Pamela S. Lottero-Perdue

Pamela S. Lottero-Perdue , Ph.D., is Professor of Science and Engineering Education in the Department of Physics, Astronomy & Geosciences at Towson University. She has the privilege of teaching future educators methods and content courses that focus on science and engineering. Her research includes investigating how children plan, fail, and productively persist, and how simulated classroom environments can be used to help those who teach science and engineering practice facilitating challenging discussions.

Publications

Preservice Teachers Noticing and Positioning Students as “Knowers” in Equitable Scientific Argumentation-Based Discussions
Preservice Teachers Noticing and Positioning Students as “Knowers” in Equitable Scientific Argumentation-Based Discussions
Amanda Benedict-Chambers, Lauren Madden, Pamela S. Lottero-Perdue, Jamie N. Mikeska, Meredith Park Rogers. © 2023. 14 pages.
This study investigated how preservice elementary teachers' (PSTs) noticed the discourse practices they used to position students and their scientific thinking as they...