Mashood K. K.

Mashood K. K.

Designation: Reader- F

Academic Experience

• Research Associate (Feb. 2017 – Dec. 2017), STEM Transformation Institute, Florida International University, USA
• Research Associate (Jan. 2016 – Dec. 2017; Adjunct position from Feb. 2017 ), Physics Education Research Lab, CREATE for STEM Institute at Michigan State University, USA.

Education

Ph D in Physics Education Research, 2014, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, India.
M Sc Physics, 2007, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kerala, India.

Areas of Interest

Alternative Conceptions in Physics, Concept Inventories, Modelling in science education, Conceptual Change

Publications Author, Editor: Books and Proceedings Expository Articles Conference Presentations Invited Talks and Presentations Other Talks and seminars given Graduate Studies - Courses Taught Research Mentoring, Ph D Supervision Internship, projects and workshops Service work - Reviewing activity Awards and grants won

Publications

• Mashood, K. K., Kumar, A. and Mazumdar, A. (2020), Approximations in physics: A pedagogic perspective. Resonance - Journal of Science Education, 25(7), 915-932.

• Karnam, D., Mashood, K. K., & Sule, A. (2020). Do student difficulties with vectors emerge partly from the limitations of static textbook media?. European Journal of Physics, 41(3), 035703.

• Mashood, K. K., & Singh, V. A. (2019). Preuniversity science education in India: Insights and cross cultural comparison. Physical Review Physics Education Research, 15(1), 013103.

• Scott, E.E., Anderson, C.W., Mashood, K.K., Matz, R.L., Underwood, S.M. and Sawtelle, V., (2018). Developing an Analytical Framework to Characterize Student Reasoning about Complex Processes. CBE—Life Sciences Education, 17(3), p.ar49.

• Mashood, K. K., Sawtelle, V., Anderson, C., Matz, R., Scott, E., and Underwood, S. (2016). Developing an empirically grounded framework to assess interdisciplinarity of student explanations of everyday phenomena. Physics Education Research Conference 2016 proceedings, Sacramento, CA, USA.

• Mashood, K. K. and Vijay A. Singh (2015). Rotational kinematics of a rigid body about a fixed axis: Development and analysis of an inventory. European Journal of Physics 36, 045020.

• Mashood, K.K. and Vijay A. Singh (2013). Large-scale studies on the transferability of general problem-solving skills and the pedagogic potential of physics. Physics Education (IOP-UK), 48, 629-35.

• Mashood, K.K. and Vijay A. Singh (2013). Development of a concept inventory in rotational kinematics: Initial phases and some methodological concerns. In Nagarjuna et. al .(Eds.), Proceedings of epiSTEME 5 – International Conference to Review Research on Science, Technology and Mathematics Education, Mumbai, India: Cinnamonteal.

• Mashood K. K. and Vijay. A. Singh (2012). An inventory on rotational kinematics of a particle: Unraveling misconceptions and pitfalls in reasoning, European Journal of Physics, 33, 1301-12.

• Mashood K. K. and Vijay A. Singh (2012). Rotational kinematics of a particle in rectilinear motion: Perceptions and pitfalls, American Journal of Physics, 80(8), 720-23.

• Mashood K. K. and Vijay A. Singh (2012). Variation in angular velocity and angular acceleration of a particle in rectilinear motion, European Journal of Physics, 33, 473-78

• Mashood K. K. (2009). Historico -critical analysis of the concept of mass: From antiquity to Newton, In Subramaniam, K., & Mazumdar, A. (Eds.), Proceedings of epiSTEME-3 - International Conference to Review Research on Science, Technology and Mathematics Education, Mumbai, India: McMillan.

