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Dennis S. Kubasko, Jr.

Secondary Program Coordinator

Assistant Professor for Secondary Science Education

Watson School of Education
Education Education Building 373
Office Hours
(910) 962-3367 Phone
(910) 962-3609 Fax
kubaskod@uncw.edu

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Title: Nanoscale Science: Tiny Science, Big Ideas. Gail Jones, Mike Falvo, Dennis Kubasko, Amy Taylor, Jenn Forrester, Grant Gardiner, Denise Krebs, and Laura Robertson.  PowerPoint Presentation upon request

Recent presentation at the NC-ACTE Teacher Education Forum, North Hilton Raleigh, Raleigh, NC, September 20 - 21, 2007

Title: Challenging Pre-service Interns to Collaborate: Interdisciplinary Teaching in a Reform-Minded Secondary Setting. Dennis Kubasko and Robert Smith. PowerPoint Presentation

North Carolina Science Teachers Association Outstanding Student Teacher in Science Awards

Student teachers who have completed their internship and have exhibited excellence in science teaching.
The award at the high school level is awarded to UNCW Secondary Science MAT graduate, Julie Ryan (pictured in the middle).

http://www.ncsta.org/awards/awards2007/index.html

Highlights

Service: Director of the 2007 Wilmington Regional Science Olympiad.

Publication:  Kubasko, D. S., Jones, M. G., Tretter, T., & Andre, T. (2007). "Remote Atomic Force Microscopy of Microscopic Organisms: Technological Innovations for Hands-On Science with Middle and High School Students."  International Journal of Science Education (in press).

Publication:  Dickerson, J. & Kubasko, D. S. (2007). "Digital Microscopes: Enhancing Student Collaboration and Engagement in Secondary Biology Classrooms with Information Technologies." Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education - Science (in press).

Publication:  Smith, R. W. & Kubasko, D. S. (2006). "The Potential for New Teachers’ Use of Technology to Change Teaching and Learning." Teaching & Learning: The Journal of Natural Inquiry and Reflective Practice 20(2).

Publication:  Jones, M. G., Andre, T., Kubasko, D. S., Tretter, T., Bokinsky, A., Negishi, A., Taylor, R., and Superfine, R. (2004).  "Remote Atomic Force Microscopy of Microscopic Organisms: Technological Innovations for Hands-On Science with Middle and High School Students." Science Education 88(1): 55-71.

Publication:  Veal, W. R., Kubasko, D. S., & Fullager, P. (2002).  "Web based course on Earth and environmental science for preservice and inservice teachers." Journal of Science Teacher Education 13(2): 131-146.

Grant:  UNC Wilmington, Information Technology Systems Division, Committee on Information Technology Innovations Award Recipient.  “Integration of Digital USB Microscopes in Science and Technology Education for Lab Instruction and Outreach”, $3,400, Digital USB Microscopes

Conference Presentations: ASTE, Mid-Atlantic ASTE, NARST, AERA, AACTE, NC Teacher Ed Forum, NC-TLT, and NCSTA.

Presentation at the Joint North American, European and South American Symposium on Science and Technology Literacy, Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru, Lima , Peru, May 31 - June 4, 2006. Rich Huber, Dennis Kubasko, and Jeremy Dickerson.
Title: Changing the Way We Teach Science: Using Internet-based Data Visualization Tools to Access and Interact with Authentic Environmental Data. Call for papers, PowerPoint Presentation and Paper.

Dissertation: The impact of live experiments verses interactive replay of experiments on students’ science concepts and attitudes. UNC-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC.

1996 Pennsylvania State University College of Education Outstanding New Graduate Award