James H. Stewart

Professor
Ph.D. Cornell University, 1979
Teacher Education Building Rm: 226B
225 N. Mills Street
Madison, Wisconsin 53706
Phone: (608) 263-4638        
Email: jhstewar@wisc.edu

Areas of Study

• Elementary Education
• Science Education

Publications

Stewart, J., Cartier, J., & Passmore, C. (In press). Developing understanding through model-based inquiry. S. Donovan & J. Bransford (Eds.). How People Learn II: A View from the Classroom.  Washington, DC: National Academy Press.

Passmore, C. & Stewart, J. (2002). A modeling approach to teaching evolutionary biology in high schools. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 39(3), 185-204.

Wynne, C., Stewart, J. & Passmore, C. (2002). High school students' use of meiosis when solving genetics problems. The International Journal of Science Education, 23(5), 502-515.

Stewart, J. & Rudolph, J.L. (2001). Considering the nature of scientific problems when designing science curricula. Science Education, 85, 207-222.

Cartier, J.L. & Stewart, J.H. (2000). Teaching the nature of inquiry: Furthe developments in a high school genetics curriculum. Science & Education, 9, 247-267.

Rudolph, J. & Stewart, J. (1998). Evolution and the nature of science: On the historical discord and its implications for education. Journal of Research in Science Teaching,  35(10), 1069-1089.

Stewart, J. Project MUSE.   http://www.wcer.wisc.edu/ncisla/muse

Interests

• Science Education/Biology Education
• Student Learning, Reasoning and Problem Solving in Science (particularly genetics and evolutionary biology)
• History and Philosophy of Science and Science Education

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