RECENT (AND FUTURE) PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS

“Lecture-Free Teaching in Seven Steps”, proposal submitted for hands-on workshop at national meeting of National Science Teachers Association (NSTA), March 2008, Boston, Massachusetts

 

“Erasing Lecture-Laboratory Boundaries:  An Inquiry-Based Course Design”, to be presented at national meeting of Society for College Science Teachers (SCST), March 2008, Boston, Massachusetts.

 

“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, Atlanta, Georgia.

 

“Strategies for Affecting Student Achievement”, presentation at “cluster meeting” for five University-High School partnerships supported by “Transitions: Partnership for College Success” grant, January 2007, Marlborough, Massachusetts.

 

“Building High School-University Partnerships”, presentation with two others at “cluster meeting” for five University-High School partnerships supported by “Transitions: Partnership for College Success” grant, September 2006, Rockport, Maine.

 

“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, Maine. September, 2002.

 

"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 Maine Center for Science and Mathematics Education Research and the Maine Mathematics and Science Teaching Excellence Collaborative (MMSTEC).  University of Maine at Orono, June, 2002.

 

"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 Maine Center for Science and Mathematics Education Research and the Maine Mathematics and Science Teaching Excellence Collaborative (MMSTEC).  University of Maine at Orono, June, 2002.

 

"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, San Diego, California, March 2002.

 

"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, University of Maine at Presque Isle, May 2000.

 

“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 University of Maine at Presque Isle, November 1997.

 

“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, Sebasco, Maine, May 1994.

 

"Effects of Participation in an All-female Math Class at a Public High School in Rural Maine."  Paper presented at American Association of University Women (AAUW) Pre-Convention Workshop entitled Gender Issues in the Classroom and on the Campus, Minneapolis, Minnesota, June 1993.