Publications

The following is a list of some of the Centre for the Public Awareness of Science publications.

Refereed conference papers

  • Stocklmayer, S.M. (1996, September). Teaching science through interactive multimedia: aspects of design. In Proceedings of the Annual Conference of Australian Communicators. Melbourne: Monash University.

  • Bryant, C., Gore, M., & Stocklmayer, S. (1996, November). Sharing the Big Ideas: What research says about interactive science centres and the public understanding of science. Symposium at the International Conference on Science Communication, SCICOMM '96, Melbourne, Victoria.

  • Stocklmayer, S., Rennie, L., Dick, B., & McKernan, H. (1996, November). Gender and Scientific Communication. Symposium at the International Conference on Science Communication, SCICOMM '96, Melbourne, Victoria.

  • Stocklmayer, S.M., Lockwood, R., & Dickinson, R. (1996, March). Making a change: Learning through four modes of instruction. 70th Annual Meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, St Louis, Missouri.

  • Bryant, C., Gore, M., & Stocklmayer, S. (1996, November). Science Communication: An academic discipline? International Conference on Science Communication, SCICOMM '96, Melbourne, Victoria.

Refereed journal papers

  • Stocklmayer, S.M. & Treagust, D. F. (1996). Images of electricity: How do novices and experts model electric current? International Journal of Science Education, 18: 163-178.

Popular media

  • Stocklmayer, S.M. (1995, February). Physics in a human body context. A television segment for the Golden West Network, WA.

  • Stocklmayer, S.M., & Frid, S. (1995, September). Teaching science in context. A television segment for the Education Department of WA.

Refereed conference papers

  • Stocklmayer, S.M., Zadnik, M.G., & Treagust, D.F. (1995, April). Teaching electricity: is our current model 'connected knowing' for girls? Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco.

  • Stocklmayer, S.M., Dickinson, R., & Murtha, J. (1995, July). The way that children see it: Multimedia 'just for us'. 26th annual conference of the Australasian Science Education Research Association, Bendigo, Victoria.

  • Stocklmayer, S.M., Dickinson, R.& Murtha, J. (1995, April). Through the child's eye: an exploration of hypermedia design. Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco.

Refereed conference papers

  • Stocklmayer, S.M., & Treagust, D.F. (1994, March). Teaching electricity: a current dilemma. Poster presented at the 67th annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, Anaheim, California.

  • Stocklmayer, S.M., Treagust, D.F., & Zadnik, M.G. (1994, July). Why use a particle model to teach electricity? 25th Conference of the Australasian Science Education Research Association, Hobart, Tasmania.

  • Stocklmayer, S.M., & Treagust, D.F. (1994, July). Teaching electricity: Are we getting it right? Biennial conference of the Australian Institute of Physics, Brisbane, Australia.

  • Rennie, L., Parker, L., Kepert, M., Maley, M., Mollett, K., Stocklmayer, S., & Tims, J. (1994, March). Dimensions of gender inclusiveness: High school students' attitudes and perceptions about Science, Mathematics and English. 67th annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, Anaheim, California.

Refereed journal papers

  • Treagust, D.F., Stocklmayer, S.M., Harrison, A., Venville, G., & Thiele, R. (1994). Observations from the classroom: When analogies go wrong. Research in Science Education, 24: 380-381.

  • Stocklmayer, S.M. & Treagust, D.F. (1994). A historical analysis of current electricity in textbooks: A century of influence on physics education. Science and Education, 3: 131-154.

Books

  • Sofoulis, N., Gianetti, F., Gianetti, S., Stocklmayer, S., Thomas, G., Yeo, S. (1994). Physics in Context - Year Twelve. Perth: STAWA.

Refereed conference papers

  • Stocklmayer, S.M., Zadnik, M.G., & Treagust, D.F. (1993). Teaching electricity: Is there a gender problem? In Schibeci, R. (Ed). Proceedings of the 18th Annual Conference of the Western Australian Science Education Association. Murdoch University, Perth.

  • Shymansky, J.A., Treagust, D.F., Thiele, R.B., Harrison, A.G., Waldrip, B.G., Stocklmayer, S.M., & Venville, G.J. (1993, April). A study of changes in high school students' understanding of selected concepts in physics. 66th Annual Meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, Atlanta, Georgia.

  • Stocklmayer, S.M., & Treagust, D.F. (1993, April). Images of electricity: How do practitioners model electric current? 66th Annual Meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, Atlanta, Georgia.

Popular media

  • Stocklmayer, S.M. (1993, May). Teaching electricity with analogies. Radio presentation for 6NR, Perth.

Selected media coverage

  • Stocklmayer, S.M. (1993, December). Women in science. Radio interview for 6NR, Perth.

Refereed conference papers

  • Stocklmayer, S.M., & Treagust, D.F. (1992, May). A historical analysis of current electricity in textbooks: A century of influence on physics education. Second International Conference on the History and Philosophy of Science and Science Teaching, Kingston, Ontario.

Popular media

  • Stocklmayer, S.M., & Gore, M.M. (1992, August). Look who's talking: Electricity. A national television program for Channel 9.

Refereed journal papers

  • Bryant, C. & Gore, M. (1991). Cleaning up after the elephant. Australian Biologist, 4: 168-170.

Refereed conference papers

  • Stocklmayer, S.M., & Rennie, L.J. (1991). Learning science: Promoting a gender-inclusive science curriculum. In Rennie, L.J., Parker, L.H., & Hildebrand, G.M. (Eds). Proceedings of the sixth international GASAT conference. The Key Centre for Research in Science and Mathematics Education, Perth.

  • Stocklmayer, S.M., Dymond, F., Leggett, M., & Garnett, P. (1991). Improving females' access to science courses. In Hackling, M. (Ed). Proceedings of 16th Annual Science Education Conference. Edith Cowan University, Perth.

Invited keynote presentations

  • Stocklmayer, S.M. Hands on activities for secondary school science classrooms.  A plenary session for the Annual Conference of the Science Teachers Association of Brunei, Bandar Seri Bagawan, Brunei, 1991.

Refereed journal papers

  • Stocklmayer, S.M. (1989). Creativity and girls in science. Australian Science Teachers Journal, 35(3): 77.