Standard 1: Content Knowledge from Licensure Test
Teachers of science understand and can articulate the knowledge and practices of contemporary science. They can interrelate and interpret important concepts, ideas, and applications in their fields of licensure; and can conduct scientific investigations. To show that they are prepared in content, teachers of science must demonstrate that they:
Evidence:
Praxis I: SAT Substitute -- PASSED -- Taken October 2007
Praxis II: Physics Content Knowledge -- PASSED -- Taken July 2011
Score: 174
Praxis II: Mathematics Content Knowledge -- PASSED Taken November 2011
Score: 187 (E)
Praxis II -- Score Breakdown
VCLA -- Score Breakdown
I received a Bachelor's of Science in Physics from Virginia Tech in May 2012. In the final semester as an undergraduate, I led our senior lab group in a research effort to complete a concept design report, the first stage in a plan to build a spark chamber for future demonstration purposes on the Virginia Tech Campus. This link provides a pdf copy of the conceptual design report.
Reflection:
My background in science has prepared me well to handle the huge curiosity and inquiries of students, but my own thirst for knowledge will push me to continue to explore past my formal education. It is necessary for me as an educator to demonstrate the same constant pursuit of knowledge that I hope my future students to possess.
- Understand and can successfully convey to students the major concepts, principles, theories, laws, and interrelationships of their fields of licensure and supporting fields as recommended by the National Science Teachers Association.
- Understand and can successfully convey to students the unifying concepts of science delineated by the National Science education Standards.
- Understand and can successfully convey to students important personal and technological applications of science in their fields of licensure.
- Understand research and can successfully design, conduct, report and evaluate investigations in science.
- Understand and can successfully use mathematics to process and report data, and solve problems, in their field(s) of licensure.
Evidence:
Praxis I: SAT Substitute -- PASSED -- Taken October 2007
Praxis II: Physics Content Knowledge -- PASSED -- Taken July 2011
Score: 174
Praxis II: Mathematics Content Knowledge -- PASSED Taken November 2011
Score: 187 (E)
Praxis II -- Score Breakdown
VCLA -- Score Breakdown
I received a Bachelor's of Science in Physics from Virginia Tech in May 2012. In the final semester as an undergraduate, I led our senior lab group in a research effort to complete a concept design report, the first stage in a plan to build a spark chamber for future demonstration purposes on the Virginia Tech Campus. This link provides a pdf copy of the conceptual design report.
Reflection:
My background in science has prepared me well to handle the huge curiosity and inquiries of students, but my own thirst for knowledge will push me to continue to explore past my formal education. It is necessary for me as an educator to demonstrate the same constant pursuit of knowledge that I hope my future students to possess.