Jill MarshallJill Marshall

Associate Professor & Program Area Coordinator
Curriculum & Instruction
Science & Mathematics Education

Office: SZB 462E

Phone: (512) 232-9685
Fax: (512) 471-8460
E-Mail: marshall@mail.utexas.edu

Mailing Address

The University of Texas at Austin
Curriculum & Instruction
1 University Station
Austin, TX 78712-0379
UTMailCode: D5700

Office Hours

Monday: By appointment
Tuesday: 2:00-3:00
Wednesday: 3:30-4:30
Thursday: 2:00-3:00
Friday: By appointment

Profile

Dr. Jill A. Marshall is an assistant professor in the Science and Mathematics Education group. She received her BS in Physics from Stanford University in 1980 and her PhD in Physics from the University of Texas at Austin in 1984. She currently teaches professional development courses in the UTeach Natural Sciences certification program and graduate courses in Science and Mathematics Education. She has also developed an inquiry based physical science course that focuses on cognitive and pedagogical issues. Doctoral candidates under her supervision have investigated teachers views on equitable science teaching, mathematical modeling of motion, the use of Personal Response Systems in college science classrooms, and the validity of the TAKS exam. Her research interests include cognitive issues in learning and teaching physical science and gender issues in science, engineering, and technology. She was involved in the design and calibration of particle detectors for use in space for 10 years at Southwest Research Institute before becoming increasingly involved in science outreach and education. She held a position focused on physics education research at Utah State University before returning to her native Texas in 2000.

Terminal Degree

PhD Physics, UT Austin, 1984

Representative Publications

Marshall, J.A., Pine, B. & Taylor, W.W.L (2004). INSPIRE: A VLF radio project for high school students. The Physics Teacher, in press.

Marshall, J. & Young, E. S. (2006). Pre-service teachers’ theory development in physical and simulated environments, Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 43(9), pages forthcoming.

Marshall, J., Taylor, W., Pine, B. and Green, J. (2004). Authentic science experiences for high-school students: the INSPIRE example. Advances in Space Research, 34 (10), 2145-2152.

Marshall, J. (2004). Construction of meaning: Urban elementary students’ interpretation of geometric puzzles, Journal of Mathematical Behavior, 23(2), 169-182.

Marshall, J.A., Makar K., and Kazak, S. (2002). Young urban students’ conceptions of data uses, representation, and analysis. In D. Mewborn et al. (Eds), Proceedings of the 24th Annual Meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (Vol.3, pp.1293-1304), Columbus, OH: ERIC Clearinghouse for Science, Mathematics, and Environmental Education.

Recent Awards

  • Utah State University College of Science Teacher of the Year, 1997
  • Utah State University President’s Leadership Council Faculty Member of the Year, 1996-9
  • Who's Who Among America's Teachers, profiled in 5th Edition, 1998.
  • Who's Who Among America's Teachers, profiled in 7th edition, 2002.

Boards, Committees and Associations

  • American Association of Physics Teachers (Nominating Committee, Committee on Women in Physics)
  • Texas Section of the American Association of Physics Teachers (President Elect)
  • PhysTEC (Advisory Board Member), National Association for Research in Science Teaching
  • American Educational Research Association, American Geophysical Union
  • American Association for the Advancement of Science
  • Texas Physics Assessment Team
  • Center for Women & Gender Research (Affiliate)

Current Courses

Spring 2006:

EDC 384P Equity in Science

Mathematics & Technology Education

SCI 360 Physical Science (Physics by Inquiry)

Research Interests and Expertise

Cognitive issues in learning and teaching physical science and astronomy

Gender issues in science and science education

Last Updated : January 14th 2009, 09:44:20 AM


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