David M. Moss, Ph.D.

University of Connecticut
Neag School of Education
Department of Curriculum & Instruction
249 Glenbrook Road, U-2033
Storrs, CT 06269
Phone: (860) 486-0249
Fax: (860) 486-0210
Email: david.moss@uconn.edu

 
 

EDUCATION

1998 Ph.D. Education University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH
1991 M.S. Botany University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH
1987 B.A. Biology Alfred University, Alfred, NY

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (selected)

1998 - present Assistant Professor, University of Connecticut Neag School of Education:
Tenure-track appointment in the Department of Curriculum & Instruction Integrated Bachelor's/Master's (IB/M) Program to teach undergraduate and graduate courses in science education, supervise field experiences of preservice teachers, facilitate university/school collaboration, and to maintain an active research agenda in science education.

1997 - 1998 Graduate Assistant, Department of Education, University of New Hampshire
1996 Adjunct Professor, Department of Education, University of New Hampshire
1995 - 1997 Research Assistant, NSF Forest Watch Grant, University of New Hampshire
1994 Director, Project SMART Environmental Science Summer Institute, UNH
1992 - 1994 Senior Scientist, Earth Satellite Corporation, Rockville, MD
1989 - 1992 Research Scientist, Complex Systems Research Center, Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space, University of New Hampshire (UNH)
1987- 1989 Research Assistant, NOAA Climate Change Grant, University of New Hampshire

CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT (selected)

1994 - 1997 NSF Forest Watch, UNH
Inquiry-oriented curriculum for middle school/high school science and mathematics, student-scientist partnership (SSP) model focusing on air quality and forest health, includes written materials and video series.

1994 -1995 NASA BOREAS (Boreal Forest Experiment), Saskatchewan, Canada
Development of K-12 level video series and curriculum materials to accompany NASA directed environmental research program in northern Canada.

PUBLICATIONS (selected)

Moss, D.M., Abrams, E.D., & Robb, L. (2001). Examining student conceptions of the nature of science. International Journal of Science Education. 23(8), 771-790.

Moss, D.M. (2000). Bringing together technology and students: Examining the use of technology in a project-based class. Journal of Educational Computing Research, 22(2), 155-169.

Moss, D.M. (1999). Less is more: Want your district's students to have better science education? Teach them less. Curriculum Administrator, 35(3), 53.

Moss, D.M., Abrams, E.D., & Robb Kull, J. (1998). Can we be scientists too? Secondary students' perceptions of scientific research from a project-based classroom. Journal of Science Education and Technology, 7(2), 149-161.

Moss, D.M., Rock, B.N., & Bogle, A.L. (1998). Anatomical evidence of the development of damage symptoms across a growing season in needles of red spruce from central New Hampshire. Environmental and Experimental Botany, 39, 247-262.

Andrew, M., Lent, E.L., Moorhead, C., Moss, D., Singer, M., & Woolf, K. (1996). Understanding and predicting outstanding performance and weaknesses in a year-long teaching internship. Journal of Personnel Evaluation in Education, 10(3), 271-278.

Rock, B.N., Williams, D.L., Moss, D.M., Lauten, G.N., & Kim, M. (1994). High- spectral resolution field and laboratory optical reflectance measurements of red spruce and eastern hemlock needles and branches. Remote Sensing of the Environment, 47, 176-189.

Vogelmann, J.E., Rock, B.N., & Moss, D.M. (1993). Red edge spectral measurements from sugar maple leaves. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 14(8), 1563-1575.

Vogelmann, J.E., & Moss, D.M. (1993). Spectral reflectance measurements in the genus Sphagnum, Remote Sensing of the Environment, 45, 273-279.