Maine Center for Research in STEM Education

ORAL THESIS DEFENSE MST Student CASEY E. MURPHY Thesis Advisor: Michael Wittmann Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in Teaching December, 2010 Monday, November 22, 2010 3:10 – 5:00 pm 227 Neville Hall ANSWER-SEEKING AND IDEA-CONSTRUCTING DURING COLLABORATIVE ACTIVE-LEARNING ACTIVITIES IN A PHYSICS LABORATORY Student understanding of […]

ORAL THESIS DEFENSE MST Candidate Elizabeth Burroughs Thesis Advisor: Susan McKay Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in Teaching December, 2010 Monday, November 22 10:00 am – 12:00 pm Arthur St. John Hill Auditorium (165 ESRB) The Astrobiology Project: Effects on Students’ Science Aspirations and Achievement, and […]

Maine Center for Research in STEM Education Colloquia and Seminar Series Paul Wlodkowski, Associate Professor of Engineering Marine Systems Engineering Graduate Faculty, UMaine Maine Maritime Academy Introducing Engineering Design in a Ninth Grade Physical Sciences Classroom During the 2010-2011 academic year, the engineering design process will be introduced to ninth graders at Ellsworth High School […]

Maine Center for Research in STEM Education University of Maine, Orono, Maine Presents Professor Solomon Friedberg Professor and Chairman of the Dept. of Mathematics Boston College Graduate student teacher development using case studies Case studies are useful in areas in which judgment is a key component of effective practice.  Teaching mathematics requires subject matter knowledge–and […]

RiSE Center Colloquia Series Maine Center for Research in STEM Education University of Maine, Orono, Maine Presents Professor Joe Wagner Department of Mathematics Xavier University Do you see what I see? Issues of structure and transfer in mathematics education research What does it mean to say that two mathematics problems are solved “the same way”? […]

Oral Thesis Defense – Katie Clegg
Wednesday, August 4
102 Bennett Hall

“Assessing Middle and High School Students’ Conceptual Understanding of Photosynthesis”

The purpose of this research is to understand the thought processes of students as they solve or attempt to solve a conceptually based question presented in the Calculus I course at the University of Maine.

Center for Science and Mathematics Education Research Colloquia & Seminar Series Presents John R. Thompson, Associate Professor of Physics University of Maine Date:  Monday, April 19, 2010 Time:  3:00 p.m. Location:  Hill Auditorium “Thinking about the “function” in “state function”: Investigating student understanding of the math behind the physics of state functions” In our work […]

Center for Science and Mathematics Education Research Colloquia & Seminar Series Presents Natasha Speer Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Rob Blaisdell, Will Hall, Randy Stahley Master of Science in Teaching candidates University of Maine Date:  Monday, April 5, 2010 Time:  3:00 p.m. Location:  Hill Auditorium Videocase Materials for Novice College Mathematics Instructor Professional Development We […]

Center for Science and Mathematics Education Research Colloquia & Seminar Series Presents Casey Murphy Master of Science in Teaching candidate, University of Maine Date:  Monday, March 29, 2010 Time:  3:00 p.m. Location:  Hill Auditorium Epistemological Framing in Inquiry-Driven Tutorials:  Match or Mismatch? Many introductory science tutorials are carefully developed to help students construct ideas through […]