<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div align="center" style="text-align: center; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;"><br></span></font></div><div align="center" style="text-align: left;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;">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. </span></font></div><div align="center" style="text-align: left;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;"><br></span></font></div><div align="center" style="text-align: left;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;">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). </span></font></div><div align="center" style="text-align: left;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;"><br></span></font></div><div align="center" style="text-align: left;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;"><br></span></font></div><div align="center" style="text-align: left;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;">--------------------------------------------------</span></font></div><div align="center" style="text-align: center; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;"><b><br></b></span></font></div><div align="center" style="text-align: center; "><font face="Arial" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><b>Integrating Science and Mathematics Education Research into Teaching</b></font></div><div align="center" style="text-align: center; "><font face="Arial" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><b>National Conference</b></font></div><div align="center" style="text-align: center; "><font face="Arial" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><b>University of Maine</b></font></div><div align="center" style="text-align: center; "><font face="Arial" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><b>Orono, Maine</b></font></div><div align="center" style="text-align: center; "><font face="Arial" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><b>Sunday, June 20 - Wednesday, June 23, 2010</b></font></div><br><div align="center" style="text-align: left;"><font face="Arial" size="-1" color="#000000" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">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.</font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br></div><div align="center" style="text-align: center; "><font face="Arial" size="-1" color="#000000" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><i><b>Keynote speakers:</b></i></font></div><br><div align="left" style="text-align: left; "><font face="Arial" size="-1" color="#000000" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><b>Joan Ferrini-Mundy, Ph.D., </b></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="-1" color="#000000" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Director, Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings, National Science Foundation, Arlington, Virginia</font></div><br><div align="left" style="text-align: left; "><font face="Arial" size="-1" color="#000000" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><b>Kathleen Roth,</b><b> Ph.D.</b>, Director, Center for Professional Development, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">Biological Sciences Curriculum Study, Colorado Springs, Colorado</span></font></div><br><div align="center" style="text-align: left;"><font face="Arial" size="-1" color="#000000" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">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 20<sup>th</sup> through lunch on Wednesday, June 23<sup>rd</sup>. </font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br></div><div align="center" style="text-align: left;"><font face="Arial" size="-1" color="#000000" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">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.</font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br></div><div align="center" style="text-align: center; "><font face="Arial" size="-1" color="#000000" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">The following themes will be the foci of the conference:</font></div><ul style="list-style-type: disc; list-style-position: outside; padding-left: 36px; padding-right: 0px; "><li style="text-align: left; "><font face="Arial" size="-1" color="#000000" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Recent findings from science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education research.</font></li><li style="list-style-type: disc; text-align: left; "><font face="Arial" size="-1" color="#000000" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Using discipline-based education research in middle, secondary, and post-secondary STEM classrooms.</font></li><li style="list-style-type: disc; text-align: left; "><font face="Arial" size="-1" color="#000000" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Research supported strategies to increase participation and learning in STEM, particularly among students from under-represented groups.</font></li><li style="list-style-type: disc; text-align: left; "><font face="Arial" size="-1" color="#000000" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Strategies for improving student learning using technology in STEM teaching.</font></li><li style="list-style-type: disc; text-align: left; "><font face="Arial" size="-1" color="#000000" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Building effective partnerships to implement research-guided practices in the classroom.</font></li><li style="list-style-type: disc; text-align: left; "><font face="Arial" size="-1" color="#000000" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Research-supported strategies for STEM teacher preparation and professional development.</font></li></ul><div><!--StartFragment-->
<h6 align="center" style="margin-top:0in;text-align:center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><br></span></h6><h6 align="center" style="margin-top: 0in; text-align: center; font-size: 10px; "><u>Abstract
Submission<o:p></o:p></u></h6>
<h6 align="center" style="margin-top: 0in; text-align: center; font-size: 10px; ">Deadline:<span> </span>April 2, 2010<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; "> </span></h6><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
layout-grid-mode:line">In alignment with the conference theme, </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt">"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.<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
layout-grid-mode:line">Please submit your abstract electronically to
<a href="mailto:leisa.preble@umit.maine.edu">leisa.preble@umit.maine.edu</a>. 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.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Please
include your name, title, affiliation, mailing address, email, and phone number.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Abstracts received after the April 2 deadline
will be considered, if space is available.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</div><br><div align="left" style="text-align: left; "><font face="Arial" size="-1" color="#000000" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><u>Conference registration information</u></font></div><ul style="list-style-type: disc; list-style-position: outside; padding-left: 18px; padding-right: 0px; "><li style="text-align: left; "><font face="Arial" size="-1" color="#000000" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Registration Fee: $200</font></li><li style="text-align: left; "><font face="Arial" size="-1" color="#000000" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">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.</font></li><li style="text-align: left; "><font face="Arial" size="-1" color="#000000" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">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.<br></font></li><li style="text-align: left; "><font face="Arial" size="-1" color="#000000" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">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. <br><br></font></li></ul><div align="left" style="text-align: left; "><font face="Arial" size="-1" color="#000000" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">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, <a href="mailto:leisa.preble@umit.maine.edu">leisa.preble@umit.maine.edu</a> Registration form and other information can be found at <a href="http://www.umaine.edu/center/conferences-workshops/2010-conference-announcement/">http://www.umaine.edu/center/conferences-workshops/2010-conference-announcement/</a></font></div><div align="left" style="text-align: left; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><br></font></div><br><div align="left" style="text-align: left; "><font face="Arial" size="-1" color="#000000" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">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: <a href="http://www.umaine.edu/center/" target="_blank">http://www.umaine.edu/center/</a></font></div><br><div align="left" style="text-align: left; "><font face="Arial" size="-1" color="#000000" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Questions: Amie Gellen, Assistant Director (207) 581-1021, <a href="mailto:amie.gellen@umit.maine.edu">amie.gellen@umit.maine.edu</a></font></div><br><br><div apple-content-edited="true"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div>==================================</div><div>Natasha M. Speer</div><div>234 Neville Hall</div><div>Department of Mathematics and Statistics</div><div>University of Maine</div><div>Orono, Maine 04469</div><div>(207)581-3937</div><div><br></div><div><a href="mailto:speer@math.umaine.edu">speer@math.umaine.edu</a></div></div></div></div></div></div></span> </div><br></body></html>