Fitting, Harms present at virtual Minnesota Council of Teachers of Mathematics Conference

Tammy Fitting, Director of the Math Learning Center, and Tim Harms, Professor of Mathematics Education presented at the virtual Minnesota Council of Teachers of Mathematics Conference held April 16 and 17.  Tammy Fitting presented a session titled “Little Things Can Make a Difference” that connected how findings in neuroscience can be addressed in classroom instructional practices. Tim Harms presented a […]

Dr. Stewart presents on ‘Building Back’ after COVID

Dr. Lisa H. Stewart, MSUM School Psychology/Psychology co-presented with Literacy Lab Coach and Trainer Kimberly Parker at the national (virtual) Teachstone Interact Now 2021 CLASS Summit on March 25, 2021.  Their presentation was titled: ” Building Back by Reframing COVID “Learning Loss”.  The focus of the presentation was on thinking about the term “learning loss” in the media and conversations […]

Planetarium director and student researcher present workshop at national astronomy conference

Dr. Sara Schultz and Erick Hernandez presented a workshop on using strategic questioning (a form of formative assessment) with both formal and informal groups to better engage and educate.  The workshop was presented to an international audience during the annual meeting of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific.  Hernandez, a student in science education, developed much of the workshop during […]

Schultz, Hernandez present at Middle Atlantic Planetarium Society virtual conference

Planetarium director Sara Schultz and science education student Erick Hernandez presented Sept. 25 and 26 to the Middle Atlantic Planetarium Society (MAPS) annual virtual conference. Schultz presented to the members about her doctoral research on strategic questioning in the planetarium. Schultz and Hernandez presented a workshop based on that same research which Hernandez had been developing over the summer as […]