Joyce Tugel

Joyce Tugel is a K–12 science education consultant whose work focuses on professional development in science curriculum, instruction, formative assessment, teacher leadership, and implementation of the Next Generation Science Standards. She has worked with the Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance and has also consulted with school districts and organizations on science education initiatives.

Tugel is a coauthor of _Uncovering Student Ideas in Science, Volume 4: 25 New Formative Assessment Probes_ with Page Keeley, and she is also credited as a coauthor of other books in the Uncovering Student Ideas in Science series. Reported background information identifies her as a former high school chemistry teacher and researcher in microbial biogeochemistry, and notes that she received the Presidential Award for Excellence in Secondary Science Teaching in 1998.