Biography

Dr. Hoskins’ interests are developmental neurobiology and the teaching/learning of science. With NSF support, she is currently testing intensive analysis of primary literature (journal articles) coupled with email interviews of paper authors as a way to demystify and humanize science for undergraduates at CCNY and beyond.

Research Intrest

neural specificity, The C.R.E.A.T.E. (Consider, Read, Elucidate hypotheses, Analyze data, and Think of the next Experiment)

List of Publications
Hoskins, S.G., Lopatto, D., and Stevens, L.M. (2011) The CREATE Approach to Primary Literature Shifts Undergraduates’ Self-Assessed Ability to Read and Analyze Journal Articles, Attitudes about Science, and Epistemological Beliefs CBE Life Sci Educ 10:368-378.
Hoskins, S. (2010) Developing critical reading and analysis skills by analyzing newspaper science using CREATE The American Biology Teacher, 72(7), 415-420
Hoskins, S. (2010) Teaching science for understanding: focusing on who, what and why. Chapter 8 in: Science and the Educated American: A Core Component of Liberal Education. Ed. Jerrold Meinwald, John G. Hildebrand. American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Cambridge MA.

Global Scientific Words in General Science