Shaky: Nanoscale Science and the Curriculum.  Science Scope.  31:28-35. 2008-03-01
    2008-02-01 Experienced and novice teachers’ Concepts of spatial scale..  International Journal of Science Education.  30:409-429. 2008-02-01
    2007-04-01 Understanding scale: Powers of Ten.  Journal of Science Education and Technology.  16:191-202. 2007-04-01
    2000-03-01 The effect of traditional classroom assessment on science learning and understanding of the processes of science.  Journal of Elementary Science Education.  12:19-32. 2000-03-01
    1997-04-01 Hands-in Science.  National Science Teachers Association.  20:16-17. 1997-04-01

    Book

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    2021-01-01 Examining Covid-19 with Young Learners: An Interdisciplinary Inquiry Design Model Approach..  Teachers College Press.. 2021-01-01
    2009-06-01 Extreme Science: From Nano to the Galactic.  National Science Teachers Association. 2009-06-01
    2007-04-01 Nanoscale Science.  National Science Teacher Association. 2007-04-01

    Chapter

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    2021-01-01 Examining Covid-19 with Young Learners: An Interdisciplinary Inquiry Design Model Approach -- Post-Pandemic Social Studies: How Covid 19 has changed the world and how we teach.  Teachers College Press. 2021-01-01
    2020-09-01 Island Ecology for Educators: The intersection of ecosystems content, coastal environmental education, and technology -- Building STEM Skills Through Environmental Education.  IGI Global. 219-243. 2020-09-01
    2019-01-01 Island Ecology for Educators: The intersection of ecosystems content, coastal environmental education, and technology.  IGI Global.. 2019-01-01
    2018-01-01 Leveraging Parent Chaperones to Support Youths’ Learning During an Out-of-School Field Trip to a Marine Science Field Station..  Springer Publication.. 2018-01-01

    Document

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    2020-01-01 Science fair buddies: A course-embedded partnership on experimental design.  PDS Partners. 2020-01-01

    Newsletter

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    2010-04-01 Wanted: More Science.  Kidsville News. 2010-04-01

    Presentations

    Research Overview

  • Amy has conducted research about how students and teachers learn and understand scale/surface area to volume concepts. She has worked extensively with Dr. Gail Jones at NC State in the field of nanotechnology education and their second book explores how to each extreme scale (the very small and very large concepts covered in science). She is currently interested in how elementary methods students understand and use science teaching strategies.

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    Teaching Overview

  • Amy's teaching interests include teaching elementary education majors science methods to include in their future classrooms.

    • Full Name

  • Amy R Taylor