Q. Give some examples of publications by the Laboratory's associates.

While publications by the Laboratory and its associates number in excess of 100, here are a few that are representative and available at or through university libraries:
  1. Abrams, E., & Wandersee, J. H. (1992). How to use a concept map to identify student's biological misconceptions. Adaptation (New York Biology Teachers Association), 14(1):1, 4, 14, 16.

  2. Abrams, E., & Wandersee, J. H. (1995). How does biological knowledge grow? A study of life scientists' research practices. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 32(6), 649-663.

  3. Demastes, S., & Wandersee, J. H. (1992). Biological literacy in a college biology classroom. BioScience 42(1), 63-65.

  4. Mintzes, J. J., Trowbridge, J. E., Arnaudin, M. W., & Wandersee, J. H. Children's biology: Studies of conceptual development in the life sciences. (1991). In S. Glynn, R. Yeany, & B. Britton, (Eds.), The psychology of learning science (Chapter 8--pp. 179-202). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Earlbaum.

  5. Moncada, G. J., & Wandersee, J. H. (1993). Graphics and learning. Adaptation (New York Biology Teachers Association), 15(1), 3-4, 17.

  6. Roach, L. E., & Wandersee, J. H. (1993). Short story science. The Science Teacher 60(6), 18-21.

  7. Wandersee, J. H. (1987). Drawing concept circles: A new way to teach and test your students. Science Activities, 24(4), cover, 9-20.

  8. Wandersee, J. H. (1990). Concept mapping and the cartography of cognition. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 27(10), 1069-1075.

  9. Wandersee, J. H. (1994). Making high-tech micrographs meaningful to the biology student. In P. Fensham, R. Gunstone, & R. White (Eds.), The Content of Science: A Constructivist Approach to its Teaching and Learning (Chapter 12--pp. 161-176). London: Falmer Press.

  10. Wandersee, J. H., & Cummins, C. L. (1992). Using an interdisciplinary poster-newsletter to improve communication between university scientists and science educators. Journal of College Science Teaching, 22(2), 115-118.

  11. Wandersee, J. H., Mintzes, J. J., & Novak, J. D. (1994). Research on alternative conceptions in science. In D. Gabel (Ed.), Handbook of Research on Science Teaching and Learning : A Project of the National Science Teachers Association (Chapter 5--pp. 177-210). New York: Macmillan.

  12. Wandersee, J. H., Wissing, D. R., & Lange, C. T. (eds.). (1996). Bioinstrumentation: Tools for understanding life (325 pages). Reston, VA: National Association of Biology Teachers.

  13. Mintzes, J.J., Wandersee, J.H., & Novak, J.D. (Eds.). (1998). Teaching Science for Understanding : A Human Constructivist View (Educational Psychology Series). (360 pages) Orlando, FL: Academic Press.

  14. Britton, L. A., & Wandersee, J. H. (1997). Cutting up text to make moveable, magnetic diagrams: A way of teaching & assessing biological processes. The American Biology Teacher, 59(5), 288-291.

  15. Trowbridge, J. E., & Wandersee, J. H. (1997). Agassiz’s influence on marine science teaching. Current: The Journal of Marine Education, 14(3), 27-30.

  16. Hackney, M. W., & Wandersee, J. H. (1998). Observations about the writing of Dawkins, Gould, Mayr, Thomas, and Wilson: Notes of two metaphor watchers. Adaptation: The Journal of the New York Biology Teachers Association, 19(4), 9-13, 16-20.

  17. Griffard, P. B., & Wandersee, J. H. (1998). Teaching about scientist Barbara McClintock: Bridging molecular and organismal biology. Adaptation: The Journal of the New York Biology Teachers Association, 19(2), 8-11.

  18. Griffard, P. B., Flanagan, S., & Wandersee, J. H. (1999). The mystery of the disappearing nucleus: How student-made flipbooks can model dynamic biological processes. Adaptation: The Journal of the New York Biology Teachers Association, 20(2), 4-7.

  19. Tittlebaum, S. A., & Wandersee, J. H. (1999). Exploring the connections between seeing and doing: Some insights for science teachers and science museum educators. Adaptation: The Journal of the New York Biology Teachers Association, 20(4), 20-25.

  20. Wandersee, J. H., & Schussler, E. E. (1999). Guest Editorial: Preventing plant blindness. The American Biology Teacher, 61(2), 82, 84, 86.

  21. Wandersee, J. H. (1999). Eadweard Muybridge: Locomotion photographer. In J. Garraty & M. C. Carnes (Eds.), American National Biography (vol. 16, pp. 194-195). New York: Oxford University Press.

  22. Schussler, E. E. , & Wandersee, J. H. (1999). Lost plant! [a 40-page children's science picture book]. Victoria, BC: Trafford Publishing.

