ORONO, Maine — University of Maine faculty, staff and graduate students will discuss evidence-guided teaching and learning strategies with preK-12 STEM teachers Nov. 16-17 at Point Lookout in Northport, Maine. About 125 attendees are expected at the eighth annual fall summit of the Maine STEM Partnership, a statewide education improvement community. “The summit is a fantastic opportunity for […]
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Maine Center for Research in STEM Education (RiSE Center) Colloquia & Seminar Series Presents Ravit Duncan Associate Professor of Science Education Rutgers University Developing and Testing a Learning Progression in Genetics ABSTRACT: The Framework for K-12 Science Education and the Next Generation Science Standards embody a developmental perspective on learning in their proposed learning progressions for core […]
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ORAL THESIS DEFENSE MST Candidate Milissa Knox Thesis Advisor: Molly Schauffler Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in Teaching December, 2015 Thinking Beyond the Fried Egg Model: Basic Biology Students’ Knowledge and Contextual Understanding of Cell Structure and Function This exploratory study investigated three aspects of introductory […]
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Helping Struggling Students in Introductory Biology: A Peer-Tutoring Approach That Improves Performance, Perception, and Retention The high attrition rate among science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) majors has long been an area of concern for institutions and educational researchers. The transition from introductory to advanced courses has been identified as a particularly “leaky” point along […]
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ORAL THESIS DEFENSE MST Student Joshua Case Thesis Advisor: Dr. Natasha Speer An Abstract of the Thesis Presented in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in Teaching August 2015 Calculus Students’ Understanding of Logical Implication and its Relationship to their Understanding of Calculus Theorems In a typical calculus course, students are often presented with definitions, lemmas, propositions, and theorems. These statements are conditional, that is, they […]
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Joint Colloquium Sponsored by Department of Physics & Astronomy and the RiSE Center University of Maine, Orono Mila Kryjevskaia Assistant Professor of Physics North Dakota State University will speak on The role of Dual Process Theory in probing student reasoning in physics Abstract: It is a common expectation that, after instruction, students will consciously […]
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ORAL THESIS DEFENSE MST Candidate Sundance Campbell Thesis Advisor: Natasha Speer Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in Teaching May, 2015 College student difficulties with applied optimization problems in introductory calculus College calculus is an early gateway course for many college majors, especially those in science, technology, […]
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Maine Center for Research in STEM Education (RiSE Center) Colloquia & Seminar Series Grant Williams School of Education, St. Thomas University Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada Kinulations: Fostering K-12 Students’ Understanding of Science Concepts through Participation in Kinesthetic Simulations Research on the use of simulations in science education indicates that students can develop deep conceptual understanding […]
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RiSE Center Colloquium Monday, Sept. 22, 2014 3:00 pm 165 Arthur St. John Hill Auditorium Barrows Hall Speaker: Allison Dorko, Ph.D. candidate at Oregon State University MST Alumni Some Ideas about How Calculus Students Generalize from Single- to Multivariable Contexts Generalization is a critical goal of mathematical thought and thus a goal of instruction. However, […]
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ORAL THESIS DEFENSE MST Candidate Zachary Batz Thesis Advisor: Michelle K. Smith Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in Teaching August, 2014 Reaching Struggling Introductory Biology Students with a Targeted Peer Tutoring Program Low persistence in STEM majors has long been an area of concern for institutions […]
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