Dr. Larry Enochs
Year Hired
1999
Specialty:
Science Education
Recent Awards:
Association for the Education of Teachers of Science, Outstanding Mentor Award, (presented at Meeting, 2003).
Association for the Education of Teachers of Science, Distinguished service award for editorship of the Journal of Science Teacher Education, (presented at Annual Meeting, 2004).
Research interests:
Science Teacher Improvement in Teaching.
Self-Efficacy of Inservice Teachers of Science.
Research on the Implementation of Staff Development Projects Involving Systemic Change.
Continued Development and Validation of Self-Efficacy Instruments
Development of Beliefs Instruments
Preservice Self-Efficacy Beliefs
Enhancing Middle Students Interest and Self-Efficacy in Careers in Mathematics and Science
College Science Teaching
Recent Publications:
Enochs, L., Smith, P. And Huinker, D. “Establishing factorial validity of the Mathematics Teaching Efficacy Beliefs instrument.” School Science and Mathematics, 2000, 100 (4),194-202.
Keane, W. and Enochs, L. “Urban field geology for K-12 teachers.” Journal of Geological Education, 2001, 49 (4), 358-363.
Enochs, L. “Intergrating field experience in a middle school earth science class: A case study.” The Oregon Science Teacher, 2002, 43, (3), 7-10.
Finley, F. & Enochs, L. (2005). Impact of science standards on curriculum and instruction in the earth sciences. In Sunal, D. & Wright, E. (Eds.) "The impact of state and national standards on K-12 science teaching," Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing.
Harrington, R. and Enochs L. (2007). Accounting for Pre-service Teachers' Constructivist Learning Environment Experiences. Learning Environments Research. Accepted for publication.
Recent Grant/Funded Work
National Science Foundation, “Milwaukee Urban Systemic Initiative” September, 1998, Center for Mathematics and Science Education Research, Subcontract, $275,800.00 (Subcontract Co-Principal Investigator with D. Huinker)
National Science Foundation "Project Mammoth Park; A Professional Development Model Using Community-based Projects" September, 1999, Department of Science and Mathematics Education, Oregon State University, $809,282 (Principal Investigator)
US Department of Education “Building Academic Skills in Context: Testing the Value of Enhanced Math Learning in High School Technical Education” June, 2003, School of Education, Oregon State University, $112,000 (Principal Investigator of OSU site)
Engineering and Technical Industry Council "Career-Linking in Rural Middle Schools" July, 2007. Department of Science and Mathematics Education, Oregon State University. $116,000 (Principal Investigator)
National Science Foundation REESE Conference Proposal "Towards the Next Generation of Research on STEM Learning" July, 2008. Department of Science and Mathematics Education, Oregon State University. $100,000 (Co-Principal Investigator)
Recent Graduate Student Dissertations
Eric Hagedorn, Ph.D. Chair Dissertation 04/99
Virginia Gray, Ph.D. Chair Dissertation 05/04
Daniel Jansen, Ph.D. Chair Dissertation 01/08
Catherine Perkins, Ph.D. Chair Dissertationn 04/08
Courses Taught
SED 459 Science and the Nature of Inquiry
SED 580 Research and Evaluation
SED 597 Professional Development in Mathematics and Science Education
SED 598 Science Curriculum
SED 611 Survey of Research on Teaching
SED 613 Research Practicum
Degrees:
1967 B.S. Indiana University - Earth Science Education
1971 M.A. The University of Rochester - Science Education
1982 Ed.D. Indiana University - Science/Environmental Education
Office:
Weniger 233
Phone:
(541) 737-1305