Andrew J Petto Lecturer A.B., Middlebury College, 1972 M.A., Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst, 1979 Ph.D., Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst, 1986	Office: Lapham N203 Phone: 414-229-6784 FAX: 414-229-3926 Email: ajpetto@uwm.edu Electronic Reserve Materials:
Science Education, Evolution Education, and Gross Anatomy

Professional Interests

Over the past 10 years I have concentrated on understanding how students learn science and how to teach science more effectively. My research in science education has focused on understanding how science teachers are motivated to continue their own education and to introduce new ideas, activities, and interests to the students in their classrooms. I have also worked to understand how students learn science, and in particular how they come to understand the evolutionary theory that is at the foundation of modern biology. My research interests are in the area of the use of animal models for understanding general biological structure and function, particularly as applied to human gross anatomy and movement. I am also interested in mathematical modeling of population ecology applying demographic models to primate life history evolution.

Selected Publications

Petto AJ, Kessel R, Patrick M. Modeling the process of science in teacher professional development: The Wisconsin experience. The Science Teacher (in press). Petto AJ, Patrick M, Kessel R. Emphasizing inquiry, collaboration, and leadership in K–12 professional development. In: Yager C, ed. Exemplary Science: Best Practices in Science Teaching Today. Reston (VA): National Science Teachers' Association. (in press). Petto AJ, Godfrey LR, eds. Scientists Confront Creationism, revised edition. New York: WW Norton (in press). Petto AJ, Godfrey. Why teach evolution? In: Petto AJ, Godfrey LR, eds. Scientists Confront Creationism, revised edition. New York: WW Norton. (in press). Petto AJ. The exquisite corpse does evolution: A classroom exercise in contingency, probability, and the evolution of complex structure. PSTA Exchange 2003 (winter): 4–5. Petto AJ. Visualizing biological variation. MABT News 2003 (Fall): 13–4. Bardi M, Petto AJ. Parental failure in captive common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus): A comparison with tamarins. Folia Primatologica 2002; 73: 46–8. Bardi M, Petto AJ, Lee-Parrtiz DE. Parental failure in captive cotton-top tamarins (Saguinus oedipus oedipus). American Journal of Primatology 2001; 54: 159 – 69. Petto AJ, Russell KD. Practicing anthropology on the frontiers of humanity: Interspecies applied anthropology. Practicing Anthropology.1998; 20(2): 26–9. Reprinted in The Best of Practicing Anthropology, 1999.