Annwesa Dasgupta
Research Interests: Diagnosing student experimental abilities in biology
Email: anwesha.dasgupta@gmail.com
Dissertation Research Advisor: Nancy Pelaez
Dissertation Research Co-Advisor: Trevor Anderson
About me: I am interested in putting scientific teaching into practice as a higher education faculty member and collaborating with other biology faculty to evaluate effectiveness of their classroom instructional strategies. I believe vast opportunities to appropriately remodel biology curriculum lies within the realm of biology education research.
About my research: My research has been centered on the role assessment plays in monitoring teaching practices that improve student learning about experimental design in classrooms. A key focus is to look into alignment and the tight connection between course learning outcomes, instructional strategies, and assessment of how students think about experimental design. Download:
- The Experimental Design Project Summary (PDF)
- The Rubric for Experimental Design (RED) scoring tool for the Drug Assessment (PDF)
- The Rubric for Experimental Design (RED) scoring tool for the Shrimp Assessment (PDF)
Hometown: Mumbai, India
Degree Obtained: PhD in Biology Education, Department of Biological Sciences