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10/22/08
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| Professional
Development for STEM Teachers
| Pre-Engineering Math Science
Partnership, July 2008 |
| The Tennessee Pre-Engineering Math Science
Partnership Program is a comprehensive, three-year, research
and professional development program for math, science, and
career-technical teachers. The program is administered by
the Millard Oakley Center for Teaching and Learning in Science,
Technology, Engineering and Mathematics at Tennessee Tech
University. |
| Project Director |
Mr.
Ken Hunter, Associate Professor,
Basic Engineering |
| Project Co-Director |
Dr. Roy Loutzenheiser,
Associate Dean, College of Engineering |
| Project Co-Director |
Dr. Margaret Phelps,
STEM Center Director |
| Faculty |
Dr. Jessica O. Matson, Industrial & Systems
Engineering |
| Dr. Jeffery Austen, Electrical & Computer
Engineering |
| Dr. Sandi J. Smith, Curriculum & Instruction |
| Dr. Holly Anthony, Curriculum & Instruction |
| Mr. Terry Webb, Dir./Career Tech. Teacher |
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| Developing Algebraic Reasoning
in Grades 3-5, July 2008 (ITQ) |
| A 5-day summer institute providing
activities and strategies for developing students' algebraic
reasoning skills in preparation for pre-algebra concepts
in middle school. |
| Project Director |
Dr. Holly Anthony,
Assistant Professor, Curriculum and Instruction |
| Project Evaluator |
Dr. David Smith, Assistant Professor, Mathematics |
| Faculty |
Dr. Wendy Smith, Instructional Leader |
| Sheryl Webb, Instructional Leader |
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| Learning from Data: Sense,
Nonsense, & Statistics,
June 2008 (GEAR-UP) |
| A 5-day summer institute providing
activities and strategies for developing students' numerical
literacy, statistical thinking, and critical thinking. This
institute will focus on understanding basic descriptive statistical
measures both graphically and numerically. |
| Project Director |
Dr.
Holly Anthony, Assistant
Professor, Curriculum and Instruction |
| Project Co-Director |
Dr. David
Smith, Assistant Professor, Mathematics |
| Faculty |
Dr. Wendy Smith, Instructional Leader |
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| Upper Cumberland Middle
Grades Science Partnership, June 2008 |
| TTU Departments of Curriculum
& Instruction, Biology, Physics, Earth Science, & Chemistry
provide instruction for middle grades science teachers in
content while modeling research-based strategies. Fifty teachers
will be randomly assigned to an intervention group and fifty
teachers will be assigned to a control group. |
| Project Director |
Dr. Susan
Gore, TTU College of Education |
| Project Assistant |
Ms. Julie Baker, Curriculum & Instruction |
| Project Evaluator |
Dr. Wendy Smith, TTU Department of
Mathematics |
| Project Support |
Ms. Ellen Wolfe, Office of Research |
| Project Support & Evaluator Assistant |
Dr.
Margaret Phelps, Millard Oakley STEM Center
Director |
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| Upper Cumberland Math Partnership,
2007 - 2010 |
| TTU mathematics and mathematics
education faculty (current and former) provide 6-8 and Algebra
I standards-based instruction for middle grades mathematics
and special education teachers seeking to meet requirements
of No Child Left Behind or expand their content knowledge.
Fifty teachers from 9 counties will participate each year. |
| Project Director |
Dr. Sandra Koczwara, Putnam
County Schools |
| Project Co-Director |
Dr. Holly
Anthony, Assistant Professor, Curriculum
and Instruction |
| Project Evaluator |
Dr. Margaret
Phelps, Millard Oakley STEM Center
Director |
| Faculty |
Ms. Shelly Forgey, TTU Department of Mathematics (former)
Ms. Sharon Glenn, Williamson County Schools
Dr. Holly Anthony, TTU Department of Curriculum & Instruction
Dr. Wendy Smith, TTU Department of Mathematics
Ms. Sheryl Webb, TTU Department of Mathematics (former) |
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| Developing Conceptual Understanding
of Fractions and Decimals in K-4 Classrooms, July 2007 |
| A one-week summer institute for
K-4 mathematics and special education teachers. |
| Project Director |
Dr. Holly
Anthony, Assistant Professor, Curriculum and Instruction |
| Project Evaluator |
Dr. David Smith, Assistant Professor, Mathematics |
| Faculty |
Dr. Wendy Smith, Instructional Leader
Ms. Sheryl Webb, Instructional Leader |
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| Conceptual
Geometry, July 2007 |
| Project Director |
Dr. Margaret
Phelps, STEM Center Director |
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| TTU College of Engineering
Math Science Partnership, 2005-08. |
| TTU Engineering faculty and high
school master teachers link the world of engineering to the
7-12 Tennessee math and science standards. In year one 53 teachers
from 12 school districts participated. |
| Project Director |
Dr.
Roy Loutzenheiser, Associate Dean, College of Engineering |
| Project Facilitator |
Ms. Ellen Wolfe |
| Project Evaluator |
Dr. Margaret Phelps, Millard Oakley STEM Center Director |
| Faculty |
Dr. Steven Canfield, Mechanical Engineering
Dr. Kristine Craven, Basic Engineering
Dr. Corinne Darvennes, Mechanical Engineering
Professor Kenneth Hunter, Basic Engineering
Dr. Joe Biernacki, Chemical Engineering |
| Master Teachers |
Ms. Anna Bryant, Cumberland County High School
Ms. Nancy McNeal, Warren County High School
Ms. Virginia Mayfield, Monterey High School
Ms. Bethany Stevens, Cookeville High School |
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| Upper Cumberland Middle Grades
Mathematics Partnership, 2004-07 |
| TTU mathematics and mathematics education faculty
(current and former) provide 6-8 and Algebra I standards-based
instruction for middle grades math and high school special education
teachers seeking to meet requirements of No Child Left Behind
or expand their content knowledge. In year one 66 teachers from
11 counties participated. |
| Project Director |
Dr. Sandra Koczwara,
Putnam County Schools |
| Project Facilitator |
Dr. Margaret Phelps, Millard Oakley STEM Center Director |
| Project Evaluator |
Dr. Richard Fletcher, Jr., TTU College of Education |
| Faculty |
Ms. Shelly Forgey, TTU Department of Mathematics
Ms. Sharon Glenn, Williamson County Schools
Dr. Susan Gore, TTU College of Education
Dr. Pamela Harden, TTU College of Education
Dr. Wendy Smith, TTU Department of Mathematics
Ms. Sheryl Webb, TTU Department of Mathematics |
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| Developing Conceptual Understanding
of K-4 Mathematics Core Content, June 2006 |
| A one-week summer institute for K-4 mathematics
and special education teachers. |
| Project Director |
Dr. Holly
Anthony, Assistant Professor, Curriculum and Instruction |
| Faculty |
Dr. Wendy Smith, Instructional Leader
Sheryl Webb, Instructional Leader |
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| Visual Quantum Mechanics, June 2006 |
| A one-week workshop designed to
teach some of the formalism of quantum mechanics to high
school students and non-science students at the college level
who lack a background in modern physics and higher-level
mathematics. |
| Project Director/Instructor |
Dr.
Paula Engelhardt, Assistant Professor,
Physics |
| Project Co-Director |
Dr. Margaret
Phelps, Millard Oakley STEM Center
Director |
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Millard Oakley STEM Center
Tennessee Tech University
P.O. Box 5112
T.J. Farr, Room 206
Cookeville, TN 38505
Phone: (931) 372-6573 Fax; (931) 372-3517
Questions or Comment, please e-mail: STEM@tntech.edu |
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