RECENT PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS

“Lecture-Free Teaching: A Learning Partnership of Science Educators and their Students” (2009, January). 4-hour participative workshop to college faculty at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, New Mexico.

 

“Lecture-Free Teaching: A Learning Partnership of Science Educators and their Students” (2008, June). 3-hour hands-on workshop to middle and high school science teachers at the Central Aroostook Science and Math Partnership Summer Institute, Presque Isle, ME.

 

“Lecture-Free Teaching: A Learning Partnership of Science Educators and their Students” (2008, May). 3-hour hands-on workshop to science faculty at Caribou High School, Caribou, ME.

 

“Lecture-Free Teaching: A Learning Partnership of Science Educators and their Students” (2008, March) 60-minute hands-on workshop at meeting of National Science Teachers Association (NSTA), Boston, MA.

 

“Lecture-Free Teaching: A Learning Partnership of Educators and their Students” (2008, April) Presentation at “cluster meeting” for five University-High School partnerships supported by “Transitions: Partnership for College Success” grant, Presque Isle, ME.

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

 

“Lecture-Free Teaching: A Learning Partnership of Professors and their Students” (2008, January) Faculty Noon Seminar Series, University of Maine at Presque Isle, Presque Isle, ME.

 

“Lecture-Free Teaching in Seven Steps” (2007, November) 90-minute hands-on workshop, at the National Association of Biology Teachers (NABT) Professional Development Conference, Atlanta, GA.

 

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

 

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

 

“Lecture-Free Teaching in Seven Steps” (90-Minute Presentation) and “Lecture-Free Teaching in College Science Instruction” (3-Hour Workshop) (2005, February) Invitation by the Learning Commons at the University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

 

"Lecture Free Teaching in Science Courses"  (2002, September) Workshop presentation at Central Aroostook Council on Education (CACE) In-service Program for local teachers, "Best Practices that Support Student Learning." Limestone, ME.

 

"Lecture Free Teaching in College Science Courses." (30-minute talk and 2 hour workshop). (2002, June) 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, Orono, ME.

 

"Strategies for Enhancing Participation by Under-represented Groups in Science and Mathematics" (2002, June) 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, Orono, ME.

 

"How to Teach a College Science 'Lecture' Course Without Giving a Lecture." (2002, March) Society for College Science Teachers at National Convention of National Science Teachers Association, San Diego, CA.

"Active Learning Demonstrations: Faculty Playing the Role of Students," (2000, October) 90-minute workshop at Lilly Conference on College & University Teaching---New England, Boston, MA.

 

"Gender:  In the Genes or in the Jeans?" (With Judith Gibber, Ph.D.  and William Hoese, Ph.D.) (2000, May) Case Studies in Science Workshop, a five-day workshop at the State University of New York at Buffalo, May 2000, Buffalo, NY.

 

"Using Active Learning Methods to Promote Discussion of Diversity Issues in the Classroom," (2000, May) Two-day Faculty Workshop: Diversity and the Curriculum, University of Maine at Presque Isle, Presque Isle, ME.

 

“Single-Sex Interventions: How do They Affect Girls’ Participation in Math and Science?” (1998, April) One-hour presentation at the Wellesley Centers for Women Luncheon Seminar Series, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA.

 

 “Girls Only?  One School’s Experience.” (1997, November) One-hour presentation at workshop entitled “Girls on the Edge.  Equity and Fairness in Education” at the University of Maine at Presque Isle, Presque Isle, ME.

 

“Gender Equity in Math and Science Education.”  (1997, June) Two-hour presentation to K-12 teachers participating in the Aurora Academy, University of Maine at Presque Isle, Presque Isle, ME.

 

“Research on All-Female Algebra I Classes” (1997, May) One hour presentation to teachers at Kieve Science Camp for Girls Reunion, Nobleboro, ME.

 

“All-Female Algebra I Classes: A Need for Well-Designed Research.” (1995, April) One-hour presentation at the Annual Meeting of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Boston, MA.