Şenay Purzer, Ph.D.

School of Engineering Education
Purdue University
Neil Armstrong Hall of Engineering, 1331
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2045 / Office: (765) 496-1684
Fax: (765) 494-5819
Email:
http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~spurzer/

Professional Preparation

B.S.E., Engineering with a Concentration in Mechanical Systems, Department of Engineering, Arizona State University, Polytechnic Campus (May 2009)

Ph.D., Science Education, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Arizona State University, Tempe Campus (Aug. 2008)

Dissertation Supervisors: Dale Baker (chair), Douglas B. Clark, Stephen Krause, Chell Roberts, and Sharon Robinson-Kurpius

Dissertation Title: Discourse in Freshman Engineering Teams: The Relationship between Verbal Persuasions, Self-Efficacy, and Achievement

M.A., Science Education, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Arizona State University (Aug. 2002)

Thesis Supervisors: Dale Baker (chair), Michael D. Piburn, and B.L. Ramakrishna

Master’s Thesis Title: The Impact of Science Fairs on Seventh Grade Students’ Understanding of the Scientific Method and Attitudes towards Science

B.S., Physics Education, Division of Science Education, Hacettepe Üniversitesi, Turkey (Jan. 1999)

Employment

2009- / Assistant Professor, School of Engineering Education, Purdue University.
2011- / Director of Assessment Research, INSPIRE
2009- 2011 / Co-Director of Assessment Research, INSPIRE
2004-2007 / Instructor, Arizona State University
Honors & Awards

Outstanding Graduate, awarded by Arizona State University and ASU Alumni Association, May 2009.

Best of Design in Engineering Education, voted to be among the top four best of the 50 papers published in the Design in Engineering Education Division, American Society for Engineering Education Conference, June 2008 (along with Mark Henderson, Alison McKay, Chell Roberts, and Alan de Pennington).

Dean’s Excellence Award in Graduate Research, Mary Lou Fulton College of Education, May 2007. This award is given each year to only one graduate student in the recognition of outstanding research.

Certificate of Success, Office of Educational Attaché, Turkish Consulate General, New York, August 2002. This award is given to the students who complete their master’s degree with exceptional performance.

Scholarship of Graduate Study in the U.S., Turkish Ministry of Education (Full tuition + 14K annual stipend), 2000-2002. This award is given to students in a very competitive basis and provides support for graduate degree abroad.

Invited Talks & Presentations

Implementing a Project-Based Engineering Curricula at a Public University. Poster presented at the ‘On Being an Engineer: Cognitive Underpinnings of Engineering Education Conference, Lubbock, TX. (along with Grondin, R. and Roberts, C.), February, 2008.

A Joint Methodology: Using the Engineering Design Process to Determine Pedagogy. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (IEEE), Inc., Phoenix Section, Tempe, AZ., March, 2006.

Current Research

My current research focuses on problem-solving and decision-making processes in engineering using video and discourse analysis methods. I also conduct research in instrument development and validation.

Refereed Journal Articles

  1. Purzer, Ş. (2011). The Relationship between Team Discourse, Self-Efficacy, and Individual Achievement: A Sequential Mixed-Methods Study. Journal of Engineering Education, 100(4), 655-679.
  2. Hong, T., Purzer, Ş., & Cardella, M. (2011). A Re-Evaluation of the Design, Engineering and Technology (DET) Instrument. Journal of Engineering Education, 100(4), 800-818.
  3. Hsu, M., Purzer, Ş., & Cardella, M. (2011). Elementary Teachers’ Views about Teaching Design, Engineering, and Technology. Journal of Pre-College Engineering Education Research, 1(2), 31-39.
  4. Baker, D., Lewis, E., Uysal, S., Purzer, S., Lang, M., & Baker, P. (2010). Using the Communication in Science Inquiry Project Professional Development Model To Facilitate Learning Middle School Genetics Concepts. Journal of Professional Development in Education. First Published on: 28 September 2010. DOI: 10.1080/1941527.2010.509945

5.  Krause, S., Kelly, J., Tasooji, A., Corkins, J., Baker, D., Purzer, Ş. (2010). Effect of Pedagogy on Conceptual Change in an Introductory Materials Science Course. International Journal of Engineering Education, 23(5), 884-893

6.  Baker, D., Lewis, E., Purzer, S., Beard, R., Bueno-Watts, N ., Perkins, G., Uysal, S., and Wong, S. (2009). The Communication in Science Inquiry Project (CISIP): A Project to Enhance Scientific Literacy through the Creation of Science Classroom Discourse Communities. International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 4(3), 259-274.

