Kathryn F. Cochran

Dr. Kathryn Cochran received her Ph.D. in Educational Psychology at Purdue University in 1984. She teaches undergraduate educational psychology and secondary teacher preparation field experiences; and graduate courses in research design, learning and cognition, philosophy, measurement and statistics. She is a co-principal investigator on the Rocky Mountain Teacher Education Collaborative funded by the National Science Foundation.

Areas of Specialization:

  • Learning and Teaching in Science & Mathematics
  • Individual Differences in Learning
  • Philosophy of Social Science
  • Epistemology

Recent Publications:

  • Cochran, K. & Jones, L. (1998). The subject matter knowledge of pre-service teachers. In K. Tobin & B. Frazer (Eds.). International Handbook of Science Education. The Netherlands, Kluwer.
  • Cochran, K.F. (1997). Pedagogical content knowledge: Teachers' integration of subject matter, pedagogy, students, and learning environments. In Sherwood, R. (Ed.). Research Matters... To the Science Teacher (2nd Ed.). Manhattan, KS: NARST
  • Cochran, K.F., DeRuiter, J., & King, R. (1993) Pedagogical content knowing: An integrative model for teacher preparation. Journal of Teacher Education, 44, 263-272.
  • Cochran, K. (1997). Book Review: The Content of Science. Science Education, 81, 605-608.

Recent Presentations:

Cochran, K., Forbes, M. & Holder, K. (1998, April). Student generated metaphors for teaching in undergraduate educational psychology: In order to learn the force, one must learn as Luke and teach as Yoda. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego.

Cochran, K. & Holder, K. (1998, April). The PCK development of prospective secondary teachers. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego.

Holder, K. & Cochran, K. (1998, April). Pedagogical content knowing and three pre-service mathematics teachers: Case studies: Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego.