Sadler, Philip
Fellowship Advisor Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory staffScience education; children's scientific misconceptions; remote telescopes; curriculum development; simulation software; celestial navigation; sundials; assessment; technology education; history of science
Background And Education
Education And Training
- B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Ed.D., Harvard University
- Ed.M., Harvard University
Publications
Selected Publications
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Article
- Kitchen, Joseph A., Williams, Michael S., Sonnert, Gerhard, and Sadler, Philip. 2024. "A quasi-experimental study of the impact of college-run science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) career days on American students' STEM career aspirations." International Journal of Science Education, 46 109–130. https://doi.org/10.1080/09500693.2023.2220071. 2024
- Hazari, Zahra, Dou, Remy, Sonnert, Gerhard, and Sadler, Philip M. 2022. "Examining the relationship between informal science experiences and physics identity: Unrealized possibilities." Physical Review Physics Education Research, 18 010107. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.18.010107. 2022
- Brohinsky, Jais, Sonnert, Gerhard, and Sadler, Philip. 2022. "The Devil's Advocate." Science & Education, 31 575–596. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11191-021-00264-5. 2022
- Cribbs, Jennifer, Hazari, Zahra, Sonnert, Gerhard, and Sadler, Philip M. 2021. "College students' mathematics-related career intentions and high school mathematics pedagogy through the lens of identity." Mathematics Education Research Journal, 33 541–568. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13394-020-00319-w. 2021
- Burgiel, Heidi, Sadler, Philip M., and Sonnert, Gerhard. 2020. "The Association of High School Computer Science Content and Pedagogy with Students' Success in College Computer Science." Acm Transactions on Computing Education, 20, (2) 13–13. https://doi.org/10.1145/3381995. 2020
- Chen, Chen, Sonnert, Gerhard, and Sadler, Philip M. 2020. "The effect of first high school science teacher's gender and gender matching on students' science identity in college." Science Education, 104 75–99. https://doi.org/10.1002/sce.21551. 2020
- Chen, Chen, Sonnert, Gerhard, Sadler, Philip M., Sasselov, Dimitar, and Fredericks, Colin. 2020. "The impact of student misconceptions on student persistence in a MOOC." Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 57 879–910. https://doi.org/10.1002/tea.21616. 2020
- Chen, Chen, Haduong, Paulina, Brennan, Karen, Sonnert, Gerhard, and Sadler, Philip. 2019. "The effects of first programming language on college students' computing attitude and achievement: a comparison of graphical and textual languages." Computer Science Education, 29 23–48. https://doi.org/10.1080/08993408.2018.1547564. 2019
- Hazari, Zahra, Potvin, Geoff, Lock, Robynne M., Lung, Florin, Sonnert, Gerhard, and Sadler, Philip M. 2013. "Factors that affect the physical science career interest of female students: Testing five common hypotheses." Physical Review Special Topics Physics Education, 9 0115. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.9.020115. 2013
- Sadler, Philip M., Garfield, Eliza N., Tremblay, Alex, and Sadler, Daniel J. 2012. "Inertial Navigation: A Bridge Between Kinematics and Calculus." The Physics Teacher, 50, (2) 112–114. https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3677289. 2012
- Sadler, Philip M., Sonnert, Gerhard, Hazari, Zahra, and Tai, Robert. 2012. "Stability and volatility of STEM career interest in high school: A gender study." Science Education, 96 411–427. https://doi.org/10.1002/sce.21007. 2012
- Sadler, Philip M. and Night, Christopher. 2010. "Daytime Celestial Navigation for the Novice." The Physics Teacher, 48 197–199. 2010
- Maltese, Adam V., Tai, Robert H., and Sadler, Philip M. 2010. "The Effect of High School Physics Laboratories on Performance in Introductory College Physics." The Physics Teacher, 48 333–337. https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3393070. 2010
- Schwartz, Marc S., Sadler, Philip M., Sonnert, Gerhard, and Tai, Robert H. 2009. "Depth versus breadth: How content coverage in high school science courses relates to later success in college science coursework." Science Education, 93 798–826. 2009
- Tai, Robert and Sadler, Philip. 2009. "Same Science for All? Interactive association of structure in learning activities and academic attainment background on college science performance in the USA." International Journal of Science Education, 31 675–696. 2009
- Potvin, Geoff, Hazari, Zahra, Tai, Robert H., and Sadler, Philip M. 2009. "Unraveling bias from student evaluations of their high school science teachers." Science Education, 93 827–845. 2009
- Hazari, Zahra, Sadler, Philip M., and Tai, Robert H. 2008. "Gender Differences in the High School and Affective Experiences of Introductory College Physics Students." The Physics Teacher, 46 423–427. https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2981292. 2008
- Tai, Robert H. and Sadler, Philip M. 2007. "High School Chemistry Instructional Practices and Their Association with College Chemistry Grades." Journal of chemical education, 84 1040. 2007
Contact
Location
- Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Academic Department