RiSE Faculty member Michael Wittmann published a new paper in December, 2020 with co-author Jeffrey Morgan as part of a focused collection on how research theory can be used to support curriculum design. The paper explores the authors’ approaches while using research to inform design of a quantum physics course for non-science majors. In particular, […]
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Collaboration fosters learning in mathematics courses at the University of Maine. In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic that brought isolation to many, graduate teaching assistants took measures to enable students to participate in collaborative group work in their classes. Read full UMaine News article here.
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Professor Mitchell Bruce, a RiSE faculty member, supported the transition of chemistry laboratory activities to remote learning for over 1,000 UMaine undergraduate students. Bruce is a professor of chemistry, chemistry researcher, and STEM education researcher. One current focus of his education research is on using analogies to support student learning in chemistry laboratory activities using […]
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What Could They Possibly Be Thinking!?!: Understanding your college math students David Kung and Natasha Speer We’ve all been there. You’re grading a problem and just can’t understand why a student wrote what they did. “What could they possibly be thinking!?!” Over years, good teachers understand their students’ thinking more and more, developing an encyclopedia […]
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Listen to The Maine Question podcast from the University of Maine. S3E4: How does diversity strengthen education and community?
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New research from the University of Maine College of Education and Human Development’s School of Learning and Teaching shows how emerging technologies such as virtual and augmented reality are creating novel ways of exploring mathematical ideas. The study, published in Digital Experiences in Mathematics Education, was conducted by Justin Dimmel, assistant professor of mathematics education […]
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Jeremy Bernier has been recognized by the RiSE Center as the Outstanding Master of Science in Teaching Graduate for 2020. As an MST student, Jeremy impressed his faculty and peers with his high level of intellectual engagement, natural curiosity and openness to alternative explanations—whether teaching undergraduate students in mathematics, working with peers in his […]
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Master of Science in Teaching student Emma Toth defended her thesis, titled “The High School to First Year College Transition: An Investigation of the Predictions and Perceptions of STEM Students” in December, 2018. Her thesis research included developing, testing, and revising a survey administered at the start and end of two semesters. At the start […]
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The RiSE Center has collaborated with PI Balu Nayak from University of Maine Food Science to obtain a USDA grant that will support active learning across in food science courses across five institutions. The model for active learning builds from the RiSE Center’s FIG-MLA Program. Food science majors to engage in active learning to prepare […]
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