Good to hear that you're still holding the modeling workshops. My involvement in Modeling Physics remains as the most formative experience I had as a teacher :)
Sean
On Monday, February 17, 2014 12:35 PM, Jane Jackson <jane.jackson@asu.edu> wrote:
Colleagues: Will you please forward this to your local high school
physics teachers?
Feb. 18, 2013
This summer, ~50 Modeling Workshops will be held all over the nation, from
California and Arizona to Maine and Florida.
Modeling Workshops are offered in mechanics, electricity and
magnetism, light, waves/fields,
chemistry, physical science, and biology.
What is Modeling Instruction?
Modeling Instruction began around 1985 in a partnership of an expert
high school teacher with David Hestenes
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hestenes>, who is now Emeritus
Professor
of Physics at Arizona State University. 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. Unlike the traditional approach, in which students wade
through an endless stream of seemingly unrelated topics, Modeling
Instruction organizes the course around a small number of scientific
models, thus making the course coherent.
More workshops have been added recently; and more will be added in
March, as details become clear.
Results from a survey of science teachers by AMTA indicates that
teachers who have taken Modeling Workshops feel better prepared for the
Next Generation Science Standards. All the more reason to take a
Modeling Workshop!
--
cheers,
Jane
Jane Jackson, Co-Director, Modeling Instruction Program
Box 871504, Dept.of Physics, ASU, Tempe, AZ 85287
480-965-8438/fax:965-7565 http://modeling.asu.edu
Jane.Jackson@asu.edu
For 23 years, Modeling Instruction has helped teachers attain
knowledge and skills needed to benefit their students. Modeling
Instruction is designated as an Exemplary K-12 science program by the
U.S. Department of Education. The American Physical Society is
recognizing it with the 2014 Excellence in Physics Education Award.
The American Modeling Teachers Assn (AMTA) is expanding the work: http://modelinginstruction.org . AMTA is a 100Kin10 Partner.
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