Third Annual Best Practices in Science, Math, and Engineering Teaching Conference
GIFTS (Great Ideas for Teaching Students) marketplace and poster session
Where:
University of Wisconsin – Baraboo/Sauk County
1006 Connie Rd
Baraboo, WI 53913
Maps and Directions
When:
Thursday, May 28, 2009, 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Key Note Speaker:
Greg Valde, UW-Whitewater
Cost:
$20 for all,
Due May 22, 2009
Abstracts for papers and posters deadline: April 24, 2009.
Organizers:
Dr. Caroline Geary
Department of Chemistry
University of Wisconsin-Manitowoc
Department of Chemistry
University of Wisconsin-Baraboo/Sauk County
Tel. No. 608-355-5235 Fax:608-355-5290
For a registration form, click here for MS Word; or here for .pdf to register for this conference
Please submit forms to: Tom.Neal@uwc.edu
Sponsored by a University of Wisconsin System Office of Professional and Instructional Development (OPID) Conference Development Grant
The Third Annual Best Practices in Science, Math, and Engineering Teaching Conference Planning Committee invites proposals for full and lightning-round workshops, posters, and GIFTS (Great Ideas for Teaching Students) marketplace at the Third Annual Best Practices in Science, Math, and Engineering Teaching Conference, scheduled for Thursday, May 28, 2009, at the University of Wisconsin – Baraboo/Sauk County . All topics related to Best Practices in Science, Math, and Engineering Teaching will be considered.
All proposals are due no later than Friday, April 24, 2009, and must include the following information:
- Full (45-minute talk) workshops require submission of an abstract not to exceed 150 words. If you are proposing a GIFTS session, poster or a lightning-round (15- to 25-minute talk) workshop, a one-paragraph description will suffice.
- A brief biographical sketch of presenters.
- Names and e-mail addresses for all proposed presenters.
- Please complete a registration form for each proposed presenters.
Please e-mail your proposal and supporting materials in a single Word
document to:
Tom.Neal@uwc.edu
When submitting your proposal, please indicate clearly which the type
of session (Full workshop, lightning-round workshops, GIFTS marketplace,
or poster session) in which you plan to present. We are looking forward
to learning about your work at the conference!
Full workshops will be 45 minutes long. Primary consideration will be given to proposals that highlight best practices for teaching students enrolled in first-year or second-year STEM courses. Topics may include, but are not limited to, the following subjects:
- Increasing students’ quantitative literacy
- Supplemental instruction, tutoring, or peer lead instruction
- Instruction using POGIL
- Connecting students to co-curricular programming
- Incorporating specific success strategies into the class
- Teaching a class that is linked to another class or classes
- Evaluating or assessing student learning
- Developing a new approach to a class or to a particular aspect of the class
- Using the internet and/or D2L in the classroom
- Innovative approaches to teaching and learning in the laboratory
- Including service-learning or community service as part of learning\Undergraduate research
- Development of Honors as part of the course
- Unique design or redesign of courses
- Online, hybrid, or interdisciplinary studies courses
Lightning-round sessions are 15-25 minutes in length each. Lightning-round sessions are meant to highlight teaching concepts that may only take a few minutes to explain, and that would be of benefit for other instructors to implement. Topics may include, but are not limited to, the following subjects:
- Fast and easy grading
- Classroom icebreakers
- Unique ways of quizzing students
- Incorporating specific success strategies into the class
- Methods for creating functional student classroom or laboratory groups
- Evaluating or assessing student learning
- Developing a new approach to a particular aspect of the class
- Using the internet and/or D2L in the classroom
- Innovative approaches to teaching and learning in the laboratory
- Slick way of showing a laboratory technique
The GIFTS marketplace, where GIFTS sessions and posters will be presented, will occur over the lunch hour. GIFTS sessions are designed to allow the discussion of materials, such as handouts, models, etc. in a one-on-one or small group environment. Posters should be of the standard ~3 feet x ~5 feet variety.