Background
Melchert, Sandra Ann was born on July 7, 1954 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Clifford Colburn and Germania Erna (Muenzer) De La Monte Heverly de Heverly.
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Sandra Ann Melchert
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Sandra Ann Melchert, American Science educator, researcher. Certified elementary and secondary teacher, Washington. Recipient ASCD Outstanding Dissertation award, 1994; CHEM National fellow, since 1994; Porject N.O.V.A. (National Aeronautics and Space Administration Opportunities for Visionary Acads.) grantee, 1998.
Education
Bachelor of Business Administration, Eastern Washington U., 1986; Master of Arts, Master of Science, Eastern Washington University, 1990; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Idaho, 1993.
Career
Teacher, Wilson Creek (Washington) Public Schools, 1986;
teacher 6th grade, Moses Lake (Washington) School, 1986-1989;
teaching assistant, Eastern Washington U., Cheney, 1989-1990;
science and mathematics teacher, Spokane (Washington) Public Schools, 1990;
project coordinator, institute science, U. Idaho, Moscow, 1990-1993;
assistant professor science education, U. South Dakot, Vermillion, 1993-1996;
assistant professor science education, Messiah College, Grantham, Pennsylvania, since 1996. Reviewer school science and mathematics U. Missouri, since 1993. Reviewer national science Studies.
Fund for Improvement and Research Science Training, unites states department Education, 1992-1996. Grant reviewer National Science Foundation, 1996.
Achievements
Membership
Member steering committee Vermillion Water Festival, 1993-1996, representative Civic Council, Vermillion, 1994-1996, promoter, supporter cultural arts First Nighter, Vermillon, 1994-1996. Volunteer Vermillon Beautification Committee, 1993-1996. Fellow American Meterol.
Society (reviewer national science Studies. since 1991). Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Association of University Women, NSTA (publications committee since 1998, periodicals subcommittee since 1998, reviewer teacher resource material since 1998), National Association Research in Science Tchg., National Middle Schools Association, National Committee for Study Options for Rural Science Education, Association for Education Teachers in Science, School Science and Mathematics Association (membership committee 1994-1997, manuscript reviewer since 1995), Kappa Delta Pi, Phi Delta Kappa (secretary Wilkes chapter since 1996).
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Married David J. Holmes, January 15, 1995. Children: Yolanda, Heather, Amethyst, Erika.
