Grade 13: Articulation, Equity, and literacy Issues
June 23 & 24, 1995
Agenda
All meeting sessions will be held on the 13th floor, Educational Sciences Bldg.
| Friday, June 23 | |
| 8:00-8:30 | Continental breakfast |
| 8:30-9:00 | Introduction |
| Charles Read, Dean Designate of the School of Education, UW- Madison | |
| Denice Denton and Andrew Porter, Co-Directors of the National Institute for Science Education (NISE) | |
| Larry Suter, NSF, EHR Directorate, Division of Research, Evaluation | |
| and Dissemination | |
| Hal Richtol, NSF, EHR Directorate, Division of Undergraduate Education | |
| Art Ellis, NISE Grade 13 Reform project | |
| 9:00-10:00 | Five-minute presentations by participants |
| Please tell the group in five minutes about the grade 13 activities in which you have been involved or have a specific interest and mention any ideas you would like to share with us as we begin the workshop. | |
| 10:15-10:30 | Break |
| 10:30-12:00 | Five-minute presentations continued |
| 12:00-1:30 | Discussion continues over lunch |
| 1:30-3:00 | Disciplinary breakout groups |
| Participants will be organized into discipline-based working groups to discuss what skills and knowledge students should possess at the end of grade 13 courses in these areas; and how to assess whether the skills and knowledge have been obtained. | |
| Group A. Mathematics | |
| Group B. Physics/Engineering/Technology | |
| Group C. Chemistry/Biology | |
| Group D. Alternative/Integrated Grade 13 SMET courses | |
| 3:00-3:15 | Break |
| 3:15-3:30 | Group reports written |
| 3:30-4:30 | Group reports presented and discussed |
| 4:30-5:00 | Wrap-up |
| 6:00-7:00 | Reception (cash bar), Madison Civic Center, Spotlight Room |
| 7:00 | Dinner at the Madison Civic Center |
| 8:00 | Banquet speech, Denice Denton, UW-Madison |
| Saturday, June 24 | |
| 8:00-8:30 | Continental breakfast |
| 8:30-10:30 | Cross-disciplinary breakout groups |
| A. SMET: literacy vs. careers | |
| B. Equity: access, retention, diversity, remediation | |
| C. Articulation: transfer of knowledge and credits | |
| 10:30-10:45 | Break |
| 10:45-11:00 | Group reports written |
| 11:00-12:00 | Group reports presented and discussed |
| 12:00-1:30 | Discussion continues over lunch |
| 1:30-3:00 | Defining the Priorities for the Grade 13 SMET Research Agenda |
| What are the most strategically valuable research questions to ask? What mix of research methodologies would best help us move this agenda forward? What mix of participants would be optimal? What other considerations might there be? | |
| 3:00-3:15 | Break |
| 3:15-5:00 | Continued discussion, report writing, and wrap-up |
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