HR: 17:34h
AN: ED14A-07    [Abstracts]
TI: Teacher Professional Development to Foster Authentic Student Research Experiences
AU: * Conn, K
EM: kconn@wcasd.k12.pa.us
AF: West Chester Area School District, 829 Paoli Pike, West Chester, PA 19380 United States
AU: Iyengar, E
EM: iyengar@muhlenberg.edu
AF: Muhlenberg College, Chew Street, Allentown, PA 19380 United States
AB: This presentation reports on a new teacher workshop design that encourages teachers to initiate and support long-term student-directed research projects in the classroom setting. Teachers were recruited and engaged in an intensive marine ecology learning experience at Shoals Marine Laboratory, Appledore Island, Maine. Part of the weeklong summer workshop was spent in field work, part in laboratory work, and part in learning experimental design and basic statistical analysis of experimental results. Teachers were presented with strategies to adapt their workshop learnings to formulate plans for initiating and managing authentic student research projects in their classrooms. The authors will report on the different considerations and constraints facing the teachers in their home school settings and teachers' progress in implementing their plans. Suggestions for replicating the workshop will be offered.
DE: 0800 EDUCATION
DE: 0805 Elementary and secondary education
DE: 0810 Post-secondary education
DE: 0820 Curriculum and laboratory design
DE: 0830 Teacher training
SC: Education and Human Resourcese [ED]
MN: 2004 AGU Fall Meeting