Author, Editor: Books and Proceedings

• Mashood, K. K. et. al. Eds. (2020), Proceedings of epiSTEME-8 - International Conference to Review Research on Science, Technology and Mathematics Education, Mumbai, India: Gaurang. Available online at: https://episteme8.hbcse.tifr.res.in/proceedings/

Expository Articles

• Mashood, K. K. and Punya Mishra (2021), Common sense in the science classrooom , I Wonder - Rediscovering School Science, published by Azim Premji University, Bangalore.

• Mashood, K. K., Mehta, R and Punya Mishra (2018), To See a World: Using Multiple Metaphors in Science Education , I Wonder - Rediscovering School Science, published by Azim Premji University, Bangalore.

Conference Presentations

• Mashood, K. K., Bameta, T and Gupta, A (2021). Unpacking tensions in a pedagogical transition from lectures to modelling. American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) Virtual Summer Meeting, July 31 - Aug.4.

• Mashood, K. K., Sawtelle, V. D., Anderson, C. W., Matz, R. L., Scott, E. E., Underwood, S. M. (2016). The Need for New Instruments: Assessing Interdisciplinary Thinking. Physics Education Research Conference (PERC), July 20 - 21, Sacramento, CA.

• Mashood, K. K., Sawtelle, V. D., Anderson, C. W., Matz, R. L., Scott, E. E., Underwood, S. M. (2016). Investigating Student Reasoning of Everyday Interdisciplinary Phenomena -- Initial Phases.American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) Summer Meeting, July 16 - 20, Sacramento, CA.

• Mashood, K.K. and Vijay A. Singh (2013). Evaluation of the inventory on rotational kinematics, presented at the Foundations and Frontiers in Physics Education Research (FFPER), Bar Harbor, Maine, USA.

• Mashood K. K. and Vijay A. Singh (2012). An inventory on angular velocity of a particle, In Tasar, F (Ed.), Book of Abstracts, World Conference on Physics Education (WCPE), Istanbul, Turkey.

Invited Talks and Presentations

• DBT_STAR Sponsored talk, Mar Athanasius College, Kothamangalam, Kerala, India, 10 March 2021.

• INSPIRE 2021 Lecture Series, Mar Dionysius College, Trissur, Kerala, 25 January, 2021.
• Research Training School in Physics (RSTP) - 2020, Department of Physics, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kerala, India, 27 February, 2020.

• Inter-Collegiate Physics Fest - Kannur University, Government Brennen College, Kerala, India, 30 January, 2020.

• Panel member, Discussion on ` Towards a pedagogy of science as a liberal art’, EpiSTEME 8 - International Conference to Review Research on Science, Technology and Mathematics Education, Mumbai, India, 5 January, 2020.

• National Workshop on Physics: Education, Research and Applications, Government College Kazargode, Kerala, India, Nov 15, 2019.

• Invited faculty, Staff exchange program, African Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning of Maths and Sciences (ACEITLMS), University of Rwanda, Kigali, Rwanda, 3 - 17 June, 2019.

• Special session on: Physics Teachers Preparation in Different Countries throughout the World, American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT), Winter Meeting, 2019, Houston, Texas, USA.

• ACEITLMS Training Workshop on Postgraduate Supervision, University of Rwanda, Kigali, Rwanda, 21 -25 May, 2018.

Other Talks and seminars given

• On `Operationalizing criteria to assess interdisciplinary thinking using textbook analysis' at STEM Transformation Institute, Florida International University, USA, 31 January, 2017.

• On `Physics Education Research: A Scientific Approach to Improving Teaching and Learning of Physics', at Department of Physics, Texas A&M University, Qatar, 16 November 2016.

• On `Physics Education Research: Evidence Based Approach to Teaching and Learning of Physics', at Department of Physics, Qatar University, Qatar, 14 November 2016.

• On `Developing an empirically grounded framework to assess student explanation of everyday phenomena' at Michigan section AAPT meeting, 15 October 2016.

• On `Assessing interdisciplinary thinking among undergraduate students', Create for STEM Institute, Michigan State University, 20 April, 2016.

