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BUGRAHAN YALVAC
Department: Teaching, Learning, and Culture
Office#: 444 Harrington Office Building
Mail Stop: 4232
Office Phone: (979) 862-1713
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Title: Assistant Professor
Primary Emphasis Area: Science Education and Technology
Vita: View Document
Research Interests
Authentic science versus classroom science
Faculty Development
Impact of History, Philosophy, & Sociology of Science on Science Education
Research methods
Science, Technology, and Society
Editorial Positions

Editorial Board Member (2002 - ). Science Education Review

Publications*

1. McKenna, A. F., Yalvac, B., & Light, G. J. (2009). The role of collaborative reflection on shaping engineering faculty teaching approaches. Journal of Engineering Education,.

2. McKenna, A. F., Yalvac, B., & Light, G. J. (Jan, 2009). Time to Reflect: Learning Specialists Help Point the Way to Better Teaching. Prism, p. 51.

3. McKenna, A. F., & Yalvac, B. (2007). Characterizing engineering faculty’s teaching approaches. Teaching in Higher Education, 12(3), 405-418.

4. Yalvac, B., Smith, H. D., Hirsch, P., & Troy, J. (2007). Promoting advanced writing skills in an upper-level engineering class. Journal of Engineering Education, 96(2), 117-128.

5. Yalvac, B., Tekkaya, C., Cakiroglu, J., & Kahyaoglu, E. (2007). Turkish pre-service science teachers’ views on science-technology-society issues. International Journal of Science Education, 29(3), 331-348.

6. Yalvac, B., Smith, H. D., Hirsch, P., & Birol, G. (2006). Teaching writing in a laboratory-based engineering course with a “How People Learn” framework. New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 108, 59-73.

7. Kolikant, B.Y., McKenna, A. F., & Yalvac, B. (2006). The emergence of a community of practice in engineering education. New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 108, 7-16

* Publication was joint-authored with students
Diss Publication was from a dissertation
ROS Publication was from a record of study

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