Paul Wendel

Paul Wendel

Phone
614-823-1840

Email
pwendel@otterbein.edu

Office
Roush Hall 437

Professor & Department Chair
Department of Education

Paul Wendel joined Otterbein in 2012 following 3 years in postsecondary education and 18 years as a high school physics and mathematics teacher. Dr. Wendel researches science education and studies classroom management.

Dr. Wendel is a full-time bicycle commuter who enjoys running, gardening, and working toward sustainable living.

Education

  • PhD in Curriculum & Instruction, Kent State University, 2008
  • MA, Physics, Kent State University, 2003
  • MS, Education, University of Akron, 1998
  • BS, Kent State University, Physics, 1988

    • Research, Creative, & Professional Work

  • P-12 Science Education
  • Postsecondary Science Education
  • Classroom Management
  • Secondary and post-secondary STEM teaching practices
  • Inquiry teaching
  • Modeling instruction
  • Science and pseudoscience

    • Publications

  • Esson, J. M., Wendel, P. J., Frey, M., Plank, K. M, Young, A. M. (2022, Sept/Oct). Recent developments in classroom observation protocols for undergraduate STEM: An overview and practical guide. Journal of College Science Teaching 52(1), 72-82.
  • Wendel, P. J., Pochodylo, A., Spoltman, J. (2019, Sept). A particle model for density. Science Scope 43(2), 55-61.
  • Young, A. M., Wendel, P. J., Esson, J. M., Plank, K. M. (2018). Motivational decline and recovery in higher education STEM courses. International Journal of Science Education. DOI: 10.1080/09500693.2018.1460773 https://doi.org/10.1080/09500693.2018.1460773
  • Stains, M., Harshman, J., Barker, M. K., Chasteen, S. V., Cole, R., DeChenne-Peters, S. E., Eagan, M. K., Esson, J. M., Knight, J. K., Laski, F. A., Levis-Fitzgerald, M., Lee, C. J., Lo, S. M., McDonnell, L. M., McKay, T. A., Michelotti, N., Musgrove, A., Palmer, M. S., Plank, K. M, Rodela, T. M., Sanders, E. R., Schimpf, N. G., Schulte, P. M., Smith, M., Stetzer, M., Van Valkenburgh, B., Vinson, E., Weir, L, K., Wendel, P. J., Wheeler, L. B., Young, A. M. (2018). Anatomy of STEM teaching in American universities. Science 359(6383), 1468-1470. DOI: 10.1126/science.aap8892

    • Affiliations & Awards

  • Otterbein Exemplary Teaching Award, 2020
  • Founding Board Member and Inaugural Conference Committee Chair, Ohio Project Kaleidoscope
  • American Association of Physics Teachers
  • International History, Philosophy, and Science Teaching Association
  • National Science Teachers Association
  • Ohio Middle Level Association
  • Phi Beta Kappa
  • Positive Discipline Association
  • Science Education Council of Ohio