David Hammer
Professor
Department of Education
Tufts University
United States of America
Biography
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, Science and Mathematics Education M.A., University of California, Berkeley, Physics B.A., Princeton University, Physics
Research Interest
David started at Tufts in 1992, as an assistant professor of Education. He left in 1998 to be a professor of physics and curriculum & instruction at the University of Maryland, but he couldn't stay away—he's been back since 2010. His research is mainly in science education, K-16, and in that mainly in physics, including in his own teaching—David teaches in the Physics as well as in Education. Since coming to Tufts he's been working with the CEEO in engineering education research. Throughout he's focused on intuitive "epistemologies," how instructors interpret and respond to student thinking, and resource-based models of knowledge and reasoning
Publications
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Dini, V. & Hammer, D. (2017). Case study of a successful learner’s epistemological framings of quantum mechanics. Physical Review Physics Education Research. Link to article.
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Sikorski, T.R. & Hammer, D. (2017). Looking for coherence in science curriculum. Science Education. Link to article.
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Phillips, A.M., Watkins, J., & Hammer, D. (2017). Problematizing as a scientific endeavor. Physical Review Physics Education Research. Link to article.