7.  Clark, D., Reynolds, S., Lemanowski, V., Stiles, T., Yaşar, Ş., Proctor, S., Lewis, E., Stromfors, C., and Corkins, J. (2008). University Students’ Conceptualization and Interpretation of Topographic Maps. International Journal of Science Education, 30(3), 377-408.

8.  Baker, D, Yaşar-Purzer, Ş., Robinson Kurpius, S., Krause, S., and Roberts, C. (2007). Infusing Design, Engineering, Technology into K-12 Teachers’ Practice. International Journal of Engineering Education, 23(5), 884-893

9.  Baker, D, Krause, S., Yaşar, Ş., Roberts, C., and Robinson Kurpius, S. (2007). An Intervention to Address Gender Issues in a Course on Design, Engineering, and Technology for Science Educators, Journal of Engineering Education, 96(3), 213-226.

10.  Yaşar, Ş., Baker, D., Robinson-Kurpius, S., Krause, S., and Roberts, C. (2006). Development of a Survey to Assess K-12 Teachers’ Perceptions of Engineers and Familiarity with Teaching Design, Engineering, and Technology, Journal of Engineering Education, 95(3), 205-216.

Technical Reports

1.  Baker, D., Beard, R., Bueno-Watts, N., Lewis, E., Özdemir, G., Perkins, G., Uysal, S., Wong, S., & Yaşar-Purzer, S. (2008). Discourse in Inquiry Science Classrooms (DiISC): Reference Manual (Tech. Rep. No. 001). Tempe, Arizona: Arizona State University

Work in Progress

An Instrument Development Model. Journal Manuscript to be submitted to an engineering education journal.
Elementary students’ progressions of design knowledge. Journal Manuscript to be submitted to a science education or an engineering education journal.
Solving Problems like Experts: First-year Engineering Student Teams. Journal Manuscript to be submitted to an engineering education journal.
Refereed Papers Published in Conference Proceedings

2011

1.  Purzer, S., Chen, J., & Yadav, A. (Oct., 2010). Does Context Matter? Engineering Students’ Approaches to Global vs. Local Problems. Proceedings of the Frontiers in Education Conference, Arlington, VA.

2.  Wertz, R.E.H., Fila, N.D., & Purzer, Ş. (Feb., 2011). Does diversity in novice teams lead to higher team effectiveness? Gender and STEM Research Symposium, West Lafayette, IN.

3.  Hargrove-Leak, S., Sigur, M., & Purzer, Ş. (March, 2011). Using PBS’ Design Squad in Undergraduate Engineering Courses. National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIIA) Annual Conference, Washington, DC.

4.  Purzer, Ş., Carr, R., & Strobel, J. (April, 2011). Engineering in the national and State Standards. Proceedings of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching Conference, Orlando, FL.

5.  Purzer, Ş., Hilpert, J.C., & Wertz, R. (2011). Cognitive Dissonance during Engineering Design. Proceedings of the Frontiers in Education Conference, Rapid City, SD.

6.  Purzer, Ş. & Hilpert, J.C. (2011). Special Session-Cognitive Processes Critical for Ill-Defined Problem Solving: Linking Theory, Research, and Classroom Implications. Proceedings of the Frontiers in Education Conference, Rapid City, SD.

7.  Fila, N.D., Wertz, R. & Purzer, Ş. (2011). Does diversity in novice teams lead to greater innovation? Proceedings of the Frontiers in Education Conference, Rapid City, SD.

