Opportunities and Challenges for Developing and Evaluating Diagnostic Assessments in STEM Education

Assessment
Mathematics
Science
Instrument
Day
Fri

Four DR K-12 projects will discuss opportunities and challenges that they have encountered when trying to harness psychometric models for diagnosis in science and mathematics education.

Date/Time
-
Session Type
Panel
Presenters
Andrew Izsak
Louis DiBello
Alan Maloney
Andre Rupp
Michael Timms
Session Materials
Rupp_PPT.ppt
DiBello_PPT.ppt
Izsak_PPT.ppt
Maloney_PPT.pptx
Timms_PPT.pptx

What are the opportunities and challenges that arise when trying to harness psychometric models for diagnosis in STEM education?        

Algebra in Early Mathematics: What is Critical?

Algebra
Mathematics
Elementary School
Day
Thu

The panel will present an overview of research-grounded evidence about what is critical for students to learn about algebra in grades 1–5.

Date/Time
-
Session Type
Panel
Presenters
David Carraher
Susan Jo Russell
Deborah Schifter
E. Paul Goldenberg
Analucia Schliemann
Maria Blanton
Session Materials
Carraher_PPT.pptx

In this panel discussion, panelists will identify some ideas that are becoming well-established by researchers even though they were by no means evident just 15–20 years ago and are yet to be assimilated into curricula and teacher education programs. They will identify what they consider to be critical issues for children to make progress in algebra in grades 1–5.

Gaming to Learn

Engineering
Educational Technology
Mathematics
Gaming/Virtual Environments
Science
Technology
Day
Thu

Four NSF-funded gaming project leaders will discuss pedagogical strategies and issues related to designing and implementing STEM educational games.          

Date/Time
-
Session Type
Panel
Presenters
Michael Hacker
Jodi Asbell-Clarke
Barbara Chamberlin
Douglas Clark
James Kiggens
Session Materials
Hacker_Gaming to Learn_PPT.pptx
Chamberlin Presentation

In this session, panelists from five NSF-funded gaming projects will discuss ways in which digital game-based learning can enable learner-led exploration, taking games beyond the "quiz" model many educators still think of.

References

Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly. (1990). Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience. HarperCollins. 

Powers, William T. (1973). Behavior: The Control of Perception. Chicago: Aldine.

Resources mentioned during the presentation:

Forum 3: FOI at a classroom, school and district level: What are meaningful units of analysis?

Event Date
-
Sponsoring Organization
University of Chicago (U of C)
Event Contact
Jeanne Century
Associated Dates and Deadlines
Forum 1: Overview of Fidelity of Implementation Issues for STEM Educators and Researchers; Wednesday, December 8th from 11:00 – 12:30 Central
Forum 2: Adaptation versus Fidelity of Implementation: How much is too much?; Tuesday, December 14th, 2010 from 11:00 – 12:30 Central

The Center for Elementary Mathematics and Science Education at the University of Chicago is convening a series of on-line forums on fidelity of implementation with a particular focus on STEM education programs. These forums build from an NSF supported project that resulted in a suite of instruments for measuring FOI of mathematics and science instructional materials and a series webinars that highlighted some of the challenging issues of FOI measurement.

Event Type
Other

Forum 2: Adaptation versus Fidelity of Implementation: How much is too much?

Event Date
-
Sponsoring Organization
University of Chicago (U of C)
Event Contact
Jeanne Century
Associated Dates and Deadlines
Forum 1: Overview of Fidelity of Implementation Issues for STEM Educators and Researchers; Wednesday, December 8th from 11:00 – 12:30 Central
Forum 3: FOI at a classroom, school and district level: What are meaningful units of analysis?; Friday, December 17th, 2010 from 11:00 – 12:30

The Center for Elementary Mathematics and Science Education at the University of Chicago is convening a series of on-line forums on fidelity of implementation with a particular focus on STEM education programs. These forums build from an NSF supported project that resulted in a suite of instruments for measuring FOI of mathematics and science instructional materials and a series webinars that highlighted some of the challenging issues of FOI measurement.

Event Type
Other

Forum 1: Overview of Fidelity of Implementation Issues for STEM Educators and Researchers

Event Date
-
Sponsoring Organization
University of Chicago (U of C)
Event Contact
Jeanne Century
Associated Dates and Deadlines
Forum 2: Adaptation versus Fidelity of Implementation: How much is too much?; Tuesday, December 14th, 2010 from 11:00 – 12:30 Central
Forum 3: FOI at a classroom, school and district level: What are meaningful units of analysis?; Friday, December 17th, 2010 from 11:00 – 12:30

The Center for Elementary Mathematics and Science Education at the University of Chicago is convening a series of on-line forums on fidelity of implementation with a particular focus on STEM education programs. These forums build from an NSF supported project that resulted in a suite of instruments for measuring FOI of mathematics and science instructional materials and a series webinars that highlighted some of the challenging issues of FOI measurement.

Event Type
Other

NSF PRIME Program Webcast

Event Date
-
Sponsoring Organization
National Science Foundation (NSF)

You are invited to participate in a webcast on the NSF's new program, Promoting Research and Innovation in Methodologies for Evaluation (PRIME).  PRIME Program Officers will share information on the new solicitation and answer questions posed by the audience. An archived version will also be available from the same website. The webcast will be closed-captioned.

We have two informational webcasts.

PRIME Webcast 1: November 1, 2010, from 1:00 to 3:00 pm Eastern.

Event Type
Webcast/Podcast
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