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Mark Wathen

Faculty Member

Dr. Mark Wathen

Biography

Dr. Wathen is an Associate Professor of Science Education and Chemistry and is the program director of the Robert Noyce Teaching Scholarship Program at UVU. Dr. Wathen provides programmatic oversight and coordination on the scholarship program. He works closely with all science education majors as an instructor the Science Methods course and assists in the placement and supervision of science student teachers/interns and in monitoring and tracking new teachers. Dr. Wathen also oversees participant tracking and coordination with the external evaluator.

Education

Ph D, University of Northern Colorado, 2008

Major: Chemical Education

MS, Utah State University, 2000

Major: Organic Chemistry

BS, Utah State University, 1996

Major: Chemistry

AS, Snow College, 1992

Teaching

EDSP 4895

Special Education Student Teaching--7-12, Spring 2023

EDSC 4850

Student Teaching Secondary, Spring 2023

EDUC 6203

Student Teaching Graduate Licensure, Spring 2023

SCIE 4220

Teaching Methods in Science II, Spring 2023

Presentations

Chamberland, Stephen (Presenter & Author), Wathen, Mark (Author Only), Morris, Trevor (Author Only), 256th American Chemical Society National Meeting, "The Metacognitive Exam Tool to Help You Learn (METHYL) project for sophomore organic chemistry", American Chemical Society. (August, 2018)
Chamberland, Stephen (Presenter & Author), Wathen, Mark (Author Only), Morris, Trevor (Author Only), 25th Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, "The Metacognitive Exam Tool to Help You Learn (METHYL) project for sophomore organic chemistry", American Chemical Society, South Bend, IN. (July, 2018)

Awards

Graduate Dean’s Citation of Excellence

University of Northern Colorado - December, 2008