Stephen Farenga

Stephen J. Farenga is Professor of Science Education and the Program Director for Secondary Science Education at Queens College. His research focuses on the educational environment to assess the learning demands of specific settings and their impact on cognition in science and the development of spatial thinking skills in STEM. He has served as an NSF principal investigator and co-principal investigator on grants that investigate science instruction, exploratory practices in STEM, and the retention of science education majors and teachers.