Kristin Mansell

Kristin Mansell

Dr. Kristin Mansell is an assistant professor at Texas Tech University in the College of Education. At Texas Tech, she teaches courses in the Personalized and Blended Learning Program. A career educator, she began teaching as a high school science teacher in Birmingham, Alabama but spent most of her 19 years in public education as a seventh grade science teacher, most recently at Washington Fields Intermediate School in St. George, Utah.

Her professional research interests include science education, grading policy reform, teacher labor market, increasing teacher efficacy through targeted professional learning communities, and the impact of formative assessment on science teacher pedagogical decisions. Her research has been published in media such as Policy Futures in Education and AERA Open. In addition to Dr. Mansell’s involvement in educational research, she is active in the education policy process in Texas.

Dr. Mansell has presented at local, state, and national science teacher conferences on the use of formative assessment in the science classroom, as well as at an international science research conference on using science modeling as a formative assessment practice. She was recognized as Utah’s seventh-grade science teacher of the year in 2022.

Dr. Mansell holds a bachelor’s degree in classical languages with an emphasis in ancient Latin and Greek from the University of Alabama, a master’s degree in secondary science education from the University of Alabama in Birmingham, and a doctorate in education policy from Texas Tech University. She is also a National Board Certified Teacher in early adolescence science.

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Presentations by Kristin Mansell

• Developing Learning Targets and Formative Assessment in the Science Classroom
• Unwrapping Science Standards: Developing Learning Targets to Promote Proficiency
• PLC Question 1: Establishing Clarity and Focus in Science
• The Role of Assessment in the Science Classroom
• The Use of Modeling as a Formative Assessment Tool in Science
• Creating Authentic Common Formative Assessments in the Science Classroom
• Gaining Clarity in Collaborative Teams: How Learning Targets and Common Formative Assessments Guide Instructional Practices
• What Does Evidence Mean? The Role of Proficiency Rubrics in Standards-Based Grading