<img height="201" border="" width="230" alt="Dr. Amy Phelps" src="http://www.mtsu.edu/chemistry/images/phelps.jpg" align="right" /><span style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:12px;"><strong>CONTACT INFO:</strong><br /><br /> <span style="color:#333333;"><strong>E-mail:</strong></span> <a href="mailto:ajphelps@mtsu.edu">ajphelps@mtsu.edu</a></span><span style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:12px;"><br /> <strong><span style="color:#333333;">Phone:</span></strong> (615)</span> <span style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:12px;">898-2077</span> <span style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:12px;"><br /> <span style="color:#333333;"><strong>Office:</strong></span> Davis Science Bldg. 228B<br /> <strong><span style="color:#333333;">P.O. Box</span></strong>: X146</span>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:12px;"><strong>EDUCATION/INTERESTS:</strong><br /><br /> (2001) B.S.,Berry College, Rome GA; M.S., Purdue University, West Lafayette IN; Ph.D., Purdue University, West Lafayette IN. Chemical Education: The study of the teaching and learning of chemistry. The identification of misconceptions and the development of approaches to address misconceptions. Development and testing of alternate assessment techniques and effective laboratory approaches to enhance student interesting of the nature of science.</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:12px;">RECOGNITIONS:</span></strong></p>
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<li><span style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:12px;">Dean's Award for General Education 2001</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:12px;">University Book and Supply Junior Faculty Teaching Award 1995</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:12px;">Sallie Mae Rookie Teacher of the Year 1985</span></li>
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<p><span style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:12px;"><strong>SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY:</strong></span></p>
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<li><span style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:12px;">American Chemical Society Exams Institute: General Chemistry II Exam (versions I & II)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:12px;">Second Semester General Chem. Exam revision 2000-2002</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:12px;">Conceptual Exam Committee 1993-1995</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:12px;">Second Semester General Chemistry Exam 1996-1998</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:12px;">Conceptual Exam Revision Committee 1999-2001</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:12px;">Chemical Education Research Committee January 2001-present<br /> Chair of Chemical Education Research Committee January 2002-present</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:12px;">Co-Chair of Regional Science Olympiad-MTSU-2001-present</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:12px;">Reviewer: Editorial Review Board for Journal of Chemical Education</span></li>
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<p><span style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:12px;"><br /> <strong>SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:12px;">"Qualitative Methodologies in Chemical Education Research: Challenging Comfortable Paradigms". Amy J. Phelps. <em>J. Chemical Education</em>, <strong>March 1994</strong>, 71, No 3, 191-194.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:12px;">"Teaching to Enhance Problem Solving: It's More Than the Numbers". Amy J. Phelps. <em>J. Chemical Education</em>, <strong>April 1996</strong>, 73, No 4, 301-304.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:12px;">"Portfolio Assessment in High School Chemistry: One Teacher's Guidelines." Amy J. Phelps, Mark M. LaPorte, & Aileen Mahood. <em>J. Chemical Education</em>, <strong>May 1997</strong>, 74, No 5, 528-531.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:12px;">"Demonstration-based Cooperative Testing in General Chemistry: A Broader Assessment-of-Learning Technique." Craig Bowen & Amy J. Phelps. <em>J. Chemical Education</em>, <strong>June 1997</strong>, 74, No 6, 715-719.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:12px;">"Identifying and addressing student misconceptions regarding the behavior of gases using computer animations." Michael J. Sanger and Amy J. Phelps. <em>J.Chemical Education</em>, <strong>November 2000</strong>, 77, No 11, 1517-1520.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:12px;">"A Comparison of Secondary Chemistry Courses and Chemistry Teacher Preparation Programs in Iowa and Saint Petersburg Russia." Michael J. Sanger, Erik L. Brincks, Amy J. Phelps, Maria S. Pak, and Antony N. Lyovkin. <em>J.Chemical Education</em>, <strong>September 2001</strong>,78, No 9, 1275-1280.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:12px;">“Rate Law Determination of Everyday Processes.” Michael J. Sanger, Russell Wiley, Erwin Richter and Amy J. Phelps. <em>J. Chemical Education</em>, <strong>August 2002</strong>, 79, No. 8, 989-991.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:12px;">"The Power of Good Practice: What Students Learn from HOW We Teach." Amy J Phelps and Cherin Lee. J. Chemical Education. <em>J. Chemical Education</em>. <strong>2003</strong>, 80, p 829.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:12px;">“The Effects of a Computer Animation on Students’ Conceptual Understanding of a Can-Crushing Demonstration at the Macroscopic, Microscopic, and Symbolic Levels.” Resa Kelly, Amy J. Phelps and Michael J. Sanger. <em>The Chemical Educator</em>, 9(<strong>2004</strong>) 3, 184-189.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:12px;">“Simple Flame Test Techniques Using Cotton Swabs.” Michael J. Sanger and Amy J. Phelps. <em>J. Chemical Education</em>. <strong>2004</strong>, 81, p 969.</span></p>