Myidea: Cesar Delgado, , Science Education, Phd Expected Aug. 2009

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FUTURE PROGRAM Graduate Student Research Assistant Cesar Delgado, [email protected], Science Education, PhD expected Aug. 2009

OVERVIEW

PROJECT SNAPSHOT

WHAT I LEARNED

My job is to help the undergraduates develop and implement effective and engaging science lessons, in collaboration with Dr. Mary Starr and more recently Dr. Morten Lundsgaard.

Mary Starr and I have been using the 5 E’s model to help the undergraduates think about the structure of their lesson plans:

During my job interviews, I was frequently asked if I had experience teaching undergraduates. I pointed to my participation in the FUTURE program as an invaluable source of experience in helping to set up and run an interesting hybrid of a traditional class and a traditional field experience. I expect to be able to apply the lessons learned in the FUTURE program in my upcoming career as assistant professor.

I am involved in other IDEA projects, including the development of an introductory reader in science education for science doctoral students, with Ryan Baxter (a doctoral student in chemistry) under the direction of Drs. Coppola and Krajcik.

Engage - How will the lesson motivate students? How could it relate to their everyday life? Explore - Hands-on, minds on activities. Explain - Crystallizes conceptual understanding. Elaborate - Refining skills and applying knowledge Evaluate - Assessing learning and understanding

My experience developing a reader will likewise be very useful as I begin to develop courses.

“I didn’t have time to read a short letter, so I wrote a long one instead.” -Mark Twain

TIMELINE Project FUTURE: I have been involved from the first semester (Fall 2008) IDEA Reader in Science Education: I have been working on this project since summer 2008.

Selecting a small number of foundational articles in the field of science education for the IDEA Reader has proved to be an interesting challenge. There is a tension between the intended function as a “primer” and the need to portray an idea of what science education research is actually like. Ryan and I are testing different annotation formats with doctoral students in chemistry (the intended audience).

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myIDEA

FUTURE PROGRAM Title of student’s project Name of student, email address, department, major, year of graduation

OVERVIEW

PROJECT SNAPSHOT

WHAT I LEARNED

Put an overview of what you did in the classroom, here. Start with a description of why you chose to engage in this project.

Here you should describe what you did.

Describe what you learned in the FUTURE program. How will this learning change what you do tomorrow or in 10 years?

Then, list the teacher, topic, number of classes, and team members, to give an overall idea of your collaboration.

The importance to the students, etc.

Include the goals of the work.

TIMELINE DESCRIBE the Project Timeline

Partner Information: School Information: Teacher Information: Project Coordinator: Mary Starr