Teachers,
Will you please forward this announcement to high school physics teachers
whom you know?
Cheers,
Jane Jackson
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MODELING WORKSHOPS NATIONWIDE in summer 2004
(updated April 7, 2004)
High school physics teachers:
Don't delay - we urge you to take a Modeling Workshop THIS summer
before grants end.
Almost 1400 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 2004 are listed alphabetically below, by
state. They range in duration from 3 weeks to 4 weeks. Workshops thoroughly
treat the pedagogy and content for the mechanics portion of a physics
course, or for physical science. 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, at most workshops. (State funded
workshops usually 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)
For high school physics teachers nationwide.
Choose June 14 - July 2 or July 6 - 30
Content: mechanics.
Peer leaders: Jeff Hengesbach, Kelli Gamez Warble, Dan & Kathy Malone,
Sheila Ringhiser, Dawn Harman
Also 2 workshops in electricity or waves/sound/light. (Same dates)
(Prerequisite: modeling workshop in mechanics)
Peer leaders: Larry Dukerich, Tim Burgess, Michael Crofton, Rich McNamara
Contact <Jane.Jackson@asu.edu>, 480-965-8438,
Visit <http://modeling.asu.edu> and click on ASU graduate program ...
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FLORIDA
Florida International University, Miami (funded by the Nat'l Science
Foundation)
July 12 - 30. 2 WORKSHOPS (Mechanics workshop is prerequisite for
electricity.)
For high school physics & math teachers.
Florida teachers have priority. Teachers nationwide can get financial support.
Content: mechanics or electricity
Contact Prof. Laird Kramer <Laird.Kramer@fiu.edu>
For housing on campus: <http://www.fiu.edu/~housing/wwwdocs/summer.htm>
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KANSAS (partially funded by MCREL)
Fort Hayes State University
July 6 - 23
For science and math teachers of grades 6 to 12.
Content: energy, structure of matter, scientific thinking skills
Peer leaders: Stella Ollarsaba, Earl Legleiter
Up to four semester hours of optional graduate credit
(inexpensive for teachers in Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, Oklahoma, Missouri)
Contact Earl Legleiter <elegleiter@mcrel.org>
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MISSOURI
Southwest Missouri State University (received state funding).
Dates to be determined. Four follow-up days in fall.
For 18 middle school science and HS physics or physical science teachers.
Participants must teach at "high-need" schools in Missouri.
Content: scientific thinking skills, mechanics.
Peer leaders: Julia Eichman and Joel Klammer.
Large stipend.
Four semester hours of graduate credit at free tuition.
Vernier MBL probes will be used with computers.
Contact Prof. Mani Manivannan <kam319f@smsu.edu>
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NEW YORK
SUNY-Buffalo State College in New York
July 7-23, 2004
PHY 620: Powerful Ideas and Quantitative Modeling in Mechanics
(6 credits)
New York teachers have priority. For 30 HS physics teachers.
Instructors: Dan MacIsaac, Dewayne Beery, Chris Filkins
Contact Dan MacIsaac, 716-878-3802, macisadl@buffalostate.edu
Limited scholarship funds are available.
Visit <http://physicsed.buffalostate.edu/programs/>
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NORTH CAROLINA (funded by the Nat'l Science Foundation)
Workshops in second semester physics content (waves, light, CASTLE electricity)
Prerequisite: 3 week modeling workshop in mechanics.
1) Appalachian State University
June 21-July 9
Peer leaders: Patty Blanton, Tom Brown
2) University of No. Carolina - Greensboro
July 6 - 23
Peer leaders: Matt Greenwolfe, Terri McMurray
No. Carolina teachers have priority. Teachers nationwide can get financial
support.
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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OHIO
The Ohio State University (funded by the Ohio Board of Regents)
June 14 - July 1, 2004
Workshop for 24 central Ohio HS teachers of physical science and/or physics
Content: mechanics
Leaders: Jason Cervenec (Worthington Kilbourne High School)
Kathy Harper (OSU)
Andrew Heckler (OSU)
6 free graduate credits in physics, free lunches.
Contact Kathy Harper <harper.217@osu.edu>
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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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I injured my wrists recently -- too much computer work! Thus I ask your
patience in corresponding. Phoning is quickest.
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>