2007 ANNUAL REPORT - cosmos - Bowling Green State University

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In their open-ended evaluations and faculty interviews, the participants spoke highly about the utility of the Research Community in enhancing research on mathematics and science education. As a result of being part of the Research Community meetings, some participants ended up working on grants together or collaborating on grants with others in their field, finding common research interests and considering a co-authored manuscript, seeking and obtaining feedback on research, understanding better the value and scope of educational research, developing an interest in research, expanding existing research agendas, identifying specific journals where they can publish, considering long-term research projects, reflecting on the quality and methods used in their own research, and seeing connections between research conducted in different disciplines. Several participants mentioned feeling more connected to science and math education community as well as more energized and empowered to do and/or continue doing research. The faculty also made some suggestions for improvement. Evaluation Highlights: The Progress of the NWO Center towards development and sustainability of a regional collaborative alliance including university, school, and community partners through a shared vision and collaborative spirit for tackling current STEM education issues The collaborative alliance among the university, school and community partners was sustained by conducting regular COSMOS Collaborative Council (CCC) and Executive Board meetings (monthly for the CCC, with the average attendance of 14 members, and at the beginning and at the end of the academic year for the Executive Board, with the average attendance of 10 members). The concepts and ideas that were discussed and communicated at these meetings are indicative of the visionary approach taken by the NWO Center to tackling current STEM education issues. In particular, the CCC members were regularly informed about the NWO Center initiatives aimed at increasing the number of students pursuing STEM careers, discussed recent legislative actions affecting math and science curriculum, reviewed the most current statistics on the need for math teachers in Ohio, brainstormed professional development ideas for the next year. Other topics related to STEM included using NWO initiatives to stimulate an interest in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics that would encourage students to consider a career of teaching secondary education in those fields, ODE math and science standards and the importance of understanding them by teachers, and increasing leadership capacity of regional mathematics and science teachers through quality professional development. The discussions ranged from very specific NWO Center issues to very broad issues related to math and science education. Evaluation Highlights: Ways In Which The NWO Teachers Have Taken On Leadership Roles In The Region The NWO participants made a total of 35 presentations at the Blast-off session (1) in September of 2006, NWO Symposium in November of 2006 (17) and Summit in April of <strong>2007</strong> (14). The majority of the presenters were affiliated with MAT (12), followed by PRISM (10), other NWO/COSMOS (9), and TEAMS (4). Four of the NWO participants affiliated with PRISM and MAT presented twice. The average rating of these sessions by other participants was 4.6 on a 5-point scale. Additionally, 6 NWO participants were grant winners for the A+ for Energy Program from BP.
Back to top Recommendations The recommendations offered in this final section of the evaluation report come from three different sources: those voiced by the NWO participants and mostly related to the specific NWO initiatives/activities/ programs/events, those noted by session and classroom observers and also related to the content of the professional development, and those made by the evaluation team and mostly related to the data collection instruments and procedures. Suggestions from the NWO participants, related to the content of professional development: • More sessions on standards • More sessions on alternative assessment of student learning • More sessions on inquiry lessons (tips on how to teach inquiry on a limited budget, demonstrations of how to use computers with inquiry methods, modeling of inquiry lessons, help with developing such lessons) • More hands-on ideas • More information on how to integrate math, science, and technology together • More sessions on grant writing • More information on how to motivate and keep students (especially high-risk) engaged and involved in the classroom • More math in general and more math for higher grades • More emphasis on 7-12 grade level Other suggestions included more sessions on time management and group work, more content aligned lesson plans, more information on organizations and groups that can give materials and grants to schools, more vendor presentations, more life science sessions, and more dinner open discussion forums (TeachOhio); more materials, more grade-specific lesson ideas, starting on time and earlier, and better microphones (TEAMS), more networking opportunities, more comfortable classrooms, and also better microphones (In-service); more lessons on specific topics, more opportunities to go to more sessions, more sessions geared towards pre-service teachers, and more sessions for pre-schools and kindergartens (undergraduate students); and how to be hands-on and still prepare the students to pass the test (MAT). Some of the suggestions mentioned by the participants were also made by the observers of the sessions. Suggestions from the observers for improving quality of NWO professional development: • more time for sense making and wrap-up • more encouragement of collaborative learning • having a better structure to share experiences and insights • more handouts • better modeling of effective questioning strategies • more engaging presentations • more modeling of effective assessment strategies
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