Dorothy Matthews, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Biology

Office, Albany Campus: Science Building
Troy Campus: Science Hall
Phone: Albany Campus: (518) 292-1726

Troy Campus: (518) 244-2230

matthd@sage.edu

Research Interests

Assessment of scientific inquiry
Teaching evolution for conceptual change
Use of computers in biology instruction

Antibiotic resistance

Publications

Day, H.L. & Matthews, D.M. (in press). Do large-scale exams adequately access inquiry? An evaluation of the alignment of the inquiry behaviors in New York State's Living Environment Regents Examination to the NYS inquiry standard. American Biology Teacher.

Day, H.L. & Matthews, D.M. (2006). An evaluation of the alignment of New York State's living environment mandated lab activities to the MST standards. The Science Teachers Bulletin (69), 2, 33-40.

Matthews, D.M. (2006) Ethnology of a Nature Center's Exhibit Room. Northeast Fish & Wildlife Conference, Burlington, VT.

Matthews, D. (2001). Effect of a curriculum containing creation stories on student attitudes about evolution. American Biology Teacher (63), 6, 404-409.

Matthews, D. (1999, Fall). Reflections of a biology teacher. Empire State Association of Two Year College Biologists Newsletter, XVIII(1), 7,12.

Matthews, D. (1998). Comparison of MacPig to fetal pig dissection in college biology. The American Biology Teacher, (60), 3, 228-229.

Presentations/Talks

Barcomb, W., Breisch, A., Matthews, D.M., Matthews, M. & Morrison, W. (2007). Poster session. Heldeberg workshop: a model for grassroots based environmental education. Hudson River environmental Society conference, Huson, NY.

Professional Activities

Board Member, The Heldeberg Workshop

American Education Research Association
Empire State Association of Two Year College Biologists, webmaster http://www.esatycb.org
National Biology Teachers Association National Science Teachers Association
Science Teachers Association of New York State
Recipient of several faculty development grants

Personal Activities

Avid runner and outdoors woman and gardener
Official cheerleader of the Matthews' kids