Barbara M. Butler, M.S.

Instructor

Contact

Butler

Office: 238 Wolf Hall

Mailing address:
Dept. of Biological Sciences
Wolf Hall
University of Delaware
Newark, DE 19716

Phone: (302) 831-8467
Fax: (302) 831-2281
E-mail: bmbutler@udel.edu

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Education

B.S.: Howard University
M.S.: St. Joseph's University
Ed.D. candidate: Morgan State University

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Research Interests

• African American high school student participation in the Advanced Placement Program.
• Efforts to increase acceptance of African American Students to medical school with a focus on improvement in the medical school admission test scores.

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Presentations

• June 2007 - Equity and Equality in Science Education K-12. 14th International Conference of Learning, Johannesburg, South Africa.
• April 2007 - Symposium Related to the Use and Misuse of "Urban" in Science Education. NARST Conference, New Orleans, LA.
• October 2006 - The Dilemma of the Black Physician Workforce: Past and Present. Morehouse College Brothers of the Academy Think Tank, Atlanta, GA.
• June 2006 - The Use of Models as a Teaching Tool in the Classroom. 13th International Conference of Learning, Jamaica, West Indies.
• April 2006 - Do Black Adolescents Value Education Less Than Their White Peers? An Empirical and Conceptual Attempt at Putting a Thorny Question in Perspective. AERA Conference, San Francisco, CA.
• February 2005 - Impact of Advanced Placement Courses for African American Students on the MCAT exam. Association of African American Studies, Houston, TX.
• December 2004 - The Use of Biotechnology as a Teaching Tool in the Classroom. Morgan State University graduate student colloquium, Baltimore, MD.

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Teaching

• BISC 207* - Introductory Biology I
• BISC 276* - Human Physiology
• EDUC 400/SCEN 492 - Secondary Student Teaching & Student Teaching Seminar
• EDUC 491 - Methods in Teaching

*Course web site available through MyCourses

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Selected Publications

Norman, O., Clunk, W., Butler, B., and Pinder, P. 2007. Do black adolescents value education less than their white peers? An empirical and conceptual attempt at putting a thorny question in perspective. Research in Science Teaching (in review).

Butler, B.M. 2006. The use of models as a teaching tool for abstract topics in molecular biology. International Journal of Learning 13: 1-9.

Butler, B.M. 2005. The effects of increased access to the advanced placement programs on medical school admissions for african american students. Monograph of the National Association of African American Studies 1: 326-346.

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