Abe Lo

Bio

Senior Science Educator

Abraham Lo, PhD is a Senior Science Educator at BSCS Science Learning, where he designs and studies the efficacy of research-driven instructional materials and professional development programs to promote meaningful science learning for all students. He is co-PI on three NSF-funded projects to support teachers in adopting five-dimensional (5D) assessment and instruction practices (DRL 2010086 and DUE 2343911) and develop a community-driven model to enhance the coherence of preservice science teacher preparation programs (DUE 1725389). In addition, he co-led the design of the OpenSciEd middle school professional learning program and currently helps districts and states develop customized OpenSciEd implementation plans. Prior to BSCS, he was a secondary science teacher and instructional coach. Lo earned his PhD at Northwestern University and earned his BA and MSEd at the University of Pennsylvania.

Selected Publications

Lo, A. S., & Cooper, S. L. (Eds.). (2024). 5D Assessment Development Tools and Processes. [Professional Learning Tools]. 5dassessment.org.

Penuel, W. R., O’Connor, K., Allen, A.-R., Jacobs, J. K., & Lo, A. S. (2024). Examining Science Teachers’ Conceptions of Student Interest as a Consideration in Designing Assessments. Journal of Science Teacher Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/1046560X.2024.2435747

Lo, A. S., Glidewell, L., Penuel, W. R., & Herrmann Abell, C. F. (2024, Sept 19). Leveraging the diversity of rural science teachers’ contexts to inform the design of assessment professional learning [Conference Paper]. National Council on Measurement in Education: 2024 Classroom Assessment Conference, Chicago, IL. 5dassessment.org/research

Lo, A. S., Glidewell, L., Herrmann-Abell, C., O’Connor, K., Allen, A.-R., Cooper, S. L., Jacobs, J. K., Cherbow, K., Penuel, W. R., Wingert, K., & Gardner, A. (2024, March 18). Building from Strengths and Attending to Context: Supporting Rural Science Teachers’ Learning [Related Paper Set]. NARST 2024 Annual International Conference, Denver, CO. 5dassessment.org/research

Lo, A. S., Bekins, A., Lindsay, W., Martin, A., Newberg, J., Smith, J., Gagnon, R., Knight, J., Knoblock, R., Larm, R., Scott, A., Strode, P., Stennett, B., & Cherbow, K. (2024, Jan 13). A practitioner’s perspective on engaging in cross-stakeholder collaborations to enhance secondary science preservice preparation programs [Themed Paper Set]. 2024 Association for Science Teacher Education International Conference, New Orleans, LA. bscs.org/STeLLACO2

Wingert, K., Jacobs, J. K., Lindsay, W., Lo, A. S., Herrmann Abell, C. F., & Penuel, W. R. (2022). Understanding the Priorities and Practices of Rural Science Teachers: Implications for Designing Professional Learning. The Rural Educator, 43(3), 26-40. https://doi.org/10.55533/2643-9662.1338

Lo, A. S., Glidewell, L. +, O’Connor, K. +, Allen, A.-R., Herrmann-Abell, C. F., Penuel, W. R., Wingert, K., & Lindsay, W. (2022). Promoting shifts in teachers’ understanding and use of phenomena in instruction and assessment. In C. Chinn, E. Tan, & Y. Kali (Eds.), Proceedings of the 16th International Conference of the Learning Sciences – ICLS 2022 (pp. 1145-1148). International Society of the Learning Sciences. https://doi.org/10.22318/icls2022.1145 + Co-equal authorship