Welcome to the Science Education Seminar Wiki
The Science Teaching Center
Department of Education, Curriculum & Instruction
University of Maryland, College Park, MD
Related Websites: The Science Teaching Center Physics Education Research Group
Check here for the latest information about the seminar, get presenter's notes, transcripts, and to add your own content
When is it?
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Where is it?
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10am-11:30
The first Thursday of every month during the semester
-alternating with the PERG research meeting
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Physics Building
room 1303
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Spring 2011 Schedule
contact Colleen Gillespie (gillespie.colleen(at)gmail) if you'd like to present at an upcoming Science Ed Seminar
Date
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Meeting
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Speaker
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Details
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Feb. 3
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Science Ed Seminar
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Chandra Turpen
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Understanding faculty accounts of stabilities and changes in instructional practice
abstract
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Feb. 16 |
PERG Research Meeting |
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March 2 (Wednesday) |
PERG |
Renee Michelle Goertzen (FIU) |
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March 17 (Thursday)
10:00-11:30
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Science Ed Seminar |
Jen Richards and Kristi Hall |
How can we start to understand students' expectations for success in a biology course? |
April 12 (Special Tuesday)
10:00-11:30
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Science Ed Seminar |
Mauricio Pietrocola (U of Sao Paulo, Brazil)
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MATHEMATICS AS STRUCTURAL LANGUAGE OF PHYSICAL THOUGHT: an Historical overview
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April 14(note: not the usual 1st Thursday of the month)
10:00-11:30
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Science Ed Seminar |
Ricardo Karam (U of Sao Paulo, Brazil) |
Focusing on the structural role of mathematics in physics instruction.
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April 20 |
PERG Research Meeting |
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May 5 |
Science Ed Seminar |
1. Eric Kuo
2. Ben Dreyfus
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1. Linking the dynamics of students reasoning to epistemology
2. Students’ Views of Macroscopic and Microscopic Energy in Physics and Biology
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May 18
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PERG Research Meeting |
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Fall 2010
DATE
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Meeting |
SPEAKER
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DETAILS
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Sept 15
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perg research meeting |
Ayush Gupta
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Role of Affect in Student Discussion during Physics Tutorials
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OCTOBER 4 |
Special talk |
Julia Svoboda |
Modeling a student's epistemic development in terms of epistemological resources. Download transcripts (Meeting Notes) |
October 7th
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SciEd. Seminar |
Luke Conlin
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What's So Funny About Learning Physics?
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October 20th
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perg research meeting |
TBD
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November 4th
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SciEd Seminar |
Brian Danielak
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interview data of a student striving for a "physical sense" of circuits in an engineering class
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November 17th
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perg research meeting |
TBD
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December 2nd
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SciEd Seminar |
Andy Elby
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Combining teacher professional development with basic research: Case studies of conceptual change and inquiry for English language learners |
December 15th
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perg research meeting |
TBD
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What is the Science Education Seminar?
The Science Education Program Seminar bi-weekly meeting where professors, students, and those interested in research in science education can interact, present research (at any stage of progress), and engage in lively critical discussion. Presentations range from completed, polished talks to open-ended discussions around a potential research question.
Ghosts of Seminars Past: Fall '08 > Spring '09 > Fall '09 > Spring '10
Suggestions?
If you have any ideas about a speaker to invite or a paper to read or anything else regarding the seminar, please put it here:
suggested speakers:
Joel Kuipers, Dept. of Anthropology, The George Washington University
Zaynep Tufekci, Dept. Sociology & Anthropology, UMBC
suggested readings:
- "Multiple Drafts Versus the Cartesian Theater", Chapter 5 (pp 101-138) in Dennett, D. (1991). Consciousness Explained. Boston, MA: Little, Brown, and Co. (pdf)
- Viechnicki, G. B., & Kuipers, J. (2006). "It's all human error!": When a school science experiment fails. Linguistics and Education. 17(2), 107-130. (pdf)
- Pinker, S. (2007). The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window Into Human Nature. New York: Viking. (pdf coming soon)
- Schoenfeld, A. H. (2002). A highly interactive discourse structure. Social Constructivist Teaching, 9, 131-169. (pdf)
- (your suggestion goes here)
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