Title
Associate Professor
Department:
TEd
Contact Information
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Office: 206-M MCKB
Phone: 801-422-4803
Email: rynixon@byu.edu
I teach future teachers how to teach science. I love helping teachers think about ways to engage students in thinking about important science concepts. By doing this, teachers can help students to understand the world around them and to see the world as a more amazing place.
In order to assist teachers in helping students reach these goals, I research teachers' science subject matter knowledge. I'm interested in whether, and how, teachers learn the science concepts they teach through their teaching experience. I'm also interested in exploring ways of helping teachers to develop their science subject matter knowledge as they teach. My work also focuses on how these issues intersect with challenges teachers face when teaching new subjects, whether from being assigned to teach a new grade level or being assigned to teach out-of-field.
Research Worth Reading awardee
National Association for Research in Science Teaching
2021 - Present
2016 Conference Paper Award V: Implications for Research for Educational Practice
Association for Science Teacher Education
2017
Teaching multiple modes of representation in middle school science classrooms: Impact on student learning and multimodal use
- Authors: Nixon, Ryan Stephen; Smith, Leigh Knight; Wimmer, Jennifer J
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Volume: 115
- Abstract: click to view
A comparison of TIMSS items using cognitive domains
- Authors: Nixon, Ryan Stephen; Barth, Katie
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Volume: 114
- Issue: 2
- ISSN: 1949-8594
- URL: dx.doi.org/10.1111/ssm.12054
- Abstract: click to view
Prevalence and predictors of out-of-field teaching in the first five years
- Authors: Nixon, Ryan Stephen; Luft, Julie; Ross, Richard
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Volume: 54
- Issue: 9
- ISSN: 0022-4308
- URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/tea.21402
Secondary Science Teachers’ Subject Matter Knowledge Development Across the First 5 Years
- Authors: Nixon, Ryan Stephen; Hill, Kathleen; Luft, Julie
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Volume: 28
- Issue: 7
- ISSN: 1046-560X
- URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1046560x.2017.1388086