  23. Mintzes, J.J., Wandersee, J.H., & Novak, J.D. (Eds.). (2000). Assessing Science Understanding : A Human Constructivist View. (360 pages) Orlando, FL: Academic Press.

  24. Fisher, K. M., Wandersee, J. H., & Moody, D. (2000). Mapping Biology Knowledge (224 pages). Dordrecht, Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishing

  25. Ward, R. E., & Wandersee, J. H. (2001, January). Visualizing science using the Roundhouse diagram. Science Scope, 24(4), 17-21.

  26. Wandersee, J. H., & Schussler, E. E. (2001, Spring). Toward a theory of plant blindness. Plant Science Bulletin, 47(1), 2-9.

  27. Wandersee, J.H. (2001). High school biology instruction: Targeting deeper understanding for biological literacy. In J. Brophy (Ed.), Advances in research on teaching: Subject-specific instructional methods (vol. 8, pp. 187- 214). Amsterdam: JAI/Elsevier Science.

  28. Wood, W.B., Bloodgood, R.A., Colvard, M.P., Ehrman, P.G., Jungck, J., & Wandersee, J.H. (2002). National Research Council Biology Panel—Principal findings. In J.P. Golub, M.W. Bertenthal, J.B. Labov, & Curtis, P.C. (Eds.), Learning and Understanding: Improving Advanced Study of Mathematics and Science in U.S. High Schools (pp. 233-241). Washington, DC: National Academy Press.

  29. Hackney, M.W., & Wandersee, J.H. (2002). The power of analogy: Teaching biology with relevant classroom-tested activities. Reston, VA: National Association of Biology Teachers Press. [170 pages]

  30. Wandersee, J.H. (2003). Chapter 9: Fensham's lodestar criterion. In R. Cross (Ed.), A Vision of Science Education: Responding to the Work of Peter Fensham (pp. 117-127). London: RoutledgeFalmer.

  31. Wandersee, J.H., & Griffard, P.B. (2003). Chapter 2. The history of chemistry: Potential and actual contributions to chemical education. In J.K. Gilbert et al., (Eds.), Chemical Education: Towards Research-Based Practice (pp. 29-46). Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers.

  32. Wandersee, J.H., & Clary, R.M. (2004, July). College students' alternative conceptions about petrified wood: Implications for integration of geological and botanical knowledge. Botany 2004 Scientific Meeting Abstracts, p. 168. St. Louis, MO: Botanical Society of America.

  33. Wandersee, J.H., & Clary, R.M. (2004, July). A research-based model for developing an interpretive trail signage system about plants. Botany 2004 Scientific Meeting Abstracts, p. 168. St. Louis, MO: Botanical Society of America.

  34. Clary, R.M., & Wandersee, J.H. (2004). Geotourism meets geoeducation: A comparative study of three US fossil parks: 32nd International Geological Congress, Florence, Italy--electronic publication posted on-line on July 20, 2004. IGC Abstracts, 292-12, session G08-05.

  35. Clary, R.M., & Wandersee, J. H. (2005). Through the looking glass: The history of aquarium views and their potential to improve learning in science classrooms. Science and Education, 14(6), 579-596.

  36. Wandersee, J. H., & Clary, R. M. (2005). Invited book review of "Active Learning in Secondary and College Science Classrooms" by Joel A. Michael and Harold I. Modell. International Journal of Science Education, 27(8), 1007-1012.

  37. Wandersee, J.H., & Clary, R.M. (2006, January 10). On seeing Flowers: Are you missing anything? The Human Flower Project, Austin, TX. URL: http://www.humanflowerproject.com/index.php/weblog/on_seeing_flowers_are_you_missing_anything/

  38. Clary, R.M., & Wandersee, J. H. (2006). Mary Anning: She's more than "seller of seashells at the seashore." The American Biology Teacher, 68(3), 153-157.

  39. Wandersee, J. H., & Clary, R. M. (2006) Science in the curriculum. In F.W. English (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Educational Leadership and Administration, chapter in vol. 2. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publishing.

  40. Wandersee, J.H., & Clary, R. M. (2006). Interactive historical vignette: The scientific endeavors of Mary Anning, the first woman paleontologist. In K. Tobin (Ed.), Teaching and Learning Science: A Handbook, Chapter 34 in vol. 2., pp. 283-290. Westport, CT: Praeger.

  41. Wandersee, J.H. & Clary, R.M. (2006). Fieldwork: Trends and new directions in informal science education. Chapter 17 in Mintzes, J. J., and Leonard, W. (Eds.), NSTA Handbook of College Science Teaching: Theory, Research, Practice, pp. 167-176. Arlington, VA: NSTA Press.

