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Stephanie M. Gardner

Social Sciences · Purdue University West Lafayette

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Established · publishing since 1994Rising activity
Science Education and PedagogyGenetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical ResearchInnovative Teaching and Learning MethodsEducation and Critical Thinking DevelopmentHearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics

Publications

78

Citations

1,836

Est. group size

~5

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

33

Publishing since 1994

Research summary
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Stephanie M. Gardner's research focuses on how undergraduate biology students learn and reason about core scientific skills, especially graph construction and interpretation, mechanistic reasoning, hypothesis formation, and understanding concepts like variability and error. This work aims to improve science teaching methods and assessment tools used in college biology courses. Her research also touches on broader STEM education reform initiatives and, in some publications, institutional strategy at academic medical centers.

Biology education researchGraph construction and data literacyStudent reasoning and conceptual understandingSTEM teaching reform and assessment designScience pedagogy

Publication output has grown over the last decade, rising from a handful of papers per year in 2017-2020 to a steadier pace of 4-8 per year since 2021.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 5.2/year recently
2017: 4 publications172018: 3 publications182019: 1 publication192020: 2 publications202021: 5 publications212022: 5 publications222023: 8 publications8232024: 4 publications242025: 4 publications252026: 5 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • CBE—Life Sciences Education×6
  • Contributions from biology education research×4
  • Figshare×4
  • AJP Advances in Physiology Education×3
  • NEJM Catalyst×3
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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