Spring 2013
- Jan. 30 – Sarah Nelson, Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Environmental and Watershed Research and School of Forest Resources, UMaine
“Who’s the expert here? Collaborative mercury research in the Acadia Learning Project” - Feb. 4 – Erin Furtak, Assistant Professor of Education, School of Education, UColorado at Boulder
“Exploring the Role of Disciplinary Knowledge, Language, and Practices in Collaborative Formative Assessment Design“ - Feb. 18 – Michelle K. Smith, Assistant Professor of Biology, School of Biology and member of the Maine RiSE Center, UMaine
Identifying and changing persistent conceptual dificulties in undergraduate biology courses - Mar. 18 – MacKenzie Stetzer, Assistant Professor of Physics, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy and member of the Maine RiSE Center, UMaine
“New Insights into Student Understanding of Electrical Circuits and Analog Electronics” - Apr. 1 – Nicole Gillespie, Ph.D. (education in mathematics, science and technology), Senior Program Officer, Science; Knowles Science Teaching Foundation
“Inquiry and Teacher Professional Development: Lessons Learned from the KSTF Teaching Fellowship Program”
Student Thesis Defenses
- January 11 – Kara M. Soule
“Assessing and enhancing student understanding of carbon cycling in organisms“ - Apr. 3 – Evan Chase
“Investigating physics students’ simultaneous use of gestures & speech to describe multiple quantities of a vertically-tossed ball - Apr. 8 – Ryan Weatherbee
“Shedding light on marine science education: A Cross-Sectional Assessment of Student Content Knowledge in an Undergraduate Marine Science Program” - Apr. 12 – Adi Levy Conlogue
“Students’ thinking about recursion: When do they use it and why?” - Apr. 19 – MaryJean Jones
“An assessment of ninth graders’ use of graphs and explanations to communicate scientific ideas”