  42. Wandersee, J.H. & Reuter, J.J.. (2006). Alternative conceptions: New directions and exemplars in college science education research . Chapter 30 in Mintzes, J. J., and Leonard, W. (Eds.), NSTA Handbook of College Science Teaching: Theory, Research, Practice. Arlington, VA: NSTA Press.

  43. Clary, R.M., & Wandersee, J.H. (book chapter in press). Great expectations: Florence Bascom (1862-1945) and the education of the first generation of US women geologists. In C. Burek (Ed.), The role of women in the history of geology. Bath, UK: The Geological Society of London.

  44. Wandersee, J.H. & Clary, R.M. (2006). Advances in research towards a theory of plant blindness. Chapter in the Proceedings of the 6th International Congress on Education in Botanic Gardens at Oxford University. London, England: Botanic Gardens Conservation International.

  45. Wandersee, J.H. & Clary, R.M. (2007, January 15). The Great Vine of England: All the Makings of a Marquee Plant, The Human Flower Project, Austin, TX. URL: http://www.humanflowerproject.com/index.php/weblog/marquee_plants_the_great_vine_of_england/

  46. Clary, R.M., Wandersee, J.H., & J. S. Elias. (in press). Does color-coding of examination versions affect college science students' test performance? Countering claims of bias. Journal of College Science Teaching.

  47. Wandersee, J.H., & Clary, R.M. (2007, March 9). The World's Oldest Potted Plant. The Human Flower Project, Austin, TX. URL: http://www.humanflowerproject.com/index.php/weblog/the_worlds_oldest_potted_plant/

  48. Clary, R.M. & Wandersee, J.H. (2007). A mixed methods analysis of the effects of an integrative geobiological study of petrified wood in introductory college geology classrooms. Journal of Research in Science Teaching 44 (8), 1011-1035.

  49. Wandersee, J.H. & Clary, R.M. (2007, January 15). The great vine of England: All the makings of a marquee plant, The Human Flower Project, Austin, TX. URL: http://www.humanflowerproject.com/index.php/weblog/marquee_plants_the_great_vine_of_england/

  50. Wandersee, J.H., & Clary, R.M. (2007, April 24). Palm ashes: Sacred recycling. The Human Flower Project, Austin, TX. URL: http://www.humanflowerproject.com/index.php/weblog/palm_ash_sacred_recycling/

  51. Wandersee, J.H., & Clary, R.M. (2007, June 29). T/F? U.S. men don't like flowers. The Human Flower Project, Austin, TX. URL: http://www.humanflowerproject.com/index.php/weblog/t_f_us_men_dont_like_flowers/

  52. Wandersee, J.H., & Clary, R.M. (2007, July 30). Plant names as portals to knowledge. The Human Flower Project, Austin, TX. URL: http://www.humanflowerproject.com/index.php/weblog/plant_names_as_portals_to_knowledge/

  53. Wandersee, J.H., & Clary, R.M. (2007, August 28). Catching and naming the floral spectrum. The Human Flower Project, Austin, TX. URL http://www.humanflowerproject.com/index.php/weblog/catching_naming_the_floral_spectrum/

  54. Wandersee, J.H., & Clary, R.M. (2007, October 3). Plants and child's play: Conkers season! The Human Flower Project, Austin, TX. URL: http://humanflowerproject.com/index.php/weblog/2007/10/

  55. Wandersee, J.H., & Clary, R.M. (2007, November 1). Not for all the tea in America! The Human Flower Project, Austin, TX. URL: http://www.humanflowerproject.com/index.php/weblog/not_for_all_the_tea_in_the_usa/

  56. Wandersee, J.H., & Clary, R.M. (2007, November 28). Harvard's flowers for all seasons. The Human Flower Project, Austin, TX. URL: http://www.humanflowerproject.com/index.php/weblog/harvards_flowers_for_all_seasons/

  57. Wandersee, J.H., & Clary, R.M. (2008, January 13). Behold the Wollemi Pine! The Human Flower Project, Austin, TX. URL: http://www.humanflowerproject.com/index.php/weblog/behold_the_wollemi_pine/

  58. Clary, R.M, & Wandersee, J.H.. (2008). Marquee fossils: Using local specimens to integrate geology, biology, and environmental science. The Science Teacher 75(1), 44-50.

  59. Wandersee, J.H., & Clary, R.M. (2008, February 2). 106 million players: Super turf 2008. The Human Flower Project, Austin, TX. URL: http://www.humanflowerproject.com/index.php/weblog/106_million_players_super_turf_2008/

  60. Wandersee, J.H. & Clary, R.M. (2008, March 6). Chicory: The root of today's coffee break. The Human Flower Project, Austin, TX. URL: http://www.humanflowerproject.com/index.php/weblog/chicory_the_root_of_todays_coffee_break/

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