Will you please forward this announcement to high school physics teachers
in your town?
Most high school physics teachers are cross-over teachers; most don't
belong to the AAPT. As a result, most high school physics teachers never
hear about Modeling Workshops. That is unfortunate for the entire physics
community. Thus I rely on YOU to tell them.
Cheers,
Jane Jackson
Arizona State University
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MODELING WORKSHOPS NATIONWIDE in summer 2003
(updated May 2, 2003)
High school physics teachers:
Don't delay - we urge you to take a Modeling Workshop THIS summer
before grants end.
Almost 1000 teachers have learned Modeling Instruction, and most prefer
it to conventional instruction. It corrects many weaknesses of the
traditional lecture-demonstration method, including fragmentation of
knowledge, student passivity, and persistence of naive beliefs about the
physical world.
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Modeling Workshops in summer 2003 are listed alphabetically by state.
They range in duration from 1-week introductory workshops, usually focusing
on kinematics, to 4-week workshops that thoroughly treat the pedagogy and
content for the mechanics portion of a physics course. Content is
reorganized around basic models to increase its structural coherence.
Participants are supplied with a complete set of course materials and
work through activities alternately in the roles of student or teacher, as
they practice techniques of guided inquiry and cooperative learning.
In 2001, Modeling Instruction was recognized as an Exemplary K-12
science program and a Promising K-12 educational technology program by the
U.S. Dept. of Education.
Teachers receive stipends and/or tuition waivers, instructional
materials, sometimes free housing, etc., at most workshops. (State funded
workshops provide these only for in-state teachers.)
A Modeling Workshop can be an excellent investment for your school
because you can become a valuable resource for teaching science effectively
with technology! For underprepared teachers, a Modeling Workshop provides
content remediation.
ARIZONA
Arizona State University - Tempe (funded by the Nat'l Science Foundation)
Choose June 16 - July 3 or July 7 - Aug 1
Content: mechanics.
Peer leaders:Don Yost, Rich McNamara, Jeff Hengesbach, 3 others
Also 2 workshops in electricity or waves/sound/light. (same choice of dates)
(Prerequisite: modeling workshop in mechanics)
Peer leaders: Larry Dukerich, Tim Burgess, Michael Crofton, Rich McNamara
Also: July 7 - Aug. 7: late afternoon workshop in 9th grade physical science
Contact <Jane.Jackson@asu.edu>, 480-965-8438,
Visit <http://modeling.asu.edu> and click on ASU's graduate program ...
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ARKANSAS
Arkansas State University (received state funding)
July 14 - Aug. 1
Peer leaders: Kathy Malone, Dan Malone, Karen Ladd
Content: 2nd semester physics, including CPU software use
Contact Dr. Andrew Sustich <sustich@mail.astate.edu>
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CALIFORNIA
Cal State University - Fresno (teacher or school must pay)
June 16 - 27
Peer leaders: Paul Lake, Jamie Vesenka
For high school and middle school science teachers
Content: energy
Contact Jaime Arvizu <jaimea@csufresno.edu>
<http://www.csufresno.edu/smec/events/modelingphysics.html>
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FLORIDA
1) University of Central Florida - Orlando (teacher or school must pay)
Two different workshops, preferably taken in sequence:
July 14 - 18: kinematics
July 21 - 25: dynamics
Peer leader: Eric Gardner
For info: <training@pasco.com> or 1-800-772-8700 (ask for professional dev.
dept.)
2) Florida International University (out-of-town teachers must pay some costs)
June 23 - July 11
Peer leaders: Ellis Noll, John Hollis
July 14 - Aug. 1
Peer leaders: Jeff Steinert, Stan Hutto
Content: mechanics
Contact Prof. Laird Kramer <Laird.Kramer@fiu.edu>
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ILLINOIS (received state funding)
Illinois State University at Normal
June 16 - 27, 2003
Peer leader: Jim Stankevitz
Contact Prof. Carl Wenning, <wenning@phy.ilstu.edu>, (309) 438-2957.
