Anushree Bopardikar

Anushree’s research interests include science curriculum design and teacher professional development to support teacher and student learning. She is interested in curricula and PD that can provide authentic, academically rigorous, appealing, and accessible experiences in STEM education to a broad population of learners.

At TERC, Anushree’s present work focuses on qualitative evaluation of science educational materials and professional development for use in formal and informal learning environments. Anushree also contributes to design and research on teacher professional development. She is presently conducting qualitative research on the Visualize Teaching Mathematics PD project for middle school coaches and teachers. She previously contributed to design and research on the Empowering Teachers Through VideoReView and Talk Science projects, focused on using classroom video and related PD supports for teacher learning in science. Anushree has also conducted qualitative case studies on designer processes and activities that bring high-quality curricula to fruition.

Anushree has a Ph.D. degree in Curriculum Studies from the University of Twente, the Netherlands, where she was advised by Prof. Susan McKenney and co-advised by Debra Bernstein and Brian Drayton.

Anushree completed a M.S. degree in Educational Psychology (with a concentration in the Learning Sciences) from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she was advised by Prof. Sadhana Puntambekar on the design and research of inquiry-based approaches to support (middle school) students to learn physics through collaborative, hands-on design challenges in the context of an inquiry-based curriculum called CoMPASS. 

Anushree also obtained previously a M.A. degree in Counseling Psychology and a B. A. degree in Psychology from the University of Mumbai, India.

• Rank 1 in the Department of Psychology, St. Xavier’s College, University of Mumbai (B.A. program)
• Academic Excellence in B. A. Honors program, St. Xavier’s College, University of Mumbai.

Bopardikar, A. (2023). How designers create scalable science curricula [Doctoral dissertation, University of Twente, the Netherlands]. 

Bopardikar, A., Bernstein, D. & McKenney, S. Boundary Crossing in Student-Teacher-Scientist-Partnerships: Designer Considerations and Methods to Integrate Citizen Science with School Science. Instr Sci (2023).

Bopardikar, A., Mutch-Jones, K., Gasca, S., Csikari, M., & Chmiel, M. (2022). Supporting postsecondary educators to develop assessments for student learning based on Backward Design. The American Biology Teacher, 84(8), 459-466.