New Orleans Program, Vol. 1 - National Science Teachers Association
New Orleans Program, Vol. 1 - National Science Teachers Association
New Orleans Program, Vol. 1 - National Science Teachers Association
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NSTA Professional Development Institutes<br />
Knowing What They Know: Writing Assessment Questions<br />
That Reveal Student Thinking (PDI-7)<br />
Offered by Horizon Research, Inc. (www.horizon-research.com)<br />
Sean Smith and Melanie Taylor, Horizon Research, Inc.,<br />
Chapel Hill, N.C.<br />
Level: Elementary–High School/Supervision/Administration<br />
Location: Room 342, Convention Center<br />
Learn a process for developing questions that uncover what students<br />
really understand about science concepts. Get focused,<br />
practical experience applying these item-writing principles by<br />
writing and revising assessment items in a collaborative setting.<br />
Pathway Sessions<br />
All sessions are located in Room 342. See daily program for details.<br />
Thursday, March 19<br />
8:00–10:00 AM<br />
Knowing What They Know: The Importance of and Strategies<br />
for Eliciting Student Thinking in a Classroom Setting<br />
12:30–3:30 PM<br />
Knowing What They Know: Developing and Using a Framework<br />
for Analyzing Student Thinking<br />
Friday, March 20<br />
8:00–11:00 AM<br />
Knowing What They Know: Transferring the Item-writing<br />
Workshop to Your School/District, Part 1<br />
11:00 AM–12 Noon<br />
Knowing What They Know: Transferring the Item-writing<br />
Workshop to Your School/District, Part 2<br />
12:30–2:30 PM<br />
Knowing What They Know: Analyzing Student Work to Reveal<br />
Student Thinking<br />
Issue-oriented <strong>Science</strong>: Engage, Motivate, and Educate<br />
(PDI-8)<br />
Offered by the <strong>Science</strong> Education for Public Understanding <strong>Program</strong><br />
(SEPUP) (www.sepuplhs.org), Lawrence Hall of <strong>Science</strong><br />
Barbara Nagle, Sara Dombkowski, and John Howarth,<br />
Lawrence Hall of <strong>Science</strong>, University of California, Berkeley<br />
Kathaleen Burke, Buffalo <strong>Science</strong> <strong>Teachers</strong>’ Network, Buffalo<br />
State College, Buffalo, N.Y.<br />
Conference <strong>Program</strong><br />
Level: Middle Level–High School<br />
Location: Room 337, Convention Center<br />
Issue-oriented science engages all students in thinking about how<br />
science relates to their own personal lives and to societal challenges.<br />
This institute is designed for teachers, science curriculum<br />
coordinators, administrators, and other instructional leaders<br />
who will explore criteria and approaches for evaluating and<br />
developing issue-oriented science lessons and units.<br />
Pathway Sessions<br />
All sessions are located in Room 337. See daily program for details.<br />
Thursday, March 19<br />
8:00–9:00 AM<br />
Developing Literacy and Addressing Content Standards Through<br />
Issue-oriented <strong>Science</strong><br />
9:30–10:30 AM<br />
Getting Kids Invested with Stories: The Car of the Future<br />
11:00 AM–12 Noon<br />
Integrating Biodiversity Issues into Ecology and Evolution Units<br />
12:30–1:30 PM<br />
Making Connections: Strategies for Sustaining the Project<br />
2:00–3:00 PM<br />
Real-World <strong>Science</strong> Connections: Scientists as Partners<br />
3:30–4:30 PM<br />
Strategies for Discussion and Debate in the <strong>Science</strong> Classroom<br />
Friday, March 20<br />
8:00–9:00 AM<br />
Integrating Sustainability into the <strong>Science</strong> Classroom<br />
9:15–10:45 AM<br />
Using Environmental Issues to Build Students’ Scientific Argumentation<br />
Skills<br />
11:00 AM–12 Noon<br />
Alternative Energy for Transportation: Hydrogen and Fuel<br />
Cells<br />
2:00–3:00 PM<br />
Ethanol: The Cleaner Burning Alternative?<br />
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