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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