Louisa Stark

Organization/Institution

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

Homburger, S. A., Drits-Esser, D., Malone, M., Pompei, K., Breitenbach, K., Perkins, R. D., Anderson, P. C., Barber, N. C., Hawkins, A. J., Katz, S., Kelly, M., Starr, H., Bass, K. M., Roseman, J. E., Hardcastle, J., DeBoer, G., & Stark, L. A. (2019). Development and pilot testing of a three-dimensional, phenomenon-based unit that integrates evolution and heredity. Evolution: Education and Outreach, 12:13. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12052-019-0106-1.*
Evolution: DNA and the Unity of Life [Curriculum Unit]. Available: https://teach.genetics.utah.edu/content/evolution/and https://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/evolution/*
Exploring Genetics through Genetic Disorders [Curriculum Unit]. Available: https://teach.genetics.utah.edu/content/genetics/  
Drits-Esser, D. & Stark, L. A. (2015). The impact of collaborative curriculum design on teacher professional learning. Electronic Journal of Science Education, 19(8). http://ejse.southwestern.edu/article/view/15129/10097

Building High School Students’ Understanding of Evolution through Collection and Analysis of Data, Evidence-based Arguments, and an Understanding of Heredity

University of Utah (U of U)

09/01/2014

This project will address widespread misunderstandings related to evolution by developing and testing a new high school curriculum unit and assessment measures focusing on biological evolution. The new curriculum will integrate the three dimensions of the Next Generation Science Standards, the Common Core Mathematics standards on reasoning abstractly and quantitatively, and an English Language Arts standard for writing arguments focused on discipline-specific content.

Building High School Students’ Understanding of Evolution—Both Common Ancestry and Natural Selection—Through Mathematical Arguments, Evidence-based Explanations, and an Understanding of Heredity

University of Utah (U of U)

10/01/2012

The University of Utah will develop a plan for a model curriculum and associated assessments project that integrates science practices, crosscutting concepts, and core disciplinary ideas through the integration of mathematics and science and the application of appropriate educational technologies. The unit plan and prototype lessons will model ways in which quantitative literacy and the Common Core Standards of Mathematics can be addressed in the biology curriculum.

Building Middle School Students' Understanding of Heredity and Evolution

University of Utah (U of U)

09/01/2018

This project will develop and test the impact of heredity and evolution curriculum units for middle school grades that are aligned with the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). The project will advance science teaching by investigating the ways in which two curriculum units can be designed to incorporate science and engineering practices, cross-cutting concepts, and disciplinary core ideas, the three dimensions of science learning described by the NGSS. The project will also develop resources to support teachers in implementation of the new modules.