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Faculty Research Profiles: David Brown

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Curriculum & Instruction
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Research Biography

David Brown’s research focuses on the dynamics of instructional interactions in science. This research focus is informed by a complex dynamic systems perspective on the various dynamics involved with instructional interactions, including social, affective, and particularly conceptual dynamics. Instructional contexts include classroom instruction, tutoring, and technology assisted instruction. A current focus draws on this theoretical perspective in the design of online instructional environments.

Degrees

  • Ed.D., Science Education, University of Massachusetts, 1987
  • M.Ed., Science Education, University of Massachusetts, 1984
  • B.S., Physics/Systems Analysis, Taylor University, 1980

Key Professional Appointments

  • Associate Professor, Curriculum and Instruction, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1996--
  • Assistant Professor, Curriculum and Instruction, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1990-1996
  • Postdoctoral Research Associate, Physics Department, University of Massachusetts, 1987-1990

Activities & Honors

  • Research Board Grant Awardee, UIUC Research Board, 2007-2008
  • Editorial Board Member, International Journal of Science Education, 2007
  • Reviewer, Science Education, 2007
  • Reviewer, International Journal of Science Education, 2004
  • Reviewer, Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2004
  • Reviewer, Science Education, 2004
  • Reviewer, Cambridge University Press, 2004
  • Editorial Board Member, International Journal of Science Education, 2003
  • Field Reviewer, Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2003
  • Field Reviewer, Science Education, 2003
  • Faculty Fellow, Interpretive Microanalyses of Student Science Inquiry, College of Education, 1997-1998

Grants

  • Principal Investigator, Traditional Faculty Fellow: Dynamics of Online Instructional Interactions: Research on an Online Environment to Help Elementary Teachers Better Understand the Science Ideas They Teach, Bureau of Educational Research, 2008
  • Co-Principal Investigator, ITR: Multimodal Human Computer Interaction: Toward a Proactive Computer, National Science Foundation (Beckman Institute at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), 2000

Selected Publications

  • Clement, J. J. & Brown, D. E. (in press). Using analogies and models in instruction to deal with students’ preconceptions.  In J. J. Clement, Creative Model Construction In Scientists And Students:  The Role Of Analogy, Imagery, And Mental Simulation. New York: Springer.
  • Brown, D. E., & Hammer, D. (in press). Conceptual change in physics.  In S. Vosniadou (Ed.), International Handbook of Research on Conceptual Change. London: Routledge.
  • Chin, C. & Brown, D. E. (2006). Learning in science: A comparison of deep and surface approaches. In J. Gilbert (Ed.). Science Education: Major Themes in Education, Vol. III (Teaching and learning in science education), pp. 155-194 (ch. 47). London: Routledge.
  • Chin, C., & Brown, D. E. (2000). Learning deeply in science: An analysis and reintegration of deep approaches in two case studies of grade 8 students. Research in Science Education, 30(2), 173-197.
  • Leander, K., & Brown, D. E. (1999). "You understand, but you don't believe it": Tracing the stabilities and instabilities of interaction in a physics classroom through a multidimensional framework. Cognition and Instruction, 17(1), 93-135.