Christopher G. Wright
Assistant Professor
School of Education
Drexel University
United States of America
Biography
Christopher G. Wright is an Assistant Professor in the School of Education’s Teaching, Learning and Curriculum Program. His research interests include engineering & science education, urban education, and elementary teacher education. Wright most recently presented a paper on “Exploring ways to help urban elementary students meet the language and literacy demands of collaborative engineering design†at the Annual International Conference of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching
Research Interest
Elementary Teacher Education, Engineering & Science Education
Publications
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Wendell, K., Kendall, A., Portsmore, M., Wright, C.G., Jarvin, L., & Rogers, C. (2014). Embedding elementary school science instruction in engineering design problem solving. In S. Purzer, J. Strobel, & M. Cardella (Eds.), Engineering in pre-college settings: Synthesizing research, policy, and practice (pp. 143-162). West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University Press.
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Wright, C.G (2011). "Seeing as sound travels everywhere:" African American boys learning to see sound transmission through the analysis of invented representations. Journal of African American Males in Education, 2(1), 81-91.
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Wright, C.G (in press). Constructing collaborative critique-learning environment for exploring science through improvisational performance. Urban Education.
