MODELING WORKSHOPS NATIONWIDE in summer 2003
(updated March 10, 2003)
High school teachers:
Don't delay - we urge you to take a Modeling Workshop THIS summer. Our
NSF grant here at Arizona State University, as well as grants at some other
locations, will end in a year or two.
This means that financial support probably won't be available to
teachers in most states after another summer or two, unless they are lucky
enough to have a supportive faculty member in their state who writes a
grant and succeeds in getting 'No Child Left Behind' higher ed funding.
That's not always an easy task. And STATE grants are for only one summer,
typically.
So take advantage of these opportunities NOW! Almost 1000 teachers have
learned Modeling Instruction, and most find it much more satisfying than
conventional instruction. Students learn to THINK, not memorize and
regurgitate.
Cheers,
Jane Jackson
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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
thorough 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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FLORIDA (unfunded: teacher or school must pay)
University of Central Florida - Orlando
Two different workshops, preferably taken in sequence:
July 14 - 18: kinematics
July 21 - 25: dynamics
Peer leader: Eric Gardner
For information: <training@pasco.com> or 1-800-772-8700 (ask for
professional development dept.)
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ILLINOIS (received state funding)
Illinois State University at Normal
June 16 - 27, 2003
Peer leader: Jim Stankevitz
Contact 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 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 Dr. Taha Mzoughi <mzoughi@ra.msstate.edu>, 662-325-2923
<http://physics.msstate.edu/ttips/>
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NEW YORK
1) SUNY-Buffalo State College in New York
July 7-18, 2003
content: Electricity & Magnetism
Contact Dan MacIsaac, 716-878-3802, <macisadl@buffalostate.edu>
<http://physicsed.buffalostate.edu/programs/>
2) Cornell University, Ithaca (funded by the Nat'l Science Foundation)
July 27-August 1
Peer leader: Jane Conroe
New York state physics teachers have priority.
Contact Dr. Monica Plisch <mjp11@cornell.edu>, 607 255-2102
Apply online at <http://www.cns.cornell.edu/cipt> . Deadline March 28.
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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
July 7 - 27: Appalachian State University
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 development dept.)
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WISCONSIN (received state funding)
University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh
For high school and jr high physical science teachers
Contact Dr. Mark Lattery <lattery@uwosh.edu>
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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, Hudson, OH)
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>