Faculty: Ryan Nixon
Title
Associate Professor
Department:
TEd
Contact Information
Office: 205-B MCKB
Phone: 801-422-4803
Email: nope@rynixon@byu.edumsn.com
Brief Biography
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 the extent to which, and how, teachers learn the science concepts they teach through their teaching experience. I'm also interested in exploring ways of helping teachers develop their science subject matter knowledge as they teach, which includes exploring the impact of resources and curriculum. 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.
Awards
Research Worth Reading awardee
NARST: A global organization for improving science education through research
2021 - Present
2016 Conference Paper Award V: Implications for Research for Educational Practice
Association for Science Teacher Education
2017
Selected Publications
Elementary Teacher Characteristics, Experiences, and Science Subject Matter Knowledge: Understanding the Relationships through Structural Equation Modeling
- Authors: Smith, Leigh Knight; Nixon, Ryan Stephen; Sudweeks, Richard R; Larsen, Ross Allen Andrew
- Publication Date: 2022
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Publication Journal: Teaching and Teacher Education
- Publisher: Elsevier
- Volume: 113
- Issue: 103661
- Abstract: click to view
Pinning and planning: Five tips for using Pinterest to teach science
- Authors: Nixon, Ryan ; Navy, Shannon; Barnett, Sarah; Johnson, Marissa; Johnson, Delaney
- Publication Date: 2021
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Publication Journal: Science and Children
- Publisher: National Science Teaching Association
- City: Arlington, VA
Accessed or latent resources? Exploring new secondary science teachers’ networks of resources
- Authors: Navy, Shannon; Nixon, Ryan Stephen; Luft, Julie; Jurkiewicz, Melissa
- Publication Date: 2020
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Publication Journal: Journal of Research in Science Teaching
- Issue: 57
Elementary teachers’ science subject matter knowledge across the teacher career cycle
- Authors: Nixon, Ryan Stephen; Smith, Leigh; Sudweeks, Richard R
- Publication Date: 2019
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Publication Journal: Journal of Research in Science Teaching
- Publisher: Wiley
- Volume: 56
- Issue: 6
Prevalence and predictors of out-of-field teaching in the first five years
- Authors: Nixon, Ryan Stephen; Luft, Julie; Ross, Richard
- Publication Date: 2017
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Publication Journal: Journal of Research in Science Teaching
- 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 Date: 2017
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Publication Journal: Journal of Science Teacher Education
- Volume: 28
- Issue: 7
- ISSN: 1046-560X
- URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1046560x.2017.1388086
Effects of subject-area degree and classroom experience on new chemistry teachers’ subject matter knowledge
- Authors: Nixon, Ryan Stephen; Campbell, Benjamin; Luft, Julie
- Publication Date: 2016
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Publication Journal: International Journal of Science Education
- Volume: 38
- Issue: 10
Undergraduate student construction and interpretation of graphs in physics lab activities
- Authors: Nixon, Ryan Stephen; Godfrey, T.J.; Mayhew, Nicholas; Wiegert, Craig
- Publication Date: 2016
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Publisher: Physical Review Physics Education Research
- Volume: 12
- Issue: 1
Teaching chemistry with a biology degree: Crosscutting concepts as boundary objects
- Authors: Nixon, Ryan Stephen; Luft, Julie
- Publication Date: 2015
- Publication Type: Book, Chapter/ Section in Scholarly Book
- Publication Journal: Newly Hired Teachers of Science: A Better Beginning
- Publisher: Sense Publishers
- City: Rotterdam
- Country: The Netherlands
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 Date: 2015
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Publication Journal: School Science & Mathematics
- Volume: 115
- Abstract: click to view
A comparison of TIMSS items using cognitive domains
- Authors: Nixon, Ryan Stephen; Barth, Katie
- Publication Date: 2014
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Publication Journal: School Science and Mathematics
- Volume: 114
- Issue: 2
- ISSN: 1949-8594
- URL: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ssm.12054
- Abstract: click to view