
ERIC M. HOWE |
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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