MSP Workshop: How People Learn - March 7-9, 2004
Description
The National Research Council (NRC) and the National Science Resources Center will present an interactive workshop on learning March 7-9, 2004 at NRC headquarters in Washington, DC. Workshop presenters will review the expanding body of research about human learning as synthesized in NRC reports with an emphasis on reports, such as "How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School" and "How People Learn: Bridging Research and Practice."
Participants will receive a free CD-ROM containing these and 12 other NRC education reports pertinent to the learning and teaching of mathematics and science. A series of interactive breakout sessions will enable participants to delve more deeply into various aspects of the research on learning and its applications for both K-12 and higher education, and for professional development programs for faculty. Time will be allocated for members of MSP teams to discuss how the principles of learning that are considered during this workshop can be integrated with and applied to the work of their Partnerships.
This workshop is especially appropriate for people involved in professional and/or curriculum development, K-12 and college/university faculty, and people who are responsible for improving student learning and academic achievement.
National Research Council
National Science Resources Center
Math/Science Partnerships Workshop
How People Learn
2100 C Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.
Lecture Room
March 7-9, 2004
| March 7, 2004 (Sunday) | ||
| 1:00pm | Opening Remarks | |
| Jay Labov, National Research Council | ||
| Sally Shuler, National Science Resources Center | ||
| Martin Orland, NRC Center for Education | ||
| NSF Representative | ||
| Overview of Workshop: Melvin George, President Emeritus, University of Missouri and NRC Chair, Mathematics and Science Partnerships Committe | ||
| 1:45pm | Bridging Research and Practice: An Examination of a Teaching and Learning Model | |
| Participants will work in groups to examine a teaching and learning model based on a "floating and sinking" inquiry. | ||
| Sally Goetz Shuler, Executive Director, National Science Resources Center | ||
| Christopher Zahopoulos, Director of Projects SEED & RE-SEED, Northeastern University | ||
| 3:45pm | Break | |
| 4:00pm | Classroom videotapes will illustrate how this model works at the middle and high school levels. | |
| 4:15pm | Discussion of the model | |
| 5:00pm | Adjourn | |
| 5:15pm | Dinner, Members Room, 2100 C Street, N.W. | |
| 6:15pm | Meeting: Facilitators, Presenters, Committee Members, and NRC staff | |
| March 8, 2004 (Monday) | ||
| 8:00am | Continental Breakfast | |
| 8:30am | Greeting and Overview of the Day's Goals and Activities: | |
| Katherine Merseth, (Invited) Director of Teacher Education, Harvard University and Senior Lecturer at the Graduate School of Education | ||
| Melvin George,President Emeritus, University of Missouri and NRC Chair, Mathematics and Science Partnerships Committee | ||
| 8:45am | Keynote Address and Discussion: Research on Human Learning: | |
| Understanding and Applications Focus on research on learning and cognition as they relate to the classroom | ||
| Jose Mestre, Professor of Physics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst | ||
| 10:15am | Break | |
| 10:30am | Break-Out Sessions: Application of the Principles of Learning to the Classroom - K-12 Math, K-12 Science and Higher Education | |
| Higher Education Applications Bonnie Brunkhorst, Professor, Geological Science and Science, Mathematics and Technology Education, California State University, San Bernardino Jose Mestre, Professor of Physics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst | ||
| K-12 Science Applications Mary Colvard, Consultant, New York State Education Department, and Steering Committee Member Laura Maitland, Science Instructor, Mepham High School, Bellmore, NY | ||
| K-12 Mathematics Applications Mary Kosky, retired, Dept. of Mathematics, Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake High School, Burnt Hills, NY | ||
| 11:45pm | Understanding the Principles of Learning More Deeply | |
| Katherine Merseth (invited) overviews morning's sessions and provides MSP groups with charge for afternoon activities. | ||
| 12:00pm | Lunch | |
| 12:45pm | Groups reconvene. Use "Jig Saw" strategy to share what they have learned in morning break-out session and how those insights will be useful to MSP participants in general (specific applications to individual MSPs will be considered during the 4:45 to 6:00 PM session). | |
| 2:00pm | Break | |
| 2:15pm | Discussion of Principles of Learning as Applied to Higher Education Bonnie Brunkhorst, Professor, Geological Science and Science, Mathematics and Technology Education, California State University, San Bernardino This session will feature a videotape on photosynthesis. This video illustrates the misconceptions that students still adhere to after studying photosynthesis. Dr. Brunkhorst will talk about the "disconnects" and the implications for student learning. | |
| 3:15pm | How Students Reflect on Their Learning - Presentation and Interactive Discussion Michael Martinez, Associate Professor, Department of Education, University of California, Irvine | |
| 4:30pm | Short Break | |
| 4:45pm | MSP Teams Reconvene Discussion of how the activities and information gained during the day could be utilized in the MSP projects. Each group will select the most useful thing they have learned for application to their MSP and one issue that needs greater clarification. One person from each group will report out. Discussion led by Katherine Merseth (invited) | |
| 6:00 pm | Adjourn | |
| March 9, 2004 (Tuesday) | ||
| 8:00am | Breakfast Extended time during breakfast for MSP Teams to meet and work. | |
| 8:45am | Greeting and Overview of the Day, Melvin George | |
| 9:00am | Break-Out Sessions: Encouraging the Metacognitive Process Through Professional Development | |
| Higher Education Applications Bonnie Brunkhorst, Professor, Science Education and Biology, California State University, San Bernardino, and Steering Committee Member Michael Martinez, Associate Professor, Department of Education, University of California, Irvine | ||
| K-12 Science Applications Mary Colvard, Consultant, New York State Education Department, and Steering Committee Member Laura Maitland, Science Instructor, Mepham High School, Bellmore, NY | ||
| K-12 Mathematics Applications Mary Kosky, retired, Dept. of Mathematics, Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake High School, Burnt Hills, NY | ||
| 10:15am | Break | |
| 10:30am | Star Learners and Star Teachers: footage of exemplary students and teachers who apply and practice evidence-based principles of learning. TBA | |
| 11:30am | Groups reconvene to share what they have learned about professional development activities and student/teacher footage. | |
| 12:15pm | Wrap-Up and Next Steps | |
| 12:30pm | Committee Reflections and Participant Discussion | |
| 1:00pm | Adjourn - Box Lunches | |