ERIC M. HOWE
ERIC M. HOWE
Assistant Professor of Education (2004)

B.S., University of Colorado, Boulder, 1989
M.B.A., Indiana University, 1992
M.A.T., Colgate University, Biology Education, 2000
Ph.D., Western Michigan University, Science Education, 2004
Ph.D. Thesis Title: "Using the History of Research on Sickle-Cell Anemia to Affect Students' Conceptions of the Nature of Science"

Sample of Publications

Howe, E.M. & Rudge, D.W. Recapitulating the History of Sickle-Cell Anemia Research: Improving Students’ NOS Views Explicitly and Reflectively. Science & Education – Forthcoming in 2005.

Rudge, D.W. & Howe, E.M. An Explicit and Reflective Approach to the Use of History of Research on Sickle-Cell Anemia to Promote Understanding of the Nature of Science. In McComas, W.F. (ed.) The Nature of Science in Science Education: Rationales and Strategies (2nd. Edition). Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands.- accepted for publication

Rudge, D.W. & Howe, E.M.: 2004, ‘How to Use History of Science to Promote Student Understanding of Nature of Science’, The Science Teacher 71(9), 51-57.

Howe, E.M. (2003, August). Recapitulating the history of sickle-cell anemia research: Improving students’ NOS views explicitly and reflectively (21 pp.). In D. Metz (ed.) Proceedings of the Seventh International History, Philosophy Science Teaching Group Meeting, (Winnipeg, Canada).

Howe, E.M. Untangling Sickle-cell Anemia and the Discovery of Heterozygote Protection. Submitted to Science and Education January, 2005.

Sample of Presentations

"Recapitulating the History of Sickle-Cell Anemia Research: Improving Students Nature of Science Conceptions Explicitly and Reflectively." 7th International History, Philosophy and Science Teaching Conference, Winnepeg, Manitoba, 2003.

"Using the History of Research on Sickle-Cell Anemia to Affect Preservice Teachers’ Conceptions of the Nature of Science." International Conference of The Association for the Education of Teachers in Science, St. Louis, MO, February 1, 2003

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