8.  Cardella, M., Oakes, W.C., Zoltowski, C.B., Adams, R., Purzer, Ş., Borgford-Parnell, J., Bailey, R., & Davis, D. (2011) Special Session- Assessing Student Learning of Engineering Design. Proceedings of the Frontiers in Education Conference, Rapid City, SD.

2010

1.  Purzer, S., Chen, J., & Yadav, A. (Oct., 2010). Does Context Matter? Engineering Students’ Approaches to Global vs. Local Problems. Proceedings of the Frontiers in Education Conference, Arlington, VA.

2.  Purzer, S. (June, 2010) The MERIT Kit: Methods for Evaluating Roles and Interactions in Teams. Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Conference, Louisville, KY.

3.  Purzer, S. & Chen, J. (June, 2010). Teaching Decision-Making in Engineering: A Review of Textbooks and Teaching Approaches. Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Conference, Louisville, KY.

4.  Chae, Y., Purzer, Ş., & Cardella, M. (June, 2010). Core concepts for engineering literacy: The interrelationships among STEM disciplines. Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Conference, Louisville, KY.

5.  Yun, J., Cardella, M., Purzer, S., Hsu, M., & Chae, Y. (June, 2010). Development of the Parents' Engineering Awareness Survey (PEAS) According to the Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behavior Framework. Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Conference, Louisville, KY.

6.  Hsu, M., Cardella, M., & Purzer, S. (June, 2010) Elementary Teachers’ Perceptions of Engineering and Familiarity with Design, Engineering, and Technology. Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Conference, Louisville, KY.

7.  Hsu, M., Cardella, M., & Purzer, S. (June, 2010) Assessing Elementary Teachers’ Design Knowledge Before and After Introduction of a Design Process Model. Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Conference, Louisville, KY.

2009

8.  Krause, S., & Kelly, J., Corking, J., Tasooji, A., & Purzer, Ş. (October, 2009). Using students' previous experience and prior knowledge to facilitate conceptual change in an introductory materials course. Proceedings of the 39th IEEE International Conference on Frontiers in Education Conference, p.663-667, San Antonio, Texas, USA

9.  Purzer, Ş. (July, 2009). Learning Engineering in Teams:Perspectives from Two Different Learning Theories. Proceedings of the Research in Engineering Education Symposium 2009, Palm Cove, QLD

10.  Purzer, Ş. (June, 2009). The cognitive and motivational scaffolding that first-year engineering students need when solving design problems in collaborative teams. Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Conference, Austin, TX.

11.  Purzer, Ş., Krause, S., & Kelly, J. (June, 2009). What lies beneath the materials science and engineering misconceptions of undergraduate students? Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Conference, Austin, TX.

12.  Purzer, Ş. , Baker, D., Uysal, S. (April, 2009). How does collaborative teamwork support student achievement and self-efficacy? Proceedings of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, Orange County, CA.

13.  Baker, D.R., Bueno-Watts, N., Lewis, E.L., & Purzer, Ş. , (April, 2009). The Challenge of Measuring Fidelity of Implementation of Professional Development. Proceedings of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, Orange County, CA.

14.  Perkins, G., Purzer, Ş. , Baker, D., Uysal, S., Wong, S., Baker, D.L., Lewis, E.L., & Beard, R. (April, 2009). The Impact of CISIP on Elementary Teachers’ Views of Nature of Scientific and Scientific Communication. Proceedings of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, Orange County, CA.

15.  Bueno-Watts, N., Baker, D.L., Lewis, E.L., Uysal, S., Purzer, Ş. , Beard, R., Wong, S., Perkins, G., Pineda, M., Lang, M. (April, 2009). From Professional Development to the Classroom: What Changes Do Students Experience? Proceedings of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, Orange County, CA.

16.  Beard, R., Lewis, E.L., Purzer, Ş. , Uysal, S., Wong, S., (April, 2009). The Relationship between Quality of Teacher-Designed Lesson Plans and Teaching. Proceedings of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, Orange County, CA.

