Profesor Dr. Kamariah Abu Bakar telah mendedikasikan lebih daripada30 tahun mendalami Pendidikan Sains sebagai guru dan pendidik guru.  Selain mengajar, beliau juga mempunyai pengalaman meluas  dalam penyeliaan pelajar, penyelidikan dan konsultansi, dan pentadbiran.  Sumbangan beliau dalam pengajaran dan penyelidikan mengkhusus kepada Pendidikan Sains dan penggunaan Teknologi Maklumat dan Komunikasi dalam pendidikan, terutamanya dalam strategi pengajaran dan pembelajaran.  Hingga kini, beliau telah terlibat melaksanakan lebih daripada 30 penyelidikan dalam bidang yang diminatinya, beberapa daripadanya  adalah projek yang dibiayai oleh Kementerian Pelajaran Malaysia (KPM), Kementerian Pendidikan Tinggi,  Kementerian Sains, Teknologi dan Inovasi (MOSTI), dan Multimedia Development Council.  Satu daripada projek kajian telah dilaksanakan di University of Iowa, Iowa City, U.S.A. ketika beliau menjadi Fulbright Scholar semasa sabatikalnya pada 1996.  Beliau juga pernah terlibat sebagai pegawai sumber kepada Unit Sains di Pusat Perkembangan Kurikulum, KPM selama lebih kurang 20 tahun; Ketua Sektor Pendidikan dan Latihan bagi Prioritised Research di bawah MOSTI sehingga akhir RMKe-8; dan kini sebagai Ahli Jawatankuasa Kurikulum Program Ijazah Sarjana Muda Perguruan (PISMP), Institute Pendidikan Perguruan, KPM; penilai projek penyelidikan fundamental, UPM; dan penasihat  kepada International Conference on Science and Mathematics Education (CoSMED) dianjurkan oleh RECSAM.  Dalam pentadbiran, beliau pernah menjawat jawatan Timbalan Dekan Akademik dan Dekan Fakulti Pengajian Pendidikan, UPM dan pada masa yang sama  menjadi Pengarah  Multimedia Instructional Design Centre, UPM.  Ketika ini  kepakaran Profesor Dr. Kamariah Abu Bakar diperlukan sebagai Penilai Luar kepada program Bacelor Sains dengan Pendidikan di beberapa buah universiti.  Kepakaran beliau diperlukan juga sebagai master trainer kepada Centre of Academic Development (CADe), UPM.  Beliau membantu juga pihak Pendaftar menilai dan menjadi pencaramah dalam Kursus PTK bagi staf UPM. Di samping membantu staf di Serdang, beliau juga pernah memberi ceramah kepada staf UPM di Bintulu, dan juga kepada organisasi luar seperti  Yayasan Pelajaran Mara, Taylor’s College, Kolej Kurniawan, Pusat Teknologi dan Pengurusan Lanjutan, dan Biro Tatanegara.

Professor Dr. Kamariah Abu Bakar has dedicated about 30 years of her life pursuing Science Education as a teacher and a teacher educator.  Besides teaching, she also has a wide experience in student supervision, research and consultancy, and administration.  Her contributions in teaching and research revolve around Science Education and the utilisation of Information, Communication and Technology in education, more specifically in teaching-learning strategies.  To date she has been involved in more than 30 researches in her area of interest some of which are projects funded by the Ministry of Education, Ministry of Higher Education (MOE), Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI), and Multimedia Development Council.  One of the research projects was conducted at the University of Iowa, Iowa City, U.S.A. while she was a Fulbright Scholar during her sabbatical in 1996.  She had also been involved for about 20 years as resource person to the Science Unit, Curriculum Development Centre, MOE; was the Head of the Education and Training Sector for Prioritised Research under MOSTI until the end of the 8^th Malaysia Plan; and currently is an advisor to the Teacher Education Institute, Teacher Training Division, MOE; evaluator of fundamental research, UPM; and advisor to the International Conference on Science and Mathematics Education (CoSMED) organized by RECSAM.  In administration, she has held the posts of Deputy Dean of Academic Affairs, and the Dean of the Faculty of Educational Studies while at the same time being the Director of the Multimedia Instructional Design Centre, UPM.  Presently, Professor Dr. Kamariah Abu Bakar’s expertise has been sought as an External Assessor to the Bachelor of Science with Education programme at several universities.  Her expertise has also made her a master trainer to the Centre of Academic Development (CADe), UPM.   Besides giving tutelage to UPM staff in Serdang, she had also presented lectures to staff of UPM Bintulu Campus, and other organizations such as Yayasan Pelajaran Mara, Taylor’s College, Kolej Kurniawan, Pusat Teknologi dan Pengurusan Lanjutan and Biro Tatanegara.

