Conference 2004

Keynote Speakers:

Dr. Rosemary R. Haggett, Division Director, Division of Undergraduate Education, National Science Foundation
"Teacher as Learner: Undergraduate Curriculum Innovation and the Assessment of Student Achievement "  (abstract)
Dr. Fred Goldberg, San Diego State University
Developing a Research-based Curriculum: Examples from the CIPS and PET projects    (abstract)

 

Invited Speakers:

Dr. Thomas J. Greenbowe, Dept. of Chemistry, Iowa State University
Student Difficulties with Chemical Processes Involving Heat Exchange During Simple Calorimetry Experiments    (abstract)

Dr. Randal Harrington, The Blake School, Minneapolis, MN
Applications of Research to Improve High School Physics Classes: Physics First through AP Physics   (abstract)

Dr. Clyde Freeman Herreid, Director of the National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science, University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Teaching and Learning with Case Studies: What Do We Know?      (abstract)

Dr. Eric Knuth, Dept. of Curriculum and Instruction, University of Wisconsin
Middle School Students’ Production of Mathematical Justifications    (abstract)

Dr. Joe Krajcik, School of Education, University of Michigan
Project-based science: What’s the evidence that students learn?    (abstract)
Dr. Julie Libarkin, Dept. of Geological Sciences, Ohio University
A Tale of Three Theories: Development of the Geoscience Concept Test    (abstract)
Dr. David E. Meltzer, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Iowa State University
Investigation of Students’ Reasoning in Thermodynamics and the Development of Improved Curricula    (abstract)
Dr. Paula Messina, Dept. of Geology, San Jose State University
The Earth Science Placement Anomaly: Suggestions for Status-stepping and Strategies for Success   (abstract)
Dr. Daniel Orey, California State University, Sacramento
The Algorithm Collection Project (ACP)    (abstract)
Ms. Suzi Shoemaker, Casa Verde High School, Casa Grande Union High School
District #82.
A Model-Centered Approach to Earth Science Instruction    (abstract)
Dr. Marshall D. Sundberg, Emporia State University
Assessment: Quantitative plus Qualitative produces Quality     (abstract)
Mr. Gregg Swackhamer, Glenbrook North High School, Northbrook, IL 60062
Measuring Modeling    (abstract)
Dr. Patrick Thompson, Dept. of Teaching & Learning, Vanderbilt University
Cross-talk and Miscommunication in Thinking about Teaching Statistics      (abstract)
Dr. Gabriela Weaver, Department of Chemistry, Purdue University
Examining Student Use of a Web-enhanced DVD as an Instructional Supplement    (abstract)
Dr. Donald B. Young, Director, Curriculum Research & Development Group
College of Education, University of Hawaii at Manoa
Foundational Approaches in Science Teaching (FAST), An Enduring Curriculum: Its Theoretical and Pedagogical Foundations   (abstract)
       and
FAST, An Enduring Curriculum: Data on Effectiveness      (abstract)