Cindy Passmore
Professor
Research Interests
Science Education; Secondary Education
Education
Ph.D., Curriculum and Instruction – University of Wisconsin, Madison – 2002
Awards and Honors
- Inquiry Into Practice, National Science Foundation
- Collaborative Learning at the Interface of Mathematics and Biology (CLIMB), National Science Foundation
- Collaborative Classroom-Based Inquiry (CCBI), National Science Foundation
- Early Career Research Affiliate. the Center for Curriculum Materials in Science
Current Activities and Service
- Member. Science/Math Initiative task force, University of California System. 2005-present.
- Manuscript Review. Corwin Press. 2005.
- Freshmen Seminar Instructor, Fall 2003 & Fall 2004
- Senate Representative Assembly, SOE representative, Fall 2003-2005
- Junior Science and Humanities Symposium, Judge, Spring 2003, Fall 2003, Fall 2004
- California Math Science Teaching Steering Committee Member, Fall 2004-present
- UC Davis Cal Teach Steering Committee Member Spring 2005-present
- Reviewer. Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE). 2003.
- Conference Proposal Review. American Educational Research Association. 2002-present.
- Conference Proposal Review. National Association for Research in Science Teaching. 2002-present.
- Member. American Educational Research Association
- Member. National Association for Research in Science Teaching
- Member. National Science Teachers Association
- Member. Association for the Education of Teachers of Science
“Implementing the Next Generation Science Standards: How Your Classroom Is Framed Is as Important as What You Do in It”
NSTA Blog - November 10, 2014
Cindy Passmore, associate professor of science education, wrote a guest entry on the National Science Teachers Association’s NSTA Blog on November 10, 2014.
Modeling Scientific Practice in High School Biology: Creating a Next Generation Instructional Resource
November 2013
With funding from the National Science Foundation, Cindy Passmore, professor of science education at the UC Davis School of Education, Julia Gouvea, a researcher in the School of Education, Arthur Beauchamp, director of the Sacramento Area Science Project, and Rick Grosberg, founding director of the Coastal and Marine Sciences Research Institute, are leading a three-year $1.963 million effort to design an online resource of curriculum and embedded professional development to support high school biology teachers in the implementation of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). Ultimately, the project could result in a national model for high school biology instruction.
UC Davis receives $1.6 million grant to aid K-12 students
Sacramento Bee, July 10, 2012
UC Davis has received a $1.6 million grant from the S.D. Bechtel Jr. Foundation that will allow it to improve science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education in schools throughout Davis and Dixon.
“We want to provide (children), as future citizens, with a lens into what it is that scientists actually do,” said Cindy Passmore, the UC Davis associate professor who is leading the project. “The exposure will help them make an informed choice about whether they want to go into (science and math) fields or not.”
$1.6 million grant to raise STEM achievement in K-12 schools
UC Davis News Service Release - July 9, 2012
Cindy Passmore
Science is not boring, so why do so many middle and high school students think it is? According to Cindy Passmore, assistant professor and an expert on science education, students most often experience science in school as the memorization of facts and procedures with little practical utility or intellectual interest.
“This results in an impoverished view of science as an intellectual enterprise,” said Passmore.
