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PER Conference 2008 Schedule
In the last ten years, the use of research-based instructional materials has moved well beyond the traditional research university. There are two reasons for this: (1) individuals in PER are moving from positions as graduate students and post docs at research universities to beginning faculty positions at a wide variety of colleges and universities and (2) the instructional materials developed by the PER community are being used by more and more faculty members outside of PER, at their home institutions.
Despite the fact that the use of these materials is so widespread, there is relatively little data documenting the effectiveness of these materials with different populations of students. In this session we encourage those who are using research-based instructional materials with non-traditional students at either the pre-college level or the college level to share their experiences as instructors and researchers in these classes. By inviting researchers from the education community, who specialize in these issues, we hope to establish a dialog between a diverse group of researchers in an effort to align the results from research with the instructional goals of the physics education community.
| Wednesday, July 23, 2008 (buses run from 6-6 PM and 8-10:30 PM) |
| 3:30pm - 5:30pm |
PER Bridging Session, Engineering Teaching & Learning Complex (E1-001)
Presiding: Sabella
3:30pm, (JA.01)
Inequities in Physics Access and Enrollment in Urban High Schools
Angela Kelly, Lehman College
4:00pm, (JA.02)
A race-identity perspective on mathematics learning and participation
Danny Martin, University of Illinois - Chicago
4:30pm, (JA.03)
Impact of chemistry teachers' knowledge and practices on student achievement
Kathryn Scantlebury, University of Delaware
*Contributed Posters can be set up between 5 PM and 8 PM in the TELUS Centre Atrium
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| 6:00pm - 8:00pm |
Banquet and Poster Session - ticket required
Presiding: Thompson
6:00pm, Dinwoodie Lounge (DT.01)
Fostering science learning in diverse urban settings
Kenneth Tobin, Graduate Center of the City, University of New York
8:00pm, TELUS Centre Atrium (CP.711 to CP.821)
Contributed Poster Session, Cash Bar
Posters will remain on display for the duration of the conference
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| Thursday, July 24, 2008 (buses run from 7-9 AM and 4-7 PM) |
| 8:30am - 10:00am |
Special Sessions 1, TELUS Professional Development Building
Targeted Poster Sessions, Roundtable Discussions
TELUS 217 (TP-A)
Implementing PER in Other Cultures (Dykstra)
Discussant: Kenneth Tobin
TELUS 219 (TP-B)
Does PER-based instruction help underrepresented groups succeed, and how can it do so better? (Crouch)
Discussant: Kathryn Scantlebury
TELUS 236 (TP-C)
Developing learning skills in the physics classroom to attend to diverse populations (Yerushalmi/ Singh)
Discussant: Danny Martin
TELUS 238 (TP-D)
It works there. Will it work here? (Cummings)
Discussant: Eric Dey
TELUS 145 (RT-A)
Analyzing PSET for Content, Confidence and Comfort ... So Why Don’t You Want to Teach Physical Science? (Van Wormer)
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| 10:00am - 10:30am |
Break
TELUS Centre Atrium, Refreshments provided
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| 10:30am - 11:30am |
Invited Talks, TELUS 150
Presiding: Singh
10:30am (IT.01)
What is Nepantla and How Might it Help Educational Researchers Conceptualize Knowledge for Teaching?
Rochelle Gutiérrez, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
11:00am (IT.02)
A variety of diversity: Facing higher education's educational challenges
Eric Dey, University of Michigan
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| 11:45am - 1:00pm |
Luncheon, Outside TELUS Centre
Announcements, etc.
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| 1:15pm - 2:45pm |
Special Sessions 2, TELUS Professional Development Building
Targeted Poster Sessions, Roundtable Discussions
TELUS 217 (TP-A)
Implementing PER in Other Cultures (Dykstra)
Discussant: Kathryn Scantlebury
TELUS 219 (TP-B)
Does PER-based instruction help underrepresented groups succeed, and how can it do so better? (Crouch)
Discussant: Kenneth Tobin
TELUS 236 (TP-E)
Applications of PER in diverse settings: Perspectives on audience, method and implementation (Brewe)
Discussant: Angela Kelly
TELUS 238 (TP-F)
Showing Ourselves Friendly: Addressing Race in Physics Culture (Dancy)
Discussant: Rochelle Gutiérrez
TELUS 145 (RT-B)
Learn "How to teach Physics" from The Feynman Lectures on Physics: An example on Gravitation (Lee)
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| 2:45pm - 3:00pm |
Break
TELUS Centre Atrium, Refreshments provided
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| 3:00pm - 4:30pm |
Special Sessions 3, TELUS Professional Development Building
Targeted Poster Sessions
TELUS 217 (TP-C)
Developing learning skills in the physics classroom to attend to diverse populations (Yerushalmi/ Singh)
Discussant: Rochelle Gutiérrez
TELUS 219 (TP-D)
It works there. Will it work here? (Cummings)
Discussant: Angela Kelly
TELUS 236 (TP-E)
Applications of PER in diverse settings: Perspectives on audience, method and implementation (Brewe)
Discussant: Danny Martin
TELUS 238 (TP-F)
Showing Ourselves Friendly: Addressing Race in Physics Culture (Dancy)
Discussant: Eric Dey
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| 4:30pm - 5:30pm |
Panel Discussion, TELUS 150 (PD.01)
Presiding: Thompson, Sabella
Led by Dey, Gutiérrez, Kelly, Martin, Scantlebury, Tobin
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| 5:30pm - ??? |
PER Dating Service, TELUS Atrium, Cash Bar (DS.01, DS.02, + more)
Presiding: Thompson, Sabella
Interesting in replicating a study at another institution with a different population of students?
*if you did not submit a Dating Service abstract you can still participate and possibly find someone special.
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Directions to Session Locations
Horowitz Theater
Dinwoody Lounge
TELUS Center
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