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Big XII Faculty Fellowship Program

Anthony Petrosino-Assistant Professor, College of Education


Dr. Petrosino worked with the following faculty of the School of Education, University of Colorado at Boulder while visiting as a Big XII Faculty Fellow.
Ron Anderson
Ronald Anderson is professor of education with a focus on science education. His research centers on policy issues in science education and science education reform. In addition to science education, his teaching interests include educational reform.

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Hilda Borko
Hilda Borko is professor of education and chair of the educational psychology program area. Dr. Borko's research explores teacher cognition and the process of learning to teach, with an emphasis on changes in novice and experienced teachers' knowledge and beliefs about teaching, learning, and assessment; classroom practices; and professional identities as they participate in reform-based teacher education and professional development programs.

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Mitch Nathan
Dr. Mitchell Nathan is associate professor of education and a specialist in adult and child cognition, mathematical reasoning and development, teacher cognition, and design of technology-based learning environments. His publications include "Teachers and Researchers Beliefs about the Development of Algebraic Reasoning" (with K. Koedinger) and "The Impact of Theories of Learning on Learning Environment Design."

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Valerie Otero
Valerie Otero is assistant professor of science education. Dr. Otero's research explores the dynamic nature of the learning environment and how it influences (and is influenced by) the evolution of students' ideas. She also studies prospective and practicing teachers' conceptions of students' prior knowledge, and teachers' conceptions of the use of students' prior knowledge for teaching and learning. Her teaching interests are in the areas of elementary science methods, the nature of science, and physics for prospective elementary teachers.

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Lorrie A. Shepard
Lorrie Shepard is professor of education and chair of the Research and Evaluation Methodology program area. Dr. Shepard is currently dean of the School of Education. Her research focuses on psychometrics and the use and misuse of tests in educational settings. Technical topics include validity theory, standard setting, and statistical models for detecting test bias. Her studies evaluating test use include identification of learning disabilities, readiness screening for kindergarten, grade retention, teacher testing, effects of high-stakes testing, and classroom assessment.

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Michael A. Eisenberg
Michael A. Eisenberg is associate professor in Department of Computer Science. Dr. Eisenberg's research explores Educational computing; Mathematics and Science Education; Learnability of programming languages; Scientific computation.

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