Schedule-at-a-Glance

Sunday, June 20, 2004

4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Registration

Wells Commons Lobby

5:00 PM – 7:00 PM

Cash Bar & hors d’oeuvres

Wells Main Dining Room

6:00 PM – 7:00 PM

Dinner Buffet

Wells Main Dining Room

7:00 PM – 7:45 PM

Keynote 1

Rosemary R. Haggett                                   Wells Main Dining Room

Director, Division of Undergraduate Education
National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA

Teacher as Learner: Undergraduate Curriculum Innovation and Assessment of Student Achievement

Monday, June 21, 2004

8:00 AM – 10:30 AM

Registration

Little Hall Foyer

8:00 AM – 10:30 AM

Refreshments: coffee, danish, bagels

Little Hall Foyer

8:00 AM - 3:45 PM

Poster Session Set-Up

Wells Main Dining Room

8:30 AM – 11:45 AM

Recent Findings from Science and Mathematics Education Research

Session 1: Chemistry / Physics

110 Little Hall

Session 2: Mathematics

120 Little Hall

Session 3: Biology / Earth Sciences

130 Little Hall

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Lunch – Sandwich Wrap Buffet

Wells Main Dining Room

1:30 PM – 3:30 PM

WORKSHOPS 1-9

For locations, see pg. 9

3:30 PM – 3:45 PM

Break

 

3:45 PM – 5:15 PM

Poster Session with Reception and Cash Bar

Wells Main Dining Room

5:15 PM -

Dinner on your own

 

Tuesday, June 22, 2004

8:00 AM – 10:30 AM

Registration

Little Hall Foyer

8:00 AM – 10:30 AM

Refreshments: coffee, danish, bagels

Little Hall Foyer

8:30 AM – 11:45 AM

Applications of Science and Mathematics Education Research to Instruction

Session 4: Teacher Training -

Professional Development

110 Little Hall

Session 5: Middle and Secondary Levels

120 Little Hall

Session 6: Post-Secondary

130 Little Hall

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Lunch – on your own

 

1:30 PM – 3:30 PM

WORKSHOPS 10-17

For locations, see pg. 10

3:45 PM – 5:15 PM

Round Table Discussions

Memorial Union

5:30 PM – 8:30 PM

Cash Bar

Wells Main Dining Room

6:00 PM – 7:00 PM

Dinner – Lobster, Steak, Vegetarian Banquet

Wells Main Dining Room

7:00 PM – 7:45 PM

Keynote 2

Fred M. Goldberg                                    Wells Main Dining Room
Center for Research in Mathematics
and Science Education
San Diego State University, San Diego, CA

Developing Research-based Curriculum: Examples from the CIPS and PET projects

 

Monday, June 21st · Morning Session Overview

 

(S1) Chemistry/Physics

(S2) Mathematics

(S3) Biology/Earth Sciences

110 Little Hall

120 Little Hall

130 Little Hall

8:30-9:00 AM

Examining Student Use of a Web-enhanced DVD as an Instructional Supplement

Gabriela C. Weaver

Middle School Students’ Production of Mathematical Justifications

Eric J. Knuth

Project-based science: What’s the evidence that students learn?


Joseph S. Krajcik

9:00-9:30 AM

Student Difficulties with Chemical Processes Involving Heat Exchange During Simple Calorimetry Experiments


Thomas J. Greenbowe

The Algorithm Collection Project (ACP)


Daniel C. Orey

A Tale of Three Theories: Development of the Geoscience Concept Test



Julie C. Libarkin

9:30-10:00 AM

Investigation of Students’ Reasoning in Thermodynamics and the Development of Improved Curricula


David E. Meltzer

College Students’ Disposition Towards Mathematics

 

John E. Donovan II
Richard Beveridge

Foundational Approaches in Science Teaching (FAST), An Enduring Curriculum: Its Theoretical and Pedagogical Foundations

Donald B. Young

10:00-10:15 AM

Break

Break

Break

10:15-10:45 AM

Measuring Modeling




Gregg Swackhamer

Curriculum Planning for Teacher Candidates’ Learning of Science and Mathematics

Elaine V. Howes
Bill Rosenthal

Assessment: Quantitative plus Qualitative Produces Quality



Marshall D. Sundberg

10:45-11:15 AM

Which falls faster, a bowling ball or a soccer ball? – A study of a small group learning about falling objects

Fred M. Goldberg, et al.

Undergraduates’ Beliefs about Mathematics



Pallavi Jayawant

The Impact of the University of Maine's NSF GK-12 Program


Deborah Perkins
Darrell King

11:15-11:45 AM

Learning about teaching physics: A graduate course in physics education research


John R. Thompson
Michael C. Wittmann

Student use of integration in a physics context


Dawn C. Meredith

Addressing Cross-Disciplinary Barriers to the Sustainable Adoption of PLTL: Logistics and Training

Mitchell R. M. Bruce
Barbara Stewart
François G. Amar

 

Monday, June 21st · Afternoon Workshop Schedule

*NOTE: Although workshops do not require pre-registration, we request that you sign up for Monday and Tuesday afternoon workshops at the registration desk (Wells Lobby) when picking up your registration material.  Sign up sheets are attached to conference bulletin boards.

Workshop Title

Facilitator

Building & Rm.

