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 […]
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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 […]
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The RiSE Center and the University of Maine presents Lauren Barth-Cohen, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley Post-Doctoral Associate candidate “Learning by Explaining Complex Systems” In this talk I present work that focuses on students’ competencies in generating scientific explanations within the domain of complex systems, an interdisciplinary area in which students tend to have difficulties. […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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The University of Maine and the Maine RiSE Center present ORAL THESIS DEFENSE MST Candidate Kara Marie Soule Thesis Advisor: Dr. Molly Schauffler Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science (in Teaching) May, 2013 ASSESSING AND ENHANCING STUDENT UNDERSTANDING OF CARBON CYCLING IN ORGANISMS Scaffolding students’ understanding […]
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The University of Maine, the College of Education and Human Development, and the Maine RiSE Center present TEACHERS’ UNDERSTANDINGS OF INQUIRY AND REPORTED USE OF SCIENTIFIC PRACTICES: A SURVEY OF NSTA CONFERENCE ATTENDEES By Ashley Young Thesis Advisor: Dr. Daniel K. Capps An abstract of the Thesis Presented In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for […]
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The Maine Center for Research in STEM Education and the University of Maine present ORAL THESIS DEFENSE MST Candidate Sarah E. Rizzo Thesis Advisor: Natasha Speer Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science (in Teaching) May 2013 COLLEGE STUDENTS’ UNDERSTANDING OF GEOMETRIC TRANSFORMATIONS Geometric transformations are difficult for […]
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The RiSE Center and the University of Maine present ORAL THESIS DEFENSE MST Candidate Virginia J. Flood Thesis Advisor: Dr. François G. Amar An abstract of the Thesis Presented In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science (in Teaching) December, 2012 A PHENOMENOLOGICAL APPROACH TO UNDERSTANDING THE ROLE OF […]
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