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HANCOCK BIOLOGICAL STATION
August 9-10, 2002
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE II
 
Left: Participants test their newly-developed activities
on thier peers. Right: Martha Haehl (Penn Valley Community College) and
Nancy
Grim (Chicago State University) practice a math activity on the participants
Goals of Professional Development Institute
II
Receive feedback about plans for implementation of inquiry-based activities
in your science course(es);
Conduct additional work on improving evaluation and assessment skills;
and
Begin examination of various forms of scholarship about teaching and
learning that includes ideas about design and implementation of research and
scholarship.
Participants MUST BRING the following as each
is necessary for the workshop activities:
One copy of a syllabus for a class that you intend to "reform"
(also a schedule of course activities if those are not described in your syllabus)
Three copies of a final exam for the same class as above
Any written materials you have produced for use in a class a a result of
the May workshop (class activities, "lab" activities, assessment instruments,
etc.)
Other items to bring:
Your FIRST II binder (with all contents) and black notebook
Your team's Active Learning book by Johnson, Johnson, and Smith
Haluk Cetin (MSU) explains examples of different types
of assessment
for a geoscience activity AGENDA:
Friday, August 9, 2002
| 7:00 AM |
Breakfast |
| 8:00 AM |
Updates from Teams |
| 9:00 AM |
Inquiry: Learning Cycles and What's up with Termites? |
| 11:00 AM |
The What's, Why's, and How's of Collaborative Learing |
| 12:00 AM |
Lunch |
| 1:00 PM |
Collaborative Learning (Continued) |
| 2:30 PM |
Alignment of Learning Goals with What Students Do |
| 4:00 PM |
Alignment of Assessment with Learning Goals |
| 6:00 PM |
Dinner |
| 7:00 PM |
Discussion: Reactions and Issues at you Home Institution
Daily Feedback - a formative evaluation |
| 8:00 PM |
Social Time |
John Mateja
Saturday, August 10, 2002
| 7:00 AM |
Breakfast |
| 8:00 AM |
Alignment of Assessment with Leanring Goals (cont.) |
| 11:00 AM |
Peer Review of Institutional Team reforms |
| 12:00 AM |
Lunch and Relaxation (swimming, canoeing, etc.) |
| 1:30 PM |
Design and Implementation of Research and Scholarship about
Teaching and Learning |
| 2:30 PM |
What's Next? Revisit Action Plans |
| 3:30 PM |
Workshop Evaluation |
| 4:00 PM |
Depart |
| 5:30 PM |
Dinner (if needed) |
  
Sue Hendricks (MSU) considers the coreolis effect in 3-D.
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