Deborah Hanuscin

Professional Title

Assistant Professor

Organization/Institution

About Me (Bio)

I received my PhD from Indiana University in 2004, then worked at the University of Missouri, where I held a joint appointment in the Department of Physics & Astronomy and in Learning Teaching, & Curriculum. I relocated to Western Washington University in 2017, where I work in the Departments of Elementary Education and Science, Math, & Technology Education.

Citations of DRK-12 or Related Work (DRK-12 work is denoted by *)

Hanuscin, D. Cisterna, D. & Lipsitz, K. (2018). Elementary teachers’ pedagogical content knowledge for teaching the structure and properties of matter. Journal of Science Teacher Education, 29(8), 665-692.

Developing and Validating Assessments to Measure and Build Elementary Teachers' Content Knowledge for Teaching about Matter and Its Interactions within Teacher Education Settings (Collaborative Research: Hanuscin)

Western Washington University (WWU)

07/01/2018

The fundamental purpose of this project is to examine and gather initial validity evidence for assessments designed to measure and build kindergarten-fifth grade science teachers' content knowledge for teaching (CKT) about matter and its interactions in teacher education settings.

QuEST: Quality Elementary Science Teaching

University of Missouri

08/15/2013

This project is examining an innovative model of situated Professional Development (PD) and the contribution of controlled teaching experiences to teacher learning and, as a result, to student learning. The project is carrying out intensive research about an existing special PD summer institute (QuEST) that has been in existence for more than five years through a state Improving Teacher Quality Grants program.