Kathy Cabe Trundle, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Contact Info:
Mailing Address:
- 333 Arps Hall
- 1945 N. High St.
- Columbus, OH 43210-1172
Biographical Information:
Kathy Cabe Trundle is an Associate professor in the School of Teaching and Learning. She has more than 25 years of experience in science education, teaching at every level from grade six through graduate school. Before joining The Ohio State University faculty, she was a faculty member at the University of Alabama, and previously she served as the science consultant for the Kentucky Department of Education. Immediately prior to this position, she was a Science Curriculum Specialist at the Ohio Resource Center in the College of Education. She earned her B.S. degree in Natural Science: Biology and Education, her M.S. in Curriculum and Instruction, and her Ph.D. in science education from the University of Tennessee. Her research focuses on alternative conceptions, conceptual change, and conceptual durability. Also, she has conducted studies on interactive learning environments.
Education
- 1999 Ph.D. University of Tennessee, Education, Science
- 1995 M.S. University of Tennessee, Education, Curriculum and Instruction
- 1983 B.S. University of Tennessee, Natural Science/Biology and Education
Research Biography
Dr. Trundle's research focuses on teaching and learning of Earth and Space Science concepts. Grounded in conceptual change theory, her work includes content knowledge, alternative conceptions, conceptual change, and conceptual durability in response to instructional interventions. Specific studies have been conducted on conceptual change across various age and grade levels (i.e., elementary, middle school, and university students) and across several different instructional contexts (i.e., an undergraduate physics course, a science methods course, elementary and middle school classrooms, and inservice teacher institutes). Currently she is assessing the efficacy of instructional approaches using observations in nature versus computer simulations to promote conceptual change on moon phenomena.
Activities and Honors
- Outstanding Science Teacher Educator of the Year, Association of Science Teacher Education (Early Career, 2008)
- Program Chairperson of Annual International Meeting, Association for Science Teacher Education, 2008
- Member, Elections Committee, Association for Science Teacher Education, 2007 - 2010
- Chairperson, Outstanding Paper Award Committee, National Association for Research in Science Teaching, 2005 - 2006
- Member, Awards Committee, National Association for Research in Science Teaching, 2004 - 2006
Selected Grant Funding
- Principal Investigator, OSU Earth and Space Science Institute for Improving Instructional Practice, Ohio Board of Regents Improving Teacher Quality Professional Development Program ($85,000)
- Principal Investigator, Pre-K Mathematics and Science for At-Risk Children: Outcomes-Focused Curricula and Support for Teaching Quality, Contract with the University of Virginia as part of an Institute of Education Sciences Grant (total funding $1.77 M, OSU contract $275,000).
- Principal Investigator, OSU Early Childhood Science and Mathematics Institute for Improving Instructional Practice, Ohio Board of Regents Improving Teacher Quality Professional Development Program ($93,132).
- Co-Principal Investigator, The Ohio State University Science and Mathematics Summer Institutes for Instructional Change: Geology Institute, Ohio Board of Regents Improving Teacher Quality Professional Development Program ($391,431).
Selected Publications
- Hobson, S. M., Trundle, K. C., & Sackes, M. (in press). Using a planetarium software program to promote conceptual change with young children. Journal of Science Education and Technology.
- Sackes, M., Trundle, K. C., & Flevares, L. (in press). Using children’s literature to promote inquiry skills in early years. Young Children.
- Trundle, K. C., Atwood, R. K., Christopher, J. E., & Sackes, M. (in press). The effect of guided inquiry-based instruction on middle school students’ understanding of lunar concepts. Research in Science Education.
- Wild, T. & Trundle, K. C. (in press). Talking turkey: Teaching about America’s greatest conservation story with children with visual impairments. Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness.
- Wild, T. & Trundle, K. C. (in press). The conceptual understandings of middle school students’ with visual impairments concerning seasonal change. Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness.
- Adadan, E., Irving, K. & Trundle, K. C. (2009). Impacts of multi-representational instruction on high school students’ conceptual understandings of the particulate nature of matter. International Journal of Science Education, 31 (13), 1743-1775.
- Sackes, M., Trundle, K. C., & Flevares, L. (2009). Using children's literature to teach standard-based science concepts in early years. Early Childhood Education Journal, 36 (5),415-422.
- Bell, R. L. & Trundle, K. C. (2008). The use of a computer simulation to promote scientific conceptions of moon phases. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 45 (3), 346-372.
- Trundle, K. C., Troland, T. H., & Pritchard, T. G. (2008). Representations of the moon in children‚s literature: An analysis of written and visual text. Journal of Elementary Science Education, 20 (1), 17-28.
- Trundle, K. C., Atwood, R. K., & Christopher, J. E. (2007). A longitudinal study of conceptual change: Preservice elementary teachers' conceptions of moon phases. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 44 (2), 303-326
- Trundle, K. C., Atwood, R. K., & Christopher, J. E. (2007). Fourth grade elementary students' conceptions of standards-based lunar concepts. International Journal of Science Education, 29 (5), 595-616.
- Trundle, K. C., Atwood, R. K., & Christopher, J. E. (2006). Preservice elementary teachers' knowledge of observable moon phases and pattern of change in phases. Journal of Science Teacher Education, 17 (2), 87-101.
- Trundle, K. C., Willmore, S., & Smith, W. S. (2006). The MOON Project. Science and Children, 43 (6), 52-55.
- Trundle, K. C. & Troland, T. H. (2005). The moon in children's literature. Science and Children, 43 (2) 40-43.
- Smith, W.S., Trundle, K. C., and Lee, L. (2004). Using internet technology to address national science and teacher standards. The Teacher Educator, 39 (2), 144-156.
- Trundle, K.C. & Bell, R.L. (2003). Using planetarium software to teach standards-based lunar concepts. School Science and Mathematics, 103 (8), 397-401.
- Trundle, K. C., Atwood, R. K., & Christopher, J. E. (2002). Preservice elementary teachers' conceptions of moon phases before and after instruction Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 39 (7), 633-658.
Courses
- EDU T&L 920 Advanced Concepts in Elementary School Science Education
- EDU T&L 811 Science in Elementary Education
- EDU T&L 852 Science and Early Childhood Education