Graduate Studies - Courses Taught

Cognitive Accounts of Modelling and Conceptual Change, 2 Credit Course, Aug. - Dec., 2020.

Modelling in Science Education, 2 Credit Course, Jan. - April, 2020.
Cognition, Conceptual Development and Conceptual Change, 4 Credit Core Course, (with Prof. Sanjay Chandrasekharan), Aug. - Dec., 2019.
Advanced Course on Research Methodology in Education, 4 Credit Core Course, Jan. - April, 2018.
Introduction to Research Methodology in Education, 2 Credit Core Course, Aug. - Dec., 2018.
Introduction to Science and Mathematics Education Research, 4 Credit Core Course, Aug. - Dec., 2018; Feb.- May, 2021.

Research Mentoring, Ph D Supervision

Thesis Advisor, Joseph Salve, Ph D student (2020 - ), Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education (TIFR), Mumbai, India.

Co - Advisor, Kirya Kent, Ph D student (2020 - ), African Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning of Maths and Sciences (ACEITLMS), University of Rwanda, Kigali, Rwanda.
Co - Advisor, Beni Mbwile, Ph D student (2021 - ), African Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning of Maths and Sciences (ACEITLMS), University of Rwanda, Kigali, Rwanda.
Member, Thesis Advisory Committee, Sujatha Varadarajan, Ph D student, Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education (TIFR), Mumbai, India.
Member (Special Invitee), Thesis Advisory Committee, Durga Prasad, Ph D student, Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education (TIFR), Mumbai, India.
Member, Thesis Advisory Committee, Don Bosco, Ph D student, African Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning of Maths and Sciences (ACEITLMS), University of Rwanda, Kigali, Rwanda.
Mentor, Dr. Tripti Bameta, Visiting Fellow, Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education, July 2019 - October 2020.
Mentor, Dr. Vimal Kumar (St. Thomas College, Trissur, Kerala, India), BESTM Fellow 2019, Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education (TIFR), Mumbai, India.
Co - Mentor, Snehal Choudhary, (Abasaheb Garware College, Pune, India), BESTM Fellow 2019, Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education (TIFR), Mumbai, India.
Mentor, Dr. Jijo Ulahannan (Government College, Kasargode, Kerala, India), Short Term Visitor at Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education, 6-16, June, 2018
Mentor, Justin Gambrell, Undergraduate student in physics, Michigan State University, USA. Worked on a project aimed at developing an instrument to assess interdisciplinary thinking in natural science at the undergraduate level, Oct. 2016 – May, 2017. Received first prize in University Undergraduate Research Arts and Forum, 2017 for this work.

Internship, projects and workshops

• Internship at the University of Washington, Seattle under the Visiting International Student Internship Training (VISIT) program. Supervised by Prof. Paula Heron, Physics Education Group, Department of Physics, April – June, 2013.

• Short visit to Mazur group, Harvard University which has pioneered the interactive pedagogy – Peer Instruction, June 2013.

• Attended workshop for teachers in Peer Instruction conducted by Prof. Eric Mazur at Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, November 2013.

• Attended Indo -US Science and Technology Forum Workshop on Science Communication, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, December, 2010.

• Attended National Conference on Science Education, Atomic Energy Education Society, Mumbai, 11-15 Decemeber, 2007.

• Carried out the project titled ' Nurturing scientific creativity in India: A pedagogical challenge', Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras, June-July, 2007.

Service work - Reviewing activity

European Journal of Physics Physical Review – Physics Education
Research Physics Education Research Conference, USA.
Foundations and Frontiers in Physics Education Research, USA.

Awards and grants won

Award of USD 3000 from the Indo-US Science Technology Forum (IUSSTF) and the American Physical Society (APS) under the APS-IUSSTF Physics Student Visitation Program in 2013.
Mini scholar in residence grant from the American Association of Physics Teachers in 2013.
Travel grant of INR 60000 from Sir Ratan Tata Trust, Mumbai, India in 2013