Dr. Renee' Schwartz | Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences

3139 Wood Hall | Phone: (269) 387-5660 | FAX: (269) 387-2909 | r.schwartz@wmich.edu

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Publications

Brown, M., & Schwartz, R. S. (in press). Connecting Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration: Pre-Service Teachers’ Conceptions, Journal of Research in Science Teaching.

Schwartz, R. S., & Gess-Newsome, J. (2008). Elementary science specialists: A pilot study of current models and a call for participation in the research, The Science Educator. 17(2), 19-30.

Schwartz, R. S. & Lederman, N. (2008). What scientists say: Scientists’ views of nature of science and relation to science context. International Journal of Science Education, 30(6), 721-771.

Schwartz, R. S. (2007). What’s in a Word? How Word Choice Can Develop (Mis)conceptions About the Nature of Science. Science Scope, 31(2), 42-47.   

Schwartz, R. S., Lederman, N. G., & Crawford, B. A. (2004). Developing views of nature of science in an authentic context: An explicit approach to bridging the gap between nature of science and scientific inquiry. Science Education, 88(4), 610-645.

Schwartz, R. S., & Crawford, B. A. (2004). Authentic Scientific Inquiry as a Context for Teaching Nature of Science: Identifying Critical Elements for Success. In Flick, L. & Lederman, N. (Eds). Scientific Inquiry and Nature of Science: Implications for Teaching, Learning, and Teacher Education, Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers.

Schwartz, R. S., & Lederman, N. G. (2002). “It’s the nature of the beast”: The influence of knowledge and intentions on  learning and teaching of nature of science. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 39(3), 205-236.

Lederman, N. G., Abd-El-Khalick, F., Bell, R. L., & Schwartz, R. S. (2002). Views of Nature of Science Questionnaire (VNOS): Toward Valid and Meaningful Assessment of Learners’ Conceptions of Nature of Science. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 39(6), 497-521.

Lederman, N. G., Schwartz, R. S., Abd-El-Khalick, F., & Bell, R. L. (2001). Preservice Teachers’ Understanding and Teaching of the Nature of Science: An Intervention Study. The Canadian Journal of Science, Mathematics, and Technology Education, 1(2), 135-160.

Schwartz, R. S., Abd-El-Khalick, F., & Lederman, N. G. (2000). The effectiveness of elementary science specialists in promoting science literacy. School Science and Mathematics, 100(4), 181-194.

Schwartz, R.S., Lederman, N.G., & Smith, M. (1999). Modeling success during Earth science week. Science Scope, 23, 36-37.

Schwartz, R.S., & Curran, J.F. (1997). Analyses of frameshifting at UUU-pyrimidine sites, Nucleic Acids Research, 25, 2005-2011.

Schwartz, R. S., & Curran, J. F. (1994). Codon and context usage control frameshifting at phenylalanine codons. Abstracts of the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory conference on Translational Control.

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