Andrew Elby Associate ProfessorPh.D.University of California, Berkeley(1995) Home People Andrew Elby Department: Department of Teaching and Learning, Policy and Leadership Division: STMECurriculum Vitae: Curriculum VitaeEmail Address: elby@umd.eduPhone Number: (301) 405-8188Location: 2226N Benjamin Building Research Interests Student & teacher epistemologies. Physics and engineering education. Elementary school teacher professional development. Bio Andy Elby studied Philosophy (M.Phil., University of Cambridge), Physics (M.A., University of California - Berkeley) and Philosophy of Physics (Ph.D., UC Berkeley), before turning to science education. He taught high school physics for several years before coming to the University of Maryland. Dr. Elby is best known for work with David Hammer on a "resources" based cognitive model of student and teacher epistemologies, and for research and curriculum development aimed at fostering both conceptual and epistemological development in introductory physics students. His more recent work focuses on connections between epistemologies and identity and emotions, and on "responsive" science teaching that builds on the substance of students' ideas and reasoning. Fellowships Spencer Foundation, Mid-Career Fellowship, 2016-17. Honors & Awards Faculty Mentoring award, College of Education, University of Maryland, 2018 Graduate Faculty Mentor of the Year Award, University of Maryland, 2012. Outstanding Reviewer (referee) award, AERA & AERJ (American Educational Research Journal – Teaching, Learning, and Human Development), 2011 Outstanding Referee Award, American Physical Society, 2009. Publications Please see my Google Scholar page or ResearchGate page. You can also see my article Elby, A. (2000). What students’ learning of representations tells us about constructivism. Journal of Mathematical Behavior, 19(4), 481-502, translated into Belorussian or Hindi Grants & Projects Changing how physics students approach learning with simulations: Research and development of PhET-based tutorials. NSF DUE-1245400. Principal Investigator: Andrew Elby; Co-Principal Investigator: Ayush Gupta. 06/15/2013 – 06/14/2018. Research on Practice Using STEM Inquiry Embedded with Computational Thinking in Elementary School. NSF DUE-1543061. Principal Investigator: Andrew Elby; Co-Principal Investigators: Ayush Gupta, Aman Yadav. 09/01/2015 – 08/31/2017. Collaborative Research: Integrating conceptual reasoning with mathematical formalism: Teaching and assessing mathematical sense-making in quantum mechanics. NSF DUE-1625797; Principal Investigator: Ayush Gupta; Co-Principal Investigators: Andrew Elby, Noah Finkelstein. 09/01/2016 – 08/31/2019. Preparing undergraduate 'learning assistants' to teach in design coursesNSF EEC-1733649; Principal Investigator: Andrew Elby; Co-Principal Investigator: Ayush Gupta, Chandra Turpen; 08/01/2017 – 07/31/2020. $399,804 Courses EDCI 604: Learning and Teaching in the Physical Sciences. Outreach course for local K-8 teachers.
