An electronic newsletter for the science education community
November/December 2006
Put Project 2061 on Your
Calendar
Project 2061 Workshops:
"Using Atlas of Science Literacy"
Register now for these Washington,
DC, events:
• March 6–8, 2007
• October 16–18, 2007
More workshops will be scheduled throughout 2007! Scholarships are
available.
The new year is bringing many
opportunities for you to learn more about Project 2061’s approach to standards-based
curriculum, instruction, and assessment. Make plans to join
Project 2061 staff as they share their latest research and findings at several
national conferences in early 2007. Or register for the popular "Using Atlas of Science Literacy" workshop
and learn how strand maps can help you take students' growth
of understanding into account.
You can find Project 2061 at the following events:
American
Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) 2007 Winter Meeting
January 5–10, 2007,
Seattle, WA
"Modification of Multiple-Choice
Assessment Items Based on Student Feedback" (Poster)
Thomas Regan
"Representations of Force and Motion Concepts at
the Middle Level" (Poster)
Thomas Regan
American
Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Annual Meeting
February 15–19, 2007,
San Francisco, CA
Visit Project 2061 in Booth #909 in the Exhibit Hall.
National
Science Teachers Association (NSTA) National Conference
March 29–April 1,
2007, St. Louis, MO
"Mapping Learning Progressions
for Historical Episodes" (Presentation)
Ted Willard
"PRISMS (Phenomena and Representations for Instruction of Science in Middle Schools)" (Presentation)
Page Keeley (Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance [MMSA]), Ted Willard, Joyce B. Tugel (MMSA), Lori Marie Agan (Bath Middle School, Bath, ME), & Chad Dorsey (MMSA)
"Revised Benchmarks for
Energy Transformations" (Presentation)
Ted Willard
"Understanding Strand Maps" (Short Course)
Ted Willard
"Using the Atlas of Science Literacy" (Presentation)
Ted Willard, Joyce B. Tugel (MMSA), Joe Krajcik (University of Michigan), Lori Marie Agan (Bath Middle School, Bath, ME), & Luan R. Sandberg (Washington Elementary School, Quincy, IL)
Visit Project 2061 in the Exhibit Hall throughout the conference.
American
Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting
April 9–13, 2007,
Chicago, IL
"Using Video to Examine
the Quality of Teaching Aimed at Specific Learning Goals" (Paper in symposium on "Video
as a Research Tool for Studying Instructional Practice")
Kathleen Morris & Jo Ellen
Roseman
National
Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST) Annual Conference
April 15–18, 2007,
New Orleans, LA
"Assessment Linked to
Science Learning Goals: Probing Student Thinking Through Assessment" (Symposium)
Led by George DeBoer
"Assessing Students' Understanding
of 'Controlling Variables'" (Poster)
Arhonda Gogos & George DeBoer
"Determining the Appropriateness
of Terminology in Content-Aligned Assessment of Middle School Students: Examples from
Plate Tectonics" (Poster)
Paula Wilson & George DeBoer
"Probing Middle School
Students' Understanding of Ideas about Chemistry through Content-Aligned Assessment" (Poster)
Cari Herrmann Abell & George
DeBoer
"Preservice Teachers’ Ideas about Global Warming"
Julie Lambert (CCMS Early Career Research Affiliate) & George DeBoer
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For more information, please contact the Project 2061
staff members listed above.
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