W1: Inquiry-based Teaching Approaches for Science

Gabriela C. Weaver

Purdue University, W. Lafayette, IN

219 Little Hall

W2: They Think What?: Capturing and Using Student Ideas in the Classroom

Julie C. Libarkin

Ohio University, Athens, OH

203 Little Hall

W3: Introduction to FAST: Teaching Science as Inquiry

 

Donald B. Young & Richard A. Beer


Curriculum Research and Development Group University of Hawaii at Manoa

101/102 BGSC

W4: Implementing Peer Led Team Learning (PLTL) in Calculus I at the University of Maine

Jen Tyne, Paula Drewniany, Sue McGarry

The University of Maine, Orono, ME

205 Little Hall

W5: Writing More Effective Proposals

Rosemary R. Haggett

National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA

137 Bennett Hall

W6: Constructing Ideas in Physical Science: A New
Curriculum for Middle School Physical Science

Fred M. Goldberg

San Diego State University, San Diego, CA

315 Bennett Hall

W7: Using Qualitative Assessment Tools

Marshall D. Sundberg

Emporia State University, Emporia, KS

102 Bennett Hall

W8: The Integration of High School Science and Mathematics; How to Work Together to Enhance Learning in Both Disciplines

Cary Kilner & Allen Griffin

Somersworth High School
Somersworth, NH

110 Little Hall

W9: With Microscopes and Moccasins: American Indian Success in Math and Science

Maureen E. Smith

The University of Maine, Orono, ME

211 Little Hall


Tuesday, June 22nd · Morning Session Overview

(S4) Teacher Training -Professional Development

(S5) Middle and Secondary Levels

(S6) Post-Secondary

110 Little Hall

120 Little Hall

130 Little Hall

8:30-9:00 AM

Cross-talk and Miscommunication in Thinking about Teaching Statistics

Patrick Thompson

FAST, An Enduring Curriculum: Data on Effectiveness

Donald B. Young

Teaching And Learning With Case Studies: What Do We Know?

Clyde F. Herreid

9:00-9:30 AM

Probing for Specific Learning Ideas


Francis Eberle
Page Keeley

Applications of Research to Improve High School Physics Classes: Physics First through AP Physics

Randal R. Harrington

Making Connections: A course of practical skills in physical science



Richard L. Nafshun

9:30-10:00 AM

Physics for Elementary Teachers: A new curriculum




Fred M. Goldberg
, et al

The Earth Science Placement Anomaly: Suggestions for Status-stepping and Strategies for Success


Paula Messina

Developing an Integrated Math and Science Summer Program for High School Students


William G. Ellis, Jr.

10:00-10:15 AM

Break

Break

Break

10:15-10:45 AM

Pre-service Mathematics Teachers’ Ways of Knowing Mathematics & Philosophies of Teaching



Gideon L. Weinstein

A Model-Centered Approach to Earth Science Instruction


Suzi D. Shoemaker

Curriculum Development Cycles Using the InterChemNet System: A Tool for Action Research


François G. Amar
Barbara Stewart
Mitchell R.M. Bruce

10:45-11:15 AM

Towards a model for thinking-focused pedagogy in the mathematics classroom


Camille Bell-Hutchinson

Revising the Constructing Ideas in Physical Science (CIPS) curriculum to address seemingly conflicting goals

Fred M. Goldberg

Conceptual learning and attitudes toward science in a general education quantum physics course

Michael C. Wittmann

11:15-11:45 AM

A Model for Supporting and Maintaining the Use of Continuous Classroom Assessment


Marcia Rainford

Measurement: Key to
Higher Math?


Christopher A. Horton

Outcomes Assessment in a Course Designed to Meet General Education Goals in the Area of "Population and the Environment"

Mark W. Anderson

 

Tuesday, June 22nd · Afternoon Workshop Schedule

*NOTE: Although workshops do not require pre-registration, we request that you sign up for Monday and Tuesday afternoon workshops at the registration desk (Wells Lobby) when picking up your registration material.  Sign up sheets are attached to conference bulletin boards.

Workshop Title

Facilitator

Building
& Rm #

W10: Using Case Studies in the Classroom

Clyde F. Herreid

University of Buffalo, Buffalo, NY

137 Bennett Hall

W11: FAST Professional Development: An Essential
Component to Success

Donald B. Young & Richard A. Beer

Curriculum Research & Development Group
University of Hawaii at Manoa

101/102 BGSC

W12: Take a Walk on the Wild Side!

Paula Messina

San Jose State University, CA

203 BGSC

W13: The Colors of Light: Using Spectrometers in
High School and Middle School Science Classes

Barbara Stewart, Francois G. Amar,
Robert Kirk & Mitchell R.M. Bruce

The University of Maine, Orono, ME

421 Aubert Hall

W14: A Model-Centered Approach to Earth Science Instruction

Suzi D. Shoemaker

Casa Verde High School, Casa Grande, AZ

201 BGSC

W15: Supporting Students in Creating Scientific Explanations

Joseph S. Krajcik

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

102 Bennett Hall

W16: Modeling Light

Gregg Swackhamer

Glenbrook North High School, Northbrook, IL

302 Bennett Hall

W17: Warming Up the Climate for Women in Science and
Mathematics Classrooms and Communities

Sharon Barker & Virginia Nees-Hatlen

The University of Maine, Orono, ME

219 Little Hall