EDUCATION:

• PhD in Science Education, 1995, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
• MS in Geology, 1986, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
• BS in Earth Science, 1983, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

AREAS OF EXPERTISE:

Dr. Pyle uses his background in K-12 and college-level STEM education and program assessment and evaluation to support teachers of science at the preservice and inservice career stages. He also supports student research that is consistent with the goals and objectives of the BA-Earth Science program, namely communicating science to non-scientific audiences.

HONORS AND AWARDS: 

Dr. Pyle serves as the Co-director for the James Madison University Center for STEM Education and Outreach and Coordinator for Science Teacher Preparation in the College of Science and Mathematics at JMU and is an NAGT Counselor for Virginia and serve on the Preservice Teacher Preparation Committee for NSTA.

PUBLICATIONS:

Pyle, E. J., Darling, A., Kreager, Z., & Conrad, H. (2018). Research on Students' Conceptual Understanding of Geology/Solid Earth Science Content. In St. John, K. (Ed.) (2018). A Community Framework for Geoscience Education Research. National Association of Geoscience Teachers. DOI: 10.25885/ger_framework/2.

Pyle, E. J., Niepold, F., Haas, D., Wysession, M., & Manning, C. (2018). An Exploration of Ideas Related to the Understanding and Teaching of Climate Science and Climate Change. Arlington, VA: National Science Teachers Association.

Whitmeyer, S. J., Pyle, E. J., Pavlis, T. L., Swanger, W., & Roberts, L (2018). Modern approaches to field data collection and mapping: Digital methods, crowdsourcing, and the future of statistical analyses. Journal of Structural Geology, DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2018.06.023.