Barbara Hug

Activities & Honors

• University of Illinois Undergraduate Teaching Award, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2010-2011
• Undergraduate Teaching Award, College of Education, 2007-
• Early Research Affiliate, Project 2061, 2005-2007

Research Statement

My work focuses on developing and using curriculum materials that support inquiry learning in science. There exists a need to develop curriculum materials that allow teachers and students to engage in the teaching and learning of science as described in the national reform documents. Much of my work to date has addressed this need by working on developing materials that allow students to engage in extended inquiry investigations. I am interested in understanding the inquiry practices of the students as they engage in extended investigations and what learning occurs. My research has begun to look at the supports that are needed by both the teachers and students as they engage in inquiry practices. My current work is done in a collaborative manner with teachers, scientists, and graduate students and includes examining both professional development and classroom environments.

Grants

• Principal Investigator, Project NEURON (Novel Education for Understanding Research On Neuroscience), National Institutes of Health, 2009-2014
• Senior Personnel, Entrepreneurial Leadership in STEM Teaching & Learning (EnLiST), National Science Foundation, 2009-2013
• Senior Personnel, I-LLINI Partnerships: Lifelong Learning IN Illinois for 21st Century Teachers, Illinois Board of Higher Education, 2007-2011
• Advisor, The Illinois Critical Technologies Partnership, Illinois State Board of Education, 2007-2009
• Principal Investigator, Mathematics Science Partnership: Sense-Making in Science and Mathematics, Illinois State Board of Education, 2007-2012
• Principal Investigator, Examining Firsthand and Secondhand Experiences: Understanding Investigative Design, Data Collection and Analysis in Science Learning as Practiced in the Classroom, Campus Research Board, 2006-2007
• Principal Investigator, A Learning Progression for Scientific Modeling, National Science Foundation (Northwestern University), 2006-2011
• Principal Investigator, Collaborative Research: Developing the Next Generation of Middle School Science Materials -- Investigating and Questioning Our World through Science and Technology, National Science Foundation (Northwestern University), 2004-2008

Publications

• Planey, J. & Hug, B. (2012). Establishing Media Awareness in the Classroom: A Pyramid of Sources. The Science Teacher, 79 (1): 37-40.
• Blattner, M., Hug, B., Watson, P., Korol, D. (2012). The Guppy Game: Understanding the big ideas of natural and sexual selection. The Science Teacher 79:(5) 32-37.
• Kenyon, L., Davis, B, & Hug, B. (2011). Design approaches to support preservice teachers in scientific modeling, Journal of Science Teacher Education, 22: 1-21. (published on-line December 2010).
• Muskin, J., Wattnem, J., & Hug, B. (2010). Linking science, technology, and society by examining the impact of nanotechnology on a local community. In R.Yager (Ed.), Exemplary science for resolving societal challenges (pp. 83-92). Arlington, VA: NSTA Press.
• Schwarz, C., Reiser, B., Davis, B., Kenyon, L., Acher, A., Fortus, D., Shwartz, Y., Hug, B., & Krajcik, J. (2009). Developing a learning progression of scientific modeling: Making scientific modeling accessible and meaningful for learners. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 46, 632-654.
• Kenyon, L, Schwarz, C & Hug, B. (October 2008). The benefits of scientific modeling, Science and Children, 46 (2), 40-44.
• Hug, B., & McNeill, K. (2008). First and second hand experiences in science: Does data type influence classroom conversations? International Journal of Science Education. 30(13), 1725-1751.
• Muskin, J., Wattnem, J., Ragusa, M., & Hug, B. (2008). Real Science or Marketing Hype? Science Teacher, 74 (4), 57-61.
• Hug, B. (2008). Re-examining the practice of dissection: What does it teach?, Journal of Curriculum Studies, 40 (1), 91-105.

Links

• Project NEURON