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Professor Joseph Krajcik

Director and Lappan-Phillips Professor of Science Education
Joseph Krajcik serves as director of the CREATE for STEM Institute, is the Lappan-Phillips Professor of Science Education at Michigan State University and is a University Distinguished Professor. In his role as director of CREATE, he works with faculty, teachers and researchers to improve the teaching and learning of science, mathematics and engineering kindergarten through college by engaging in innovation and research. Throughout his career, Joe has focused on working with science teachers to design and test learning environments to reform science teaching practices and to research student learning and engagement in project-based learning environments to reform science teaching practices and to research student learning and engagement in project-based learning environments.
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02 Jul 19:00

Dr. Reyne Pullen, University of Sydney presents in CREATE

Please join us in the CREATE seminar space on Wednesday, July 2, 2025 for a special summer presentation by Dr. Reyne Pullen, from the School of Chemistry at the University of Sydney. We would love to have you with us in person! If joining via Zoom, registration is required: https://msu.zoom.us/meeting/register/2b9FqT54SRuHsjgh3iSToQ#/registration

Dr. Pullen's talk is titled Investigating the shift to online delivery of final exams and how this impacted student experience. 

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Prudence Djagba, Ph.D.

Prudence Djagba is a Research Aide at CREATE for STEM at Michigan State University, and a Research Fellow in Applied mathematics. His research focuses on exploring the fine tuning of deep learning models and data augmentation to accurately analyze student descriptions of scientific models, compared to human experts, in analytic scoring predictions based on text classification in NGSS Classrooms.  He received a Ph.D. in Applied mathematics at Stellenbosch University and holds his Master degree in Mathematics .

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Qian Wu

Visiting scholar

Qian is a visiting scholar working with Dr. Joe Krajcik. She is currently a doctoral candidate in Curriculum and Instruction (Science Education) at East China Normal University. She holds an M.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction from Beijing Normal University and a B.S. in Chemistry from Tianjin Normal University.
Qian’s research focuses on innovative, interdisciplinary approaches to science teaching and learning. She is skilled in using quantitative research methods and is committed to advancing research-based instructional practices in K–12 science education.

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Mao-Jen Tseng, Ph.D.

Research Associate

Mao-Jen Tseng is a postdoctoral research associate at the CREATE for STEM Institute at Michigan State University. He is currently working on the Evaluating Effects of Student Automatic Feedback Aligned to a Learning Progression to Promote Knowledge-In-Use (Auto Feedback 3DLP) project with Dr. Kevin Haudek. Mao-Jen earned his Ph.D. in Science Education from National Taiwan Normal University in 2024. His doctoral research focused on supporting middle school science teachers in developing curriculum, instruction, and assessments for modeling-based learning.

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