教育: BS in 物理, Kansas State University, 2003; MS, Kansas State University, 2004. PhD, University of Colorado, Boulder, 2013. At SPU since 2012.
卡拉灰色 teaches physics content courses and courses designed to prepare learning assistants to teach. Prior to coming to SPU, Dr. Gray worked with the 物理 Education Research Group at CU-Boulder, where she focused on the Colorado Learning Assistant Model for preparing undergraduates to assist students in introductory STEM courses. As an undergraduate, Dr. Gray worked with the Kansas State University 物理 Education Research Group.
Dr. Gray’s research interests align closely with her teaching responsibilities. She is interested in how to improve student learning and engagement using courses designed from constructivist and scientific inquiry perspectives with an emphasis on student model building. Her research also focuses on preparing teachers to teach energy as presented by the Next Generation Science Standards — with an emphasis on elementary teachers. Dr. Gray’s work tends to emphasize formative assessment as a teaching philosophy that focuses on grounding instruction in students’ ideas.
Selected publications
- 灰色,K. E.韦布，D. C., & 奥特罗,V. K. (2012). Effects of the learning assistant experience on in-service teachers’ practices. 在N. S. 雷贝罗,P. V. 恩格尔哈特, & C. 辛格(Eds.), 物理 Education Research Conference 2012 (pp. 199–202). Melville, NY: AIP Conference Proceedings 1413. doi: doi: 10.1063/1.3680029
- 灰色,K. E.W .亚当斯. K.维曼，C. E., & 帕金斯,K. K. (2008). Students know what physicists believe, but they don’t agree: A study using the CLASS survey. Physical Review Special Topics - 物理 Education Research, 4(2), 020106. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.4.020106
- 奥特罗,V. K., & 灰色,K. E. (2007). Learning to think like scientists with the PET Curriculum. 在L. McCullough, L. 许, & P. 鹭(Eds.), 物理 Education Research Conference 2007 (pp. 160–163). Melville, NY: AIP Conference Proceedings 951.