AWARDS:

1. Outstanding paper award, 1980. Awarded by the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, New York, 1981. Title: Using science achievement to validate student teacher competencies.

2. Outstanding paper award, 1980. Awarded by the American Association for the Education of Teachers of Science, New York, 1981. The award was for a synthesis of research findings with implications for teaching and learning science. Title: Wait-time and learning in science.

3. Practical application of research for the classroom teacher. Awarded by the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, New Orleans, 1984. Title: Discourse patterns associated with the use of extended wait time in whole class settings.

4. Outstanding paper award, 1985. Awarded by the American Association for the Education of Teachers of Science, Cincinnati, 1985. The award was for a synthesis of research findings with implications for teaching and learning science. Title: Using research to improve science teaching.

5. Fulbright Award: Senior Scholar category, 1985. The scholarship was awarded for a research and teaching program at the University of Georgia during 1985/1986.

6. Outstanding paper award, 1986. Awarded by the American Association for the Education of Teachers of Science, San Francisco, 1985. The award was for a synthesis of research findings with implications for teaching and learning science. Title: Tobin, K.G., Capie, W. & Bettencourt, A. Active teaching for higher cognitive learning in science.

7. Practical application of research for the classroom teacher. Awarded by the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, San Francisco, 1986. Title: Chandran, S., Treagust, D.F., & Tobin, K.G. The role of cognitive factors in chemistry achievement.

8. Award of merit for a paper accepted for publication in Science Education in 1987/88. The paper was co-authored with Patrick Garnett. Title: Tobin, K. & Garnett, P. (1988). Exemplary practice in science classrooms. Science Education.

9. The JRST Award for the outstanding paper published in the Journal of research in Science Teaching in 1987/88. Title: Tobin, K. & Gallagher, J.J. (1987). The role of target students in the science classroom. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 24(1), 61-75.

10. The Patron's Award for the Outstanding paper presented at the 1987 meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching. The paper was presented at the annual meeting of NARST at Lake of the Ozarks, Mo, April 1988. Title: Tobin, K. & Fraser, B. J. (April, 1987). What does it mean to be an exemplary teacher?

11. 1988 AERA Award for relating research to practice (Interpretive scholarship). The award was presented in New Orleans for the paper: Title: Tobin, K.G. (1987). The role of wait time in higher cognitive level learning. Review of Educational Research, 57(1), 69-95.

12. Outstanding paper award, 1988. Awarded by the American Association for the Education of Teachers of Science, St Louis, 1988. The award was for a synthesis of research findings with implications for teaching and learning science. Title: Tobin, K. & Fraser, B.J. What can be learned from studies of exemplary practice?

13. Cattell Early Career Award, 1989. Awarded by the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, 1989.

14. Best paper award, 1989. Awarded by the Special Interest Group on the Study of Classroom Learning Environments, American Educational Research Association, San Francisco.

15. Outstanding Position Paper award 1991, for the paper entitled Learning how to teach science. Awarded by the South Eastern Association for the Education of Teachers of Science, Stone Mountain, Georgia.

16. Outstanding paper describing an exemplary science teacher education program, 1991. Awarded by the Association for the Education of Teachers of Science.

17. Outstanding paper describing an exemplary science teacher education program, 1993. Awarded by the Association for the Education of Teachers of Science.

18. Outstanding position paper award, 1995. Awarded by the Southeastern Association for the Education of Teachers of Science. [With Nancy Davis]

19. John W. Shrum Award for excellence in the education of science teachers, 1995. Awarded by the Southeastern Association for the Education of Teachers of Science.

20. Research in Education, 1995. Awarded by the Florida State University chapter of Phi Delta Kappa.

21. Excellence in College Teaching, 1996. Presented at the 7th national conference on college teaching and learning, Jacksonville, Florida.

22. Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, January, 1999.

23. David P. Butts Award for contributions to Science Education. January,2000. Presented by the University of Georgia for outstanding accomplishments of alumni.

24. Choice award in the category of Outstanding Academic Titles for 2002 (Roth, W-M., & Tobin, K. (2002). At the elbows of another: Learning to teach through coteaching. New York, NY: Peter Lang Publishing.)

25. The 1987 article I published with Jim Gallagher, The role of target students in the science classroom. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 24, 61–76, was selected as one of the 13 most influential articles published in the journal of research in science teaching. It is re-published 2003 in a special edition of JRST, edited by William Holliday.

26. Selected by editors of Educational Researcher as an exemplary reviewer who has “exhibited outstanding professional service by providing exemplary reviews for the seven journals that AERA publishes each year.”

27. Recipient of 2004 AETS Award I: Outstanding Science Teacher Educator of the Year (10+ years). Award was made at the annual meeting in Nashville, TN in January, 2004.

28. Distinguished Teaching Scholar. Recognized by the National Science Foundation (June, 2004).