• Ng Lee Yen, Kamariah Abu Bakar, Samsilah Roslan and Wong Su Luan (2005). Predictors of self-regulated learning in Malaysian Smart Schools. International Education Journal. 6(3), 343-353. http://iej.cjb.net

• Ng Lee Yen, Kamariah Abu Bakar, Samsilah Roslan, Wong Su Luan, and Petri Zabariah Megat Abdul Rahman (2005). Self-regulated Learning and its Relationship with Student Teacher Interaction, Pakistan Journal of Psychological Research. 20(1&2), 41-63. (Indexed in: Proquest)

• Aida Suraya Md. Yunus, Ramlah Hamzah, Rohani Ahmad Tarmizi, Rosini Abu, Sharifah Md. Nor, Wan Zah Wan Ali, Kamariah Abu Bakar (in print).  Problem solving abilities of Malaysian University Students.  International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education.

• Ng Lee Yen, Kamariah Abu Bakar, Samsilah Roslan, Wong Su Luan & Petri Zabariah Megat abdul Rahman (2005).  Self-Regulated Learning and Its Relationship with Student-Teacher Interaction.  Pakistan Journal of Psychological Research.  Vol. 20, Nos. 1-2, 41-63.

• Wong Su Luan, Kamariah Abu Bakar & Tang Sai Hong (in press). Using a Student  Centred Learning (SCL) Approach to Teach a Discrete Information Technolgy (IT)   Course:  The effects on Malaysian pre-service teachers’ attitudes toward IT?  Technology, Pedagogy and Education.  (Cambridge University Press, Indexed in British Education Index).

• Wong Su Luan, Sidek Abdul Aziz, aida Suraya Md Yunus, Zakaria Sidek, Kamariah Abu Bakar & Hamidah Meseran (2005).  Gender differences in basic Information Communication and Technology competencies: A preliminary study among academicians at Universiti Putra Malaysia .  (Accepted for publication in the upcoming Malaysian Online Journal of Instructional Technology (MOJIT).  Will be published December, 2005)

• Ng Lee Yen, Kamariah Abu Bakar, Samsilah Roslan, Wong Su Luan & Putri  Zabariah Megat Ab. Rahman (to be published). Information-Literacy Scale: A Teaching Aid for Smart School Teachers. In Hong Kian Sam (Ed.), ICT  In Teacher Education.

• Kamariah, A. B., Azizan, A., Ahmad, M. et al. 2005. E-Learning in Malaysian institution of higher learning. Pameran Rekacipta, Penyelidikan dan Inovasi,  UPM, 1-19 Mac 2005.

• Rohani Ahmad Tarmizi, Aida Suraya Md. Yunus, Ramlah Hamzah, Rosini Abu, Sharifah Md. Nor, Habsah Ismial, Wan Zah Wan Ali, Kamariah Abu Bakar. (2005). Critikal Thinking: Are Malaysian Students Engaged in Critical Thinking in Their University Learning? Prosiding 3^rd International Seminar on Learning and Motivation: Enhancing Students Engagement (ISLM 3), 10 – 12 September.

• Ramlah Hamzah, Norhayat Marzuki, Sharifah Nor, Arshad Samad, Wan Zah Wan Ali, Kamariah Hj. Abu Bakar, Othman Mohamed, Rohani Ahmad Tarmizi, Radis Jamian, Siti Suria Salim. (2006) Pengajaran Mata pelajaran Teknikal dan Vokasional dan Pelajar Berisiko. Prosiding Seminar Kebangsaan Pendidikan Teknik dan Vokasional, 8-10 Disember 2006 Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. Pp212-221