Salvatore Garofalo teaches in the Science Education Program at the City University of New York at Queens College. His expertise is in the pedagogical content knowledge related to the integration of technology in science education. In particular, his areas of research include cognition in science and technology, the development of spatial thinking skills in STEM, neuroconstructivism, and constructionism. He has earned a BS from Stony Brook University in Biology and Master’s degrees from Queens College in Secondary Science Education and English Literature. He is currently working on his doctorate at Teachers College, Columbia University in the Cognitive Science in Education program. He is a coauthor of the research book Spatial Intelligence: Why it Matters from Birth through the Lifespan. In addition, he has served as an NSF co-principle investigator on a grant that investigates science instruction, exploratory practices in STEM, and the retention of science education majors and teachers.

Contact him at: Salvatore.Garofalo@qc.cuny.edu