Welcome to the SENCER Summer Institute 2007 page!
Please click the links below to view archived material from SSI 2007. Further archived material is available by contacting the SENCER National Office. Thank you.
Plenary Addresses
- SENCER and New Thinking about Interdisciplinary Research and Learning (Full)
- Science and the Engagement of Learners (Marrett)
Workshops & Concurrent Sessions Presentations
- DUE Funding (Boylan)
- CS1 - Nine Steps to Designing a SENCER Model in About an Hour (Middlecamp, Oates)
- CS2 - Inquiring into Our Students' Learning - The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (Benson, Fisher)
- CS2 - SENCER and the Education of Science Majors (McGuire)
- CS3 - Asking Questions about Public Health: A SENCER Strategy for Community Engagement (Fass)
- CS3 - Embedding Math Diagnostic and Remedial Assistance in PowerPoint Lectures (Smith)
- CS3 - New Pedagogies, New Problems: When You Listen to Your Students, Will You Like What You Hear? (Wilson, Freyberg, McGuire)
- CS3 - SENCER 101 (Koupelis)
- CS3 - The Application of SENCER Values to Curricular Reform and Implementation: UNC Asheville's Integrative Liberal Studies Topical Clusters (Krumpe, Katz)
- CS3 - Uranium and American Indians (Middlecamp)
- CS4 - Dramatic Demonstrations to Engage Science Audiences (Smith)
- CS4 - Expanding Students' Understanding of Civic Issues: Integrating the Sciences with Other Disciplines (Bachofer, Devanas, Krumpe, Katz)
- CS4 - Is it "OK" for Every Student to Earn an "A"? Reinventing Teaching (McGuire)
- CS4 - Teaching Urban Health Towards Social Justice (Hlawaty, Grallo)
- CS4 - The Effects of Online Classes on Engagement (Pratte)
- CS5 - The Urban Asthma Program - A SENCER Project for a Learning Community and Community Learning (Bednarz, Williams, Lehman)
- CS5 - Teaching and Communicating Controversial Topics in Science: Ongoing Challenges and Opportunities (Labov)
- CS5 - Greed and Responsibility: Science, Ethics, and Society (Degnan)
- CS5 - Science for All Students: Creating a Positive Environment for Core Science (Steffen)
- CS5 - Wetter, Wilder, and Deeper: An Update on Interdisciplinary Linked Courses (Bacon, Bellanaca, Fernandes, Logue)
- CS6 - BioSciEdNet Portal and the National Science Digital Library (McGuire)
- CS6 - Impact of Concept Mapping, Service-Learning, and Assessment Strategies on Learning Outcomes in a Community-Based Non-Majors Biology Course (Booth)
- CS6 - Engaging Pre-Service Teachers in Threaded Discussions on Science-Technology-Society Issues (Rye)
- CS7 - CASA: A "Community of Practice" for Formative Assessment (McGuire)
- CS7 - "Taking Science to School" - A Conversation with Richard Duschl(Duschl, Moon)
- Post-Institute Workshop - Boylan: NSF Grant Writing (Boylan)
Handouts
- Active Learning (Fathe)
- Knowing What Your Students Are Learning (Fathe)
- Taking Your Work to the Rest of the Institution (Fathe)
- Teaching for Critical Thinking (Fathe)
Poster Presentations
- Arkansas State University
- Butler University
- Emerson College
- Georgia College & State University
- Kapi olani Community College
- LaGuardia Community College
- La Salle University
- Lipscomb University
- Metropolitan State University
- Montgomery College
- Northland College
- Roosevelt University
- St. Mary's College
- University of Montana
- University of Southern Maine
- University of Wisconsin-Parkside
- West Chester University of Pennsylvania
- West Virginia University
About SSI 2007
The SENCER Summer Institute 2007 was hosted by the University of Southern Maine, marking the first year that the Institute was held on the east coast. It also signaled the beginning of a new tradition of alternating the location of the national meeting between coasts to better accommodate members of the SENCER community throughout the United States. In addition to featuring traditional SENCER themes and learning opportunities, attention was paid to SENCER's application to community colleges, pre-service teacher education, assessment and quality assurance, and the development of a competent, science-literate workforce.
