Maine Center for Research in STEM Education

The Maine Physical Sciences Partnership presents Dr. Jeong-Yoon Jang University of Iowa Post-Doctoral candidate “Using Language as a Learning Tool to Promote Scientific Argument to Construct Science Knowledge” Abstract: My research has been focused on how we can use language as a learning tool to improve students’ understanding of science and help them to learn […]

ORAL THESIS DEFENSE MST Candidate Mary Jean Jones Thesis Advisor: Molly Schauffler An Abstract of the Thesis Presented in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in Teaching August, 2013 AN ASSESSMENT OF NINTH GRADERS’ USE OF GRAPHS AND EXPLANATIONS TO COMMUNICATE SCIENTIFIC IDEAS            Proficiency in science learning involves […]

Maine Center for Research in STEM Education (RiSE Center) University of Maine, Orono, Maine Presents Nicole Gillespie, Ph.D. Executive Director Knowles Science Teaching Foundation   Inquiry and Teacher Professional Development: Lessons Learned from the KSTF Teaching Fellowship Program Recent work argues that professional development intended to develop teachers’ Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK) must be tightly […]

ORAL THESIS DEFENSE MST Candidate Ryan Weatherbee Thesis Advisor: Dr. Sara Lindsay An Abstract of the Thesis Presented in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in Teaching May, 2013 Shedding light on marine science education: A Cross-Sectional Assessment of Student Content Knowledge in an Undergraduate Marine Science Program Program-level […]

ORAL THESIS DEFENSE MST Candidate Evan Chase Thesis Advisor: Dr. Michael C. Wittmann An Abstract of the Thesis Presented in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in Teaching May, 2013  INVESTIGATING PHYSICS STUDENTS’ SIMULTANEOUS USE OF GESTURES & SPEECH TO DESCRIBE MULTIPLE QUANTITIES OF A VERTICALLY-TOSSED BALL                While […]

The Center for Research in STEM Education and the University of Maine Present   MacKenzie R. Stetzer Assistant Professor of Physics Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Maine   New insights into student understanding of electric circuits and analog electronics In recent years, large-scale undergraduate course transformation efforts have become an increasingly visible response […]

Maine Center for Research in STEM Education (RiSE Center) University of Maine, Orono, Maine Presents Michelle Smith Assistant Professor, School of Biology and Ecology University of Maine Identifying and Changing Persistent Conceptual Difficulties in Undergraduate Biology Courses As biology faculty transform their courses to align with the recommendations in the NSF-AAAS report Vision and Change […]

Maine Center for Research in STEM Education (RiSE Center) University of Maine, Orono, Maine Presents Erin M. Furtak Assistant Professor, School of Education University of Colorado at Boulder Exploring the Role of Disciplinary Knowledge, Language, and Practices in Collaborative Formative Assessment Design While Black & Wiliam (e.g. 1998) and others often cast the process of […]

Maine Center for Research in STEM Education (RiSE Center) University of Maine, Orono, Maine Presents Sarah Nelson Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Environmental and Watershed Research and School of Forest Resources Who’s the expert here?  Collaborative mercury research in the Acadia Learning Project Acadia Learning is a joint program of the SERc Institute, the […]