Eve Manz

Eve Manz is Assistant Professor of Education specializing in Science Education. Her research focuses on the development of epistemic practices in mathematics and science; that is, supporting students to participate in making and using knowledge in powerful, disciplinary ways. She seeks to understand how to design learning environments so that practices such as modeling, experimentation, and argumentation are meaningful and useful for elementary school students.

Dr. Manz works closely with elementary level in-service and pre-service teachers to design curriculum and test new approaches for engaging young students in science. She is currently working on two projects. In the first, she works with elementary teachers to incorporate “productive uncertainty” into elementary school science investigations, with funding from an early career award from the National Science Foundation. In addition, Dr. Manz is working with faculty from BU, TERC, and SMU to understand how elementary teachers facilitate classroom discussions in light of disciplinary goals and attention to issues of race, culture, and power, with funding from the James S. McDonnell Foundation.