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Jessica Watkins

Assistant Professor of Science Education

Vanderbilt University

Affiliations

Peabody College

Department of Teaching and Learning

Jessica Watkins is currently serving as a Teaching And Learning Assistant Professor of Science Education at Vanderbilt University.

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Vanderbilt University

Assistant Professor of Science Education

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Notable Scholarly Works

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Orientations to Material Agency in Science Learning. Proceedings. (2025)

educational psychologylearning sciencesexperiential learningscience educationeducationscientific literacylearning-by-doingmaterial agencystem education

Pedagogical Responsibility in the Age of AI: Preservice Teachers’ Reasoning About Automated Scoring Technologies. Proceedings. (2025)

automated assessmentpedagogical responsibilityteacher educationeducational strategiesautomated scoring technologiesresponsible aieducational assessmentpreservice teacherseducationpreservice teacher educationai educationeducational technologyteaching aicognitive scienceintelligent tutoring systems

Teachers’ Perspectives on Facilitating Design Talks With Young Learners (Fundamental). (2025)

teacher educationdesigneducational strategieseducational communicationinstructional designyoung learnerseducationpreservice teacher educationeducational designcommunicationprofessional development

Best Practices for Expanding an Undergraduate Learning Assistant Program: Observations From a Learning Community of Instructors.. In Faculty Learning Communities: Communities of Practice that Support, Inspire, Engage and Transform Higher Education Classrooms. (2024)

learning sciencesexperiential learningteacher educationeducational strategiesstudent teachingeducational practiceshigher educationeducationinstructional programprofessional developmentundergraduate researchbest practiceshigher education teaching

Design Talks. Science and Children (2024)

Kristen WendellJessica WatkinsChelsea AndrewsTyrine PanganNatalie De LuccaVera GorMolly MalinowskiNaina Sood FoxRae Woodcock

design talksdesigncommunication

Design Talks: Whole-Class Conversations During Engineering Design Units.. Science & Children (2024)

design cultureengineering educationengineering design processdesigndesign talks

Engineering Teacher Education: Exploring Elementary Teacher Learning in an Online Certificate Program for In-Service Educators in Engineering. 2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access Proceedings (2024)

Merredith PortsmoreJessica WatkinsRebecca SwansonNatalie De Lucca

online certificate programengineering educationengineeringengineering teacher educationelementary teacher learning

Redressing Harm: Relationalities in Preservice Secondary Teachers’ Science Preparation (Poster 3). Aera (2024)

Jessica Watkins

science preparationteacher preparationeducationpreservice teacher educationpreservice secondary teachers

“Should We Build This?”: Student Reasoning in Intentionally Facilitated Socio-Technical Design Talks. (2024)

Kristen WendellJessica WatkinsNatalie De LuccaTyrine Jamella PanganRae WoodcockChelsea Andrews

motivationsocio-technical design talksdesignhigher educationeducationstudent learning

They're Like the Wizards": Examining Interactions Between Ideological Discourses of School and Engineering in Teachers’ Reasoning.. Journal of Engineering Education (2024)

physic educationengineering educationteacher educationteacher preparationeducationintellectual discourseeducational theorystem educationideological discourseseducational researchphilosophy

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Jessica Watkins

Assistant Professor of Science Education

Vanderbilt University

Affiliations

Peabody College

Department of Teaching and Learning

Jessica Watkins is currently serving as a Teaching And Learning Assistant Professor of Science Education at Vanderbilt University.

Honors

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Jessica Watkins

Vanderbilt University

Assistant Professor of Science Education

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Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

Orientations to Material Agency in Science Learning. Proceedings. (2025)

educational psychologylearning sciencesexperiential learningscience educationeducationscientific literacylearning-by-doingmaterial agencystem education

Pedagogical Responsibility in the Age of AI: Preservice Teachers’ Reasoning About Automated Scoring Technologies. Proceedings. (2025)

Teachers’ Perspectives on Facilitating Design Talks With Young Learners (Fundamental). (2025)

teacher educationdesigneducational strategieseducational communicationinstructional designyoung learnerseducationpreservice teacher educationeducational designcommunicationprofessional development

Design Talks. Science and Children (2024)

Kristen WendellJessica WatkinsChelsea AndrewsTyrine PanganNatalie De LuccaVera GorMolly MalinowskiNaina Sood FoxRae Woodcock

design talksdesigncommunication

Design Talks: Whole-Class Conversations During Engineering Design Units.. Science & Children (2024)

design cultureengineering educationengineering design processdesigndesign talks

Merredith PortsmoreJessica WatkinsRebecca SwansonNatalie De Lucca

online certificate programengineering educationengineeringengineering teacher educationelementary teacher learning

Redressing Harm: Relationalities in Preservice Secondary Teachers’ Science Preparation (Poster 3). Aera (2024)

Jessica Watkins

science preparationteacher preparationeducationpreservice teacher educationpreservice secondary teachers

“Should We Build This?”: Student Reasoning in Intentionally Facilitated Socio-Technical Design Talks. (2024)

Kristen WendellJessica WatkinsNatalie De LuccaTyrine Jamella PanganRae WoodcockChelsea Andrews

motivationsocio-technical design talksdesignhigher educationeducationstudent learning

They're Like the Wizards": Examining Interactions Between Ideological Discourses of School and Engineering in Teachers’ Reasoning.. Journal of Engineering Education (2024)

physic educationengineering educationteacher educationteacher preparationeducationintellectual discourseeducational theorystem educationideological discourseseducational researchphilosophy

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