Tina Grotzer

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Tina Grotzer is an Assistant Professor of Education at Harvard's Graduate School of Education and a Principal Investigator at Harvard's Project Zero. She directs the Understandings of Consequence Project, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF). Her current funded research includes a follow-up NSF grant, "Learning to RECAST Students' Causal Assumptions in Science through Interactive, Multimedia Professional Development Tools." She serves on the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Panel on Reasoning and Evidence in Science and on the Editorial Advisory Board for Studies in Science Education. She publishes in both academic journals and teacher-oriented publications and is deeply committed to helping teachers use the knowledge gained through research. She is the lead author of the Causal Patterns on Science series of curriculum guides. She collaborates with scientists from organizations such as the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Institute of Ecosystem Studies, and the Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. Prior to her work at Harvard, she taught in public and private schools for 14 years. She contributes to the intellectual direction of the project, particularly as it pertains to the challenges of teaching ecosystems concepts and will participate actively in these phases of the project, including conceptual design of the environment, interactions with teachers, and the assessment of student understanding.

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