David Hammer
Research/Areas of Interest
Research on learning and instruction. My research is on learning and teaching in STEM fields (mostly physics) across ages from young children through adults. Much of my focus has been on intuitive "epistemologies," how instructors interpret and respond to student thinking, and resource-based models of knowledge and reasoning.
Education
- PhD, Science and Mathematics Education, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, United States, 1991
- MA, Physics, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, United States, 1987
- BA, Physics, Princeton University, Princeton, United States, 1982
Biography
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 on learning and teaching in STEM fields, mainly physics, and at levels from K-16 and including in his own teaching—David teaches in the Department of Physics as well as in Education.