<http://www.phy.ilstu.edu/workshops/>
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KANSAS (unfunded; teacher and/or school must pay)
Emporia State University, Emporia, KS
June 9 - 13, 9:00 to 4:00
Peer leaders: Earl Legleiter, Jim Johnson
Contact Prof. Jim Johnson <johnsoJA@emporia.edu>
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MASSACHUSETTS (received state funding)
Bridgewater State College
August 11 - 21
Peer leaders: Lou Turner, Jamie Vesenka
for 40 teachers of physical science and physics (2 sections)
content: kinematics, intro to dynamics
Contact Prof. Jeff Williams <J7WILLIAMS@bridgew.edu>, 508-531-2081
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MISSISSIPPI (received state funding)
Mississippi State University
July 14 - August 1
Peer leader: Tim Burgess
Content: underpinnings (foundations of physical science) & mechanics
Contact Prof. Taha Mzoughi <mzoughi@ra.msstate.edu>, 662-325-2923
<http://physics.msstate.edu/ttips/>
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NEW YORK
SUNY-Buffalo State College in New York
July 7-18, 2003
content: Electricity & Magnetism
Contact Prof. Dan MacIsaac, 716-878-3802, <macisadl@buffalostate.edu>
<http://physicsed.buffalostate.edu/programs/>
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NORTH CAROLINA (funded by the National Science Foundation)
June 10-27: APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY, Boone
Peer leaders: Patty Blanton, Art Woodruff
July 8 - 25: CARTERET COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Morehead City
Peer leaders: Jason Lonon, Terri McMurray
July 8 - 25: UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA - GREENSBORO
Peer leader: Mike Turner
Content: underpinnings (foundations of physical science) & mechanics.
Workshops in second semester physics content:
June 10 - 27: University of North Carolina - Greensboro
June 10 - 27: Carteret Community College, Morehead City
Prerequisite: 3 week modeling workshop in mechanics.
Contact Nancy Murray <nmmurray@curie.uncg.edu>, (336) 377-9864
Application is at <http://epc.uncg.edu/workshop/epc_application.html>
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PENNSYLVANIA (unfunded: teacher or school must pay)
Widener University, near Philadelphia
Two different workshops, preferably taken in sequence:
Aug. 4 - 8: kinematics
Aug. 11 - 15: dynamics
Peer leader: Doug Vallette
For information: <training@pasco.com> or 1-800-772-8700 (ask for
professional dev. dept.)
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WISCONSIN (received state funding. FULL!)
University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh
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For detailed information on Modeling Instruction, visit
<http://modeling.asu.edu>.
QUOTES BY TEACHERS:
I am continually amazed at how the modeling method manages to give students
1) the opportunity to confront their misconceptions about physics head on,
2) the ability to analyze their data in an in-depth, consistent way in
order to construct appropriate models, and
3) the skill and confidence needed to interpret their results (as well as
others') in a scientifically critical way. (Jim Stankevitz, Wheaton, IL)
An important objective of education is to move students along the road
towards self-suffiency. I feel that the modeling method does this better
than anything else I have seen. (Louis Turner, Massachusetts - formerly Ohio)
The project gives the teacher the knowledge and practice needed to develop
or adapt other materials to the modeling method. The teacher is not
restricted to particular topics or materials from the workshops because the
modeling method is a WAY to teach, not an independent topic to teach. (Art
Woodruff, Sanford, FL)
It is the finest example of constructivist teaching in the U.S. It has
changed my life and the way I teach. (Don Yost, near Sacramento)
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Jane Jackson, Co-Director, Modeling Instruction Program
Box 871504, Dept.of Physics & Astronomy,ASU,Tempe,AZ 85287
480-965-8438/fax:965-7331 <http://modeling.asu.edu>
"The more receptive you are, the more you can receive."