“Lecture-Free Teaching in Seven Steps”, proposal submitted
for hands-on workshop at national meeting of National Science Teachers
Association (NSTA), March 2008,
“Erasing Lecture-Laboratory
Boundaries: An Inquiry-Based Course
Design”, to be presented at national meeting of Society for College Science
Teachers (SCST), March 2008,
“Lecture-Free Teaching in Seven Steps”, 75-minute hands-on
workshop, to be presented at the National Association of Biology Teachers
(NABT) Professional Development Conference, November 2007,
“Strategies for Affecting Student Achievement”, presentation
at “cluster meeting” for five
“Building High School-University Partnerships”, presentation
with two others at “cluster meeting” for five
“Lecture-Free Teaching In Seven Steps” (90-Minute Presentation) and “Lecture-Free Teaching In College Science Instruction” (3-Hour Workshop) invitation by the Learning Commons at the University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. February 2005.
"Lecture
Free Teaching in Science Courses" workshop presentation at Central
Aroostook Council on Education (CACE) Inservice
Program for local teachers, "Best Practices that Support Student
Learning." Limestone,
"Lecture Free Teaching in College Science
Courses." (30-minute talk and 2 hour workshop).
Invited speaker, Summer 2002 National Conference,
Integrating Science and Mathematics Education Research into Teaching, a joint
conference of
"Strategies
for Enhancing Participation by Under-represented Groups in Science and
Mathematics" invited panelist at Summer 2002
National Conference Integrating Science and Mathematics Education Research into
Teaching, a joint conference of
"How to Teach a College Science 'Lecture' Course
Without Giving a Lecture." Society for College Science Teachers at
National Convention of National Science Teachers Association,
"Active Learning Demonstrations: Faculty Playing the Role of Students," 90-minute workshop at Lilly Conference on College & University Teaching---New England, Boston, Massachusetts, October 2000.
"Gender: In the Genes or in the Jeans?" (With Judith Gibber, Ph.D. and William Hoese, Ph.D.) at Case Studies in Science Workshop, a five-day workshop at the State University of New York at Buffalo, May 2000.
"Using
Active Learning Methods to Promote Discussion of Diversity Issues in the
Classroom," at two-day Faculty Workshop: Diversity and the Curriculum,
“Single-Sex Interventions: How do they Affect Girls’ Participation in Math and Science? “ One-hour presentation at the Wellesley Centers for Women Luncheon Seminar Series, Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massachusetts, April 1998.
“Girls
Only? One
School’s Experience.” One-hour presentation at workshop entitled “Girls
on the Edge. Equity and Fairness in
Education” at the
“Gender
Equity in Math and Science Education.” Two-hour presentation to K-12 teachers
participating in the Aurora Academy, University of Maine at Presque Isle, June
1997.
One hour
presentation on my research to teachers at Kieve
Science Camp for Girls Reunion, Nobleboro, Maine, May
1997.
“All-Female Algebra I Classes: A Need for Well-Designed Research.” One-hour presentation at the Annual Meeting of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Boston, Massachusetts, April 1995.
Panelist for
"Programs that Promote Leadership for Girls" at Maine State
Department of Education 1994 Women in Leadership Conference entitled Women
Leaders Were Once Children,
"Effects of Participation in an All-female Math Class at a