Rebekah Snyder

Instructor

Education

• ABD Science Education PhD, University of Missouri
• Molecular and Cellular Biology MS, University of Missouri Kansas City
• Secondary Education BA, University of Missouri Kansas City

Courses Taught

• Elementary Science Methods
• Middle/High School Science Methods

Academic Interests

• Self-Regulated Learning
• Student Agency
• Game Design

Scholarly Activity

•  Snyder, R, Mahaptra, S. C., Otto,S. Fallahhosseini, S & Zangori, L. (2024). Switching Genres: An exploration of student agency through multiple modes of instruction [Paper presentation] to the American Education Research Association (AERA) International Conference, Chicago, IL.
•  Zangori, L, Cole, L. Snyder, R. Fallahhosseini, S. & Otto, S. (2023). Developing a
• Socio-Ecological Learning Performance for Primary Students [Paper Presentation] to the European Science Educational Research Association (ESERA) International Conference, Cappadocia, Turkey.
•  Snyder, R, Mahaptra, S. C., Bridgewater, S. & Zangori, L. (2023). Exploring the Science Identities and Agency of Induction Phase Elementary Teachers [Paper presentation] to the American Education Research Association (AERA) International Conference, Chicago, IL.
•  Mahaptra, S.C, Snyder, R., Bridgewater, S., & Zangoril, L. (2023). Exploring how lived experiences mediate science identity of agency of Induction Phase Elementary Teachers. [Paper presentation] National Association of Research in Science Teaching (NARST) International Conference, Chicago, IL.
•  Otto, S., Snyder, R., Fallahhosseini, S., Cole, L., & Zangoril, L. (2022, Nov. 4 - 5).
• A middle school placed-based energy literacy unit. Missouri Environmental Education Association (MEEA). Kansas City, MO. U.S.
• (https://meea.org/professional-development/annual-conference/)
•  Zangori, L., Otto, S., Cole, L., Snyder, R., & Fallahhosseini, S.(2023, Jan. 11 -
• 14). Exploring interactions between internal and external factors that shape middle school science teachers curriculum enactments. Association for Science Teacher Educators (ASTE), Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.

• Zangori, L., Otto, S., Cole, L., Snyder, R., Oertli, R. T., Fallahhosseini, S. (2022).
• Energy and your environment (EYE): Place-based curriculum unit to empower students’ energy literacy and conservation. In X. Fazio (Ed). Science Curricula for The Anthropocene: Curriculum Models for our Collective Future – Volume II, Palgrave/Springer Nature

Professional Memberships

• National Science Teachers Association (NSTA)
• National Association for Research in Science (NARST)
• American Educational Research Association (AERA)