Teachers,
Will you please forward this newly updated announcement to high school
physics & math teachers whom you know? Teachers tell me that they like
occasional reminders.
Cheers,
Jane Jackson
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MODELING WORKSHOPS NATIONWIDE in summer 2004
(updated April 27, 2004)
High school physics teachers:
Don't delay - 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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TEACHERS SAY:
Jane Nelson, Orlando FL:
"In thirty years of teaching, nothing has impacted my teaching, since my
first days of learning how to teach science in undergraduate school, like
the ideas I've learned in modeling. It is the BEST idea to enter the
teaching methods I have ever seen."
Tom Todd, suburb of Chicago:
"Modeling has permanently changed my methodology. I have taken modeling as
learned in the physics content area and employed it in other classes
(astronomy, geology, physical science). It has forced me to "clean house",
reduced content volume in these other courses and triggered a restructuring
of lab/worksheet material to fit modeling. Student response to these
changes have been overwhelmingly POSITIVE."
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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.
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. (Jn 14-Jl 2, Jl 6-29)
(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.)
Content: mechanics or electricity
For high school physics & math teachers.
Florida teachers have priority.
Teachers nationwide can get stipends.
Optional graduate credit.
Peer leaders: Jeff Steinert (from Maine), Stan Hutto (from Texas),
Mark Schober (from St. Louis), and 1 more.
Application is at <http://modeling.fiu.edu>
Contact Prof. Laird Kramer <Laird.Kramer@fiu.edu> for info on financial support.
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).
June 21 - July 13. 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, 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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For information on Modeling Instruction, visit <http://modeling.asu.edu>.
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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>