[RUME] Summer conference announcement

[Natasha Speer]

Below is information about a summer conference that might be of  
interest to you. This annual conference creates opportunities for math  
and science education researchers to share their work with colleagues  
and practicing K-16 teachers.

Please forward it to anyone else you think might be interested in  
attending. There is funding available to help support graduate  
students and postdocs (application deadline for the funding is March  
22nd).


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Integrating Science and Mathematics Education Research into Teaching
National Conference
University of Maine
Orono, Maine
Sunday, June 20 - Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Hosted by the University of Maine Center for Science and Mathematics  
Education Research and The Jackson Laboratory, with support from the  
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Maine EPSCoR at the University of  
Maine through National Science Foundation award #0904155, and the  
University of Maine College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

Keynote speakers:

Joan Ferrini-Mundy, Ph.D., Director, Division of Research on Learning  
in Formal and Informal Settings, National Science Foundation,  
Arlington, Virginia

Kathleen Roth, Ph.D., Director, Center for Professional Development,  
Biological Sciences Curriculum Study, Colorado Springs, Colorado

The Center for Science and Mathematics Education Research (Center)  
will host its fifth biennial conference on integrating science and  
mathematics education research into teaching, Sunday evening, June  
20th through lunch on Wednesday, June 23rd.

The conference program will consist of keynote addresses, contributed  
and invited talks, workshops, panels and roundtables, technology, a  
poster session, and evening programs, with ample time for discussion  
and participant interaction.

The following themes will be the foci of the conference:
Recent findings from science, technology, engineering and mathematics  
(STEM) education research.
Using discipline-based education research in middle, secondary, and  
post-secondary STEM classrooms.
Research supported strategies to increase participation and learning  
in STEM, particularly among students from under-represented groups.
Strategies for improving student learning using technology in STEM  
teaching.
Building effective partnerships to implement research-guided practices  
in the classroom.
Research-supported strategies for STEM teacher preparation and  
professional development.


Abstract Submission

Deadline:  April 2, 2010

In alignment with the conference theme, "Integrating Science and  
Mathematics Education Research into Teaching”, abstracts should  
involve discipline-based education research or evaluation of the  
implementation of research-supported pedagogy, curricula, assessment,  
and classroom practices.

Please submit your abstract electronically to leisa.preble at umit.maine.edu 
. All abstracts will be considered for poster presentations. If  
scheduling permits, some authors will be contacted about the  
possibility of presenting their work as a contributed talk. Abstracts  
should be no more than 250 words.  Please include your name, title,  
affiliation, mailing address, email, and phone number.  Abstracts  
received after the April 2 deadline will be considered, if space is  
available.


Conference registration information
Registration Fee:  $200
Registration fee waiver for in-service teachers, curriculum  
coordinators, University of Maine System (UMS) faculty and staff, UMS  
undergraduate or graduate students in STEM or STEM education programs,  
postdoctoral research associates and conference invited speakers.
Stipends of $250 and on-campus meals provided to the first 40 in- 
service teachers who register and participate in the full conference  
(Sunday-Wednesday lunch). Complimentary housing also provided for  
teachers in this group living more than 30 miles from campus.
Five travel awards of up to $500 for documented expenses available to  
doctoral students or postdoctoral research associates working in  
discipline-based education research or the implementation of research- 
supported pedagogy, curricula, and classroom practices, who give a  
poster presentation of their research and participate in the full  
conference (Sunday-Wednesday lunch). Apply by submitting a  
registration form and abstract and indicate you are interested in  
being considered for a travel award.

Registration deadline: March 22, 2010.  Send completed registration  
form to:  Leisa Preble, Department of Physics and Astronomy, 120  
Bennett Hall, University of Maine, Orono, Maine  04469-5709 (207)  
581-1016, leisa.preble at umit.maine.edu   Registration form and other  
information can be found at http://www.umaine.edu/center/conferences-workshops/2010-conference-announcement/


The Center’s mission is to advance the research and practice of  
teaching and learning in science, technology, engineering, and  
mathematics.  To learn more about the Center and for more conference  
information, please visit our website:  http://www.umaine.edu/center/

Questions:  Amie Gellen, Assistant Director (207) 581-1021, amie.gellen at umit.maine.edu


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Natasha M. Speer
234 Neville Hall
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
University of Maine
Orono, Maine 04469
(207)581-3937

speer at math.umaine.edu

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