17.  Lewis, E.B., Baker, D.R., Lang, M., Yaşar-Purzer, Ş., Uysal, S., Beard, R., Bueno-Watts, N. (January, 2009). Learning about and Implementing Scientific Classroom Discourse Communities: An Overview of Research on the Communication in Science Inquiry Project (CISIP). Proceedings of the Association for Science Teacher Education Conference, Hartford, CT.

2008

18.  Yaşar-Purzer, Ş., Baker. D., Roberts, C., and Krause, S. (June, 2008). Development of A Team Interaction Observation Protocol and A Self-Efficacy Survey Using Social Cognitive Theory as a Framework Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Conference, Pittsburg, PA.

19.  Yaşar-Purzer, Ş., Henderson, M., McKay, A., Roberts, C., and de Pennington, A. (June, 2008). Comparing the Design Problem Solving Processes of Product Design and Engineering Student Teams in the US And UK. Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Conference, Pittsburg, PA.

20.  Baker, D.,, Krause, S., and Yaşar-Purzer, Ş. (June, 2008). Developing an Instrument to Measure Tinkering and Technical Self-Efficacy in Engineering. Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Conference, Pittsburg, PA.

21.  Yaşar-Purzer, Ş., Uysal, S., Baker, D., Lewis, E., and Lang, M. (March, 2008). Teachers’ Progress Towards a Modernist View of Nature of Science Communication. Proceedings of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, Baltimore, MD.

22.  Uysal, S., Yaşar-Purzer, Ş., Baker, D., Lewis, E., and Lang, M. (March, 2008). Teachers’ Meaning-Making During Professional Development of Scientific Classroom Discourse Communities. Proceedings of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, Baltimore, MD.

23.  Lewis, E., Baker, D., Yaşar-Purzer, Ş., and Uysal, S., Lang, M. (March, 2008). Measuring Short-Term Teacher Learning of Scientific Classroom Discourse Communities. Proceedings of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, Baltimore, MD.

24.  Baker, D., Lewis, E., Uysal, S., Yaşar-Purzer, Ş., Lang, M, and Baker, P. (March, 2008). Using the Communication in Science Inquiry Model to Facilitate Leaning Biology. Proceedings of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, Baltimore, MD.

2007

25.  Yaşar, Ş., Uysal, S., and Ozdemir, G. (April, 2007). Secondary teacher learning assessed by the quality of lesson plans designed to support communication in science inquiry. Proceedings of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, New Orleans, LA.

26.  Baker, D.R., Yaşar, Ş., Lang, M., and Ozdemir, G. (April, 2007). The Communication in Inquiry Project: Lessons Learned From Professional Development with Secondary Teachers. Proceedings of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, New Orleans, LA.

27.  Lewis, E. B., Baker, D.R., Yaşar, Ş., and Uysal, S. (April, 2007). Perceptions of secondary and post-secondary interdisciplinary faculty on CISIP professional development: a teacher learning community designing scientific classroom discourse communities. Proceedings of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, New Orleans, LA.

28.  Yaşar, Ş., Baker, D., Krause, S., and Roberts, C. (June, 2007). In her shoes: How team interactions affect engineering self-efficacy. Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Conference, Honolulu, HI

29.  Roberts, C., Yaşar, Ş., Morrell, D., Henderson, M., Danielson, S., and Cooke, N. (June, 2007). A pilot study of engineering design teams using protocol analysis. Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Conference, Honolulu, HI

30.  Uysal, S., Yaşar, Ş., Baker, D., Robinson Kurpius, S., Krause, S., Roberts, C. (June, 2007). Inside the classroom: Challenges to teaching engineering design in high school. Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Conference, Honolulu, HI

2006

31.  Baker, D., Yaşar, Ş., Uysal, S., A Robinson-Kurpius, S., Krause, S., and Roberts, C. (2006). Mixed-Grade Engineering Course for High School Students: Student Interactions and Understanding of Engineering Design. Proceedings of the Frontiers in Education Conference, San Diego, CA.