Cheryl L. Mason

Cheryl L. Mason (Co-PI) NSEUS (National Study of Education in Undergraduate Science) funded by the National Science Foundation.  

This $2.1 million, 5-year project (2006-2011) focuses on critical needs in the undergraduate preparation and long-term professional development of K-6 teachers of science. The goal is to investigate the impact on these students of undergraduate, standards-based, reformed science courses developed by faculty in the NASA Opportunities for Visionary Academics (NOVA) professional development model. Thirty reform and 30 comparison undergraduate science courses from a national population of 101 diverse institutions, stratified by institutional type, will be selected and compared in a professional development impact design model. CRMSE’s Dr. Cheryl Mason and MSED first-year doctoral student, Corinne Lardy, will serve as the western region research team for NSEUS, collecting data from study institutions within the Western United States, as well as helping to coordinate larger aspects of the project as a whole.