Contact Information

451 Van Allen Hall

The University of Iowa

Iowa City IA 52242 USA

Internet/Email: edward-pizzini@uiowa.edu
Telephone:  319/335-1174
Facsimile: 319/335-1188
Office Hours: 8am-12pm Monday-Friday

• B.S. Montana State University/ 1963 Secondary Education
• M.S. University of Houston, Texas/ 1968 Geology
• Sacramento State, California/Cert. 1970 Administration
• Ph.D. University of Iowa/ 1973 Science Education

• 1963-1966 Teacher, Lincoln Elementary, Lewiston, Montana
• 1966-67;68-70 Teacher, Mitchell Junior High School, Rancho Cordova, California
• 1970-1973 Teacher, University Laboratory School, Iowa City, Iowa
• 1973-Present, Professor of Science Education

• Teaching and Learning
• Science Education

• Teacher Education: Pre-service-Elementary & Secondary/Inservice-Curriculum Development/Revision
• Graduate Program : Issues in Science Education, Conceptual Schemes and Research Models, Elementary Science Methods, and Applications of Earth & Environmental Sciences.
• Specialized Courses: Problem Solving, Talented & Gifted, Field Studies

• Problem Solving: Evaluation
• Demonstration Classrooms
• Interaction Analysis: Teacher/Student Interactions
• Teacher/Student Behaviors
• Teaching Methods/Questioning Strategies
• Curriculum Analysis and Evaluation

• Inquiry and Problem Solving
• Implementation of the Standards
• Status of Science Education
• Educational Research Methodologies/Action Research
• Teaching Effectiveness/Behaviors/Outcomes
• Curriculum Development/ Science Revision/Implementation
• Demonstration Classrooms
• Professional Development

• Honors- Gustav Ohaus Award(1982)-Innovations in College Science Teaching
• Gustav Ohaus Award(1988)-Innovations in College Science Teaching
• Service Award-U.S. Army Research Office
• Developer, SSCS Problem Solving Model (SEARCH, SOLVE, CREATE AND SHARE)
• NCREL(1993)-Recognized SSCS as a National Program of Successful Practices
• SERVE(1996)-Recognized SSCS as an Exemplary Practice in Southeast U.S.

Pizzini, E.L., Wilson, J.L., & Veronesi, C. (1995). A study of the perceptions of teachers in Iowa relating to the development and implementation of problem solving demonstration classrooms. Iowa Educational Leadership.

Wilson, J.L., & Pizzini, E.L., (in review). The demonstration classroom inservice: Preliminary findings. School Science and Mathematics.

Wilson,J.L., & Pizzini, E.L. (1996). A paradigm for demonstration classroom development. NSTA/NSELA Sourcebook for Science Leaders, 12(1), 35-43

Abell, S.K. & Pizzini, E.L. 19992). The effect of a problem solving inservice program on the classroom behaviors and attitudes of middle school science teachers. Journal of Research in Science Teaching. Accepted 1990.

Pizzini, E.L. & Shepardson, D.P. (1992). A comparison of the classroom dynamics of problem solving and traditional laboratory model of instruction using path analysis. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 29(3), 243-258.

Shepardson, D.P. & Pizzini, E.L. (1991). Questioning levels of junior high school science textbooks and their implications for learning textural information. Science Education, 75(6), 673-682.

Pizzini, E.L. (1991). SSCS: Implementation Handbook, SSCS: Trainer's Manual, SSCS Assessment Information and Research Findings, The University of Iowa, Iowa city, Iowa.

Pizzini, E.L. & Shepardson, D.P., & Abell, S.K. (1991). The inquiry level of junior high activities: implications to science teaching. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 28(2), 111-121.

Pizzini, E.L. & Shepardson, D.P.(1992). Student questioning interactions in the presence of the teacher during problem solving. School Science and Mathematics, 91(8), 348-352.

Pizzini, E.L. (1989). SSCS: Implementation Handbook, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa. (Revised, 1991)

Pizzini, E.L., Shepardson, D.P., & Abell, S.K. (1989). A rationale for and the development of a problem solving model of instruction in science education. Science Education, 73(5), 523-534.

Pizzini, E.L., Huber, R.A., & Shymansky, J.A. (1988). Science Odysseys for the Journeys in Science Program. Seven supplementary booklets on problem solving extensions for use with basal series (K-6). Laidlaw Educational Publishers: River Forest, Illinois.

• Project STEPS: Science Textbooks Extensions Through Problem Solving, NSF, 3/87-8/90,$384,663, 3 years
• Project UPSSTAT: Using Problem Solving in Science Teaching And Training, Dwight Eisenhower Funding, $52,653, 10/31/89- 4/15/91, 1 year and 6 months
• Project MECCA: Modeling Exemplary Cross-Curricula Activities, Dwight D. Eisenhower Funding, 4/1/94-8/31/95, $99,000
• Project RISE: Regional Implementation of the Standards, Dwight D. Eisenhower Funding, 1/97-6/98, $100,873
• Project ISSE: Inclusion Science and Special Education, 2000-2001; 2001-2002; 2003-2003, Dwight D. Eisenhower Funding.
• Project SNAG I, 2003-2004 ($90,000); Project SNAG II, 2004-2005 ($89,000), Science: Narrowing the Achievement Gap. Title II, NCLB, Iowa Board of Regents.

• 097:102 Applications of Earth/Environ. Science
• 07E:162 Methods Elementary School Science
• 07E:176 Teaching Elementary School Science