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CENTER FOR SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS EDUCATION RESEARCH FACULTY AND STAFF....... - 2 -

CENTER FY 2007 HIGHLIGHTS............................................................................................................................. - 4 -

FUNDED RESEARCH PROJECTS ............................................................................................................................ - 5 -

PROPOSALS PENDING.............................................................................................................................................. - 7 -

PROPOSALS NOT FUNDED ................................................................................................................................... - 12 -

PUBLICATIONS........................................................................................................................................................ - 13 -

PRESENTATIONS.................................................................................................................................................... - 16 -

SEMINARS, WORKSHOPS AND EVENTS......................................................................................................... - 16 -

AWARDS AND HONORS........................................................................................................................................- 28 -

MEETINGS ATTENDED..........................................................................................................................................- 29 -

COMPLETED GRADUATE DEGREES.....................................................................................................................- 32 -

K-12 Placements and Collaborations......................................................................................................................- 36 -

ITEMS RELEVANT FOR RETURN ON INVESTMENT....................................................................................- 38 -

STRATEGIC PLANNING.........................................................................................................................................- 39 -

CHALLENGES.............................................................................................................................................................- 40 -

Updated February 4, 2010

CENTER FOR SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS EDUCATION RESEARCH FACULTY AND STAFF

Susan R. McKay Director of the Center for Science and Mathematics Education Research

and Professor of Physics Francois G. Amar

Associate Professor of Chemistry

David J. Batuski Professor of Physics

Mitchell R. Bruce Associate Professor of Chemistry

Patricia L. Byard Administrative Assistant I

John E. Donovan II Assistant Professor of Mathematics Education

Robert D. Franzosa Professor of Mathematics and Statistics

Amie Gellen Assistant Director, Center for Science and Mathematics Education Research

Kirk A. Maasch Professor of Earth Sciences and Climate Change Institute

Stephen A. Norton Professor of Geological Sciences

Eric A. Pandiscio Associate Professor of Mathematics Education

Leisa S. Preble Secretary

Molly Schauffler Research Assistant Professor with the Climate Change Institute

Tod L. Shockey Assistant Professor of Mathematics

and Cooperating Assistant Professor of Education

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CENTER FOR SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS EDUCATION RESEARCH FACULTY AND STAFF (cont.)

John R. Thompson

Assistant Professor of Physics and Cooperating Assistant Professor of Education

Michael C. Wittmann Assistant Professor of Physics

and Cooperating Assistant Professor of Education

Visiting Researchers Nicole Gillespie

Knowles Science Teaching Foundation

Post Doctoral Research Associates Warren Christensen, Ph.D.

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CENTER FY 2007 HIGHLIGHTS

Had ** funded projects for a total of $*********** (some of these projects include multiple year funding)

Research training provided to ** M.S.T. students ** publications and ** research presentations Hosted 2nd bi-annual No Question Left Behind workshop – “Bringing Guided-

Inquiry Curricula into Science and Mathematics Classrooms” at the Hutchinson Center, Belfast Maine, June 25 – 26, 2007.

Had 8 graduates to the program.

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PREVIOUSLY FUNDED RESEARCH PROJECTS Funding Source Principal Co- Agency Award And Project Title Investigator Investigators Award Period Maine Space Grant Consortium/ D.J. Batuski $ 2,500 1/06 NASA - Search for Optical Halos - 8/06 Within Clusters of Galaxies, part II UMaine Faculty Research Funds - M.R.M Bruce A. Bruce $ 7,000 1/1/06 “Metal-Sulfur Thiol-Disulfide F.G. Amar - 12/31/06 Exchange Reactions American Chemical Society – M.R.M. Bruce F.G. Amar $ 3,000 9/1/05 Stimulating Local Section Activities W. Hoyt - 5/31/07 and Project SEED Participation NSF’s Collaboratives For R. Franzosa no amount 8/1/00 Excellence In Teacher (co-PI) given - 7/31/05 Preparation - MMSTEC no-cost ext. to 8/31/06 NSF through Maine Mathematics R. Franzosa & Science Alliance – UMS: SMET (co-PI) Collaborative for Excellence in Teacher Preparation Yr 5 +$ NSF - US ITASE Glacio- Chemistry K. Maasch $455,744 9/1/05 Phase 2: East Antarctica (co-PI) - 8/31/09 NSF - “Integrating Science and S.R. McKay F.Amar $175,243 2005 Mathematics Education Research O. Maurais - 2006 into Teaching”; Conference E. Pandiscio M. Wittmann Howard Hughes Medical Institute - S.R. McKay J. Geiger $537,130 2005 Biomedical Research Experiences for (UMaine) (Jackson Lab) sub-award: - 2006 Teachers and Students (Yr. 3) $148,230) Balfour Foundation - Mastering S.R. McKay J. Geiger $230,000 2005 Science; Research Internships for (UMaine) (Jackson Lab) (UMaine - 2006 Teachers and Students subaward - $ 15,585)

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PREVIOUSLY FUNDED RESEARCH PROJECTS (cont.) Funding Source Principal Co- Agency Award And Project Title Investigator Investigators Award Period

Libra Diversity Professorship S.R. McKay T. Shockey $ 15,000 2005 Selection Committee - Visiting - 2006 Libra Diversity Professorship Proposal for Fall 2005 2005 Maine Academic Prominence S.R. McKay F.G. Amar $150,000 3 yrs Initiative - Fostering excellence in Science and Mathematics Teacher Education at the University of Maine UMaine Faculty Research Funds - M.C. $ 8,790 12/1/05 A Library of Physics Education Wittmann -10/31/06 Research Library Materials and Two Video Analysis Workstations NSF - Developing a tutorial M.C. B.S. Ambrose $ 55,503 2005 approach to enhance student Wittmann - 2007 learning of intermediate mechanics NSF - Developing a tutorial M.C. B.S. Ambrose $ 55,503 2005 approach to enhance student Wittmann - 2007 learning of intermediate mechanics

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FUNDED RESEARCH PROJECTS Funding Source Principal Co- Agency Award And Project Title Investigator Investigators Award Period

UMaine Informational Technologies- D.J. Batuski $ 1,250 5/14/07 - Animations for AST 109, 8/14/07 IntroductoryAstronomy Balfour Foundation through Jackson S.R. McKay $15,585 1/1/07 Laboratory – Biomedical Research 12/31/10 Experiences for Teachers and Students (Yr. 3) Balfour Foundation through Jackson S.R. McKay $81,000 7/24/06 Laboratory – Biomedical Research [48 mos.] Experiences for Teachers and Students (Yr. 4) Howard Hughes Medical Institute S.R. McKay $73,564 1/1/07 - Through Jackson Laboratory - 12/31/11 Biomedical Research Experiences For Teachers and Students Yr. 3 Howard Hughes Medical Institute S.R. McKay $77,400 1/1/07 - Through Jackson Laboratory - 12/31/11 Biomedical Research Experiences For Teachers and Students Yr. 4 KSTF – Data Analysis for the S.R. McKay $ 10,023 6/1/07 Knowles Science Teaching Foundation 7/31/07 NSF - Abiotic Controls on the S.A. Norton $250,000 8/8/06 Trophic Status of Oligotrophic - 7/10 Waters Yr. 3 (continuation) US Dept. of the Interior - S.A. Norton $ 8,600 5/1/07 A 31 NMR Investigation of Phosphorous Speciation in Sediments in 2 Shallow Lakes NSF – LTREB: Biogeochemical S.A. Norton $ 86,663 59 mos. Mechanisms/Bear Brook Watershed Maine

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FUNDED RESEARCH PROJECTS (cont.) Funding Source Principal Co- Agency Award And Project Title Investigator Investigators Award Period

NSF – Creation, Coordination M.C.Wittmann J.D. Donovan $207,947 9/1/06 - & Activation of Resources in J.R. Thompson 8/31/09 Physics and Math Learning

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PROPOSALS PENDING Funding Source Principal Co- Agency Award And Project Title Investigator Investigators Award Period NSF – Assessing the use of NMR M.R.M.Bruce F.G. Amar $495,195 36 mos. In Organic Chemistry US Dept. of Education – Using the S.R. McKay M.R.M. Bruce $749,883 36 mos. Laboratory Experience to Improve F.G. Amar Science Proficiency S.A. Norton J.R. Thompson NSF – Novel Approaches to Mercury M.R.M. Bruce $450,529 Detection Using Specific Mercury Reactions NSF – Promoting Meaningful J. Donovan $897,489 36 mos. Connections between Physics and Mathematics NSF – Assessing the Use of R. Franzosa $495,195 48 mos. NMR in Organic Chemistry NSF - Collaborative Research: K. Maasch $456,711 (no date) Alchemy, a General Purpose Data (co-PI) Conversion and Indexing Tool Maine Academic Prominence S.R. McKay F. Amar $ 50,000 per year Initiative (internal) - Fostering Excellence in Science and Mathematics Teacher Education at the University of Maine NSF – Integrating Science and S.R. McKay S.A. Norton $100,00 23 mos. Mathematics Education Research E.A. Pandiscio Into Teaching IV J.R. Thompson NSF – Integrating Science and S.R. McKay E.A. Pandiscio $100,00 23 mos. Mathematics Education Research Into Teaching IV: Resources and Tools for Improved Learning NSF – Using the Laboratory S.R. McKay $749,883 35 mos. Experience to Improve Science Proficiency

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PROPOSALS PENDING Funding Source Principal Co- Agency Award And Project Title Investigator Investigators Award Period NSF - Abiotic Controls on the S.A. Norton $250,000 8/8/06 Trophic Status of Oligotrophic - 7/10 Waters Yr. 3 (continuation) NSF – OPUS: Bear Brook Watershed S.A. Norton $162,848 35 mos. In Maine (BBWM) – the Second Decade US Dept. of the Interior - S.A. Norton $ 8,600 5/1/07 A 31 NMR Investigation of Phosphorous Speciation in Sediments in 2 Shallow Lakes NSF – LTREB: Biogeochemical S.A. Norton $ 86,663 59 mos. Mechanisms/Bear Brook Watershed Maine NSF: Communicating Research M. Schauffler $ 74,500 (no date) To Public Audiences - The Science Behind Climate Change: A Journey to Reedy Glacier NSF – Mathematics Learning T. Shockey $499,802 35 mos. Environments: Modeling Success NSF – Collaborative Research: J.R. Thompson $735,888 35 mos. Research on the Learning and Teaching of Thermal Physics NSF through OSU – Developing J.R. Thompson $163,063 59 mos. Resources to Enhance Physics And Literacy Learning NSF – Promoting Meaningful J.R. Thompson $897,489 35 mos. Connections Between Physics and Mathematics NSF – Research and Curriculum J.R. Thompson $100,895 11 mos. Development in Thermal Physics

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PROPOSALS PENDING Funding Source Principal Co- Agency Award And Project Title Investigator Investigators Award Period FIPSE – Using the Laboratory J.R. Thompson $749,883 36 mos. Experience to Improve Science Proficiency US Dept. of Education – Using J.R. Thompson $749,883 36 mos. the Laboratory Experience to Improve Science Proficiency NSF - Collaborative Research: S.E. Kanim J.R. Thompson $118,851 7/1/07 An educational research M.C. Wittmann -6/30/09 foundation for nano-technology education NSF REESE Program - Creation, M.C. J.R. Thompson $662,914 7/1/07 coordination, and activation of Wittmann J.E. Donovan -6/30/10 resources in physics and mathematics learning NSF REESE Program - Studying M.C. J.R. Thompson $360,418 7/1/07 and disseminating the teaching and Wittmann -6/30/10 learning of physics education research

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PROPOSALS NOT FUNDED Funding Source Principal Co- Agency Award And Project Title Investigator Investigators Award Period NSF - Collaborative Research J.R. ThompsonM.C. Wittmann $696,430 7/1/06 promoting meaningful connections D.B. Mountcastle -6/30/09 between physics and mathematics D.C. Meredith in upper-division physics S.E. Kanim NSF - CAREER: Building a model M.C. Wittmann $435,439 7/1/05 of conceptual change for learning - 6/30/10 quantum physics and its pre- requisites.

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PUBLICATIONS

1. New Statistical Methods to Analyze the SDSS DR5 Galaxy Distribution, Y. Wu, D. Batuski, A. Khalil, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 38(4), 1000, (2006).

2. Making Math Real Effectively: Two Examples Based on Current Events and Research-Based Advice on Using Them. J.E. Donovan II, New York State Mathematics Teachers' Journal, 56(3), 120-123 & 126, (2006).

3. Resource plasticity: Detailing a common chain of reasoning with damped harmonic motion. E.C.

Sayre, M.C. Wittmann, J.E. Donovan II, Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, (2006).

4. The Importance of the Concept of Function for Developing Understanding of First-Order

Differential Equations in Multiple Representations (on-line). J.E. Donovan II, Conference on Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education (2007).

5. Introduction to Topology: Pure and Applied. Robert Franzosa with Colin Adams, Prentice Hall,

due out this summer.

6. Nonequilibrium Lipid Distributions in a Simulated Three-Species Biomembrane. Andrew P. Paradis, Susan R. McKay, and Samuel T. Hess, Bulletin of the American Physical Society on-line archive (2007).

7. Towards a Realistic Model of Cell Membranes: The Effects of Simulated Endo- and Exo-cytosis

on Lateral Organization. Andrew P. Paradis, Susan R. McKay, and Samuel T. Hess, Bulletin of the American Physical Society on-line archive (2007).

8. Using ion-exchange resins to study soil response to experimental watershed acidification.

Szillery, J. E., Fernandez, I. J., S.A. Norton, Rustad, L. E., and White, A. S., Environ. Monit. Assess., 117, 383-398, (2006).

9. A ten-thousand year record of mercury accumulation in peat from Caribou Bog, Maine. Roos-

Barraclough, F., Givelet, N., Shotyk, W., and S.A. Norton, U.S.A.: Environ. Sci. Technol.: 40, 3188-3194, (2006).

10. Photochemical source of metals for sediments. Kopácek, J., Marešová, M., S.A. Norton, Porcal,

P., and Veselý, J., Environ. Sci. Tech., 40, 4455-4459, (2006).

11. Aluminum, Phosphorus, and Oligotrophy - Assembling the pieces of the puzzle. S.A. Norton, Fernandez, I., Amirbahman, A., Coolidge, K., and Navratil, T., Proc. Soc. Intern. Limnol., 29, 1877-1886, (2006).

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PUBLICATIONS (cont.)

12. Soil aluminum, iron, and phosphorus dynamics in response to long-term experimental nitrogen and sulfur additions at the Bear Brook Watershed in Maine, USA. Sherman, J., Fernandez, I. J., S.A. Norton, Ohno, T, and Rustad, L. E., Environ. Monit. Assess., 121 (182), 419-427, (2006).

13. Cd, Ni, Pb, and Zn Concentrations in Forest Vegetation and Soils in Maine. McGee, C. J.,

Fernandez, I. J., S.A. Norton, and Stubbs, C. S., Water Air Soil Pollut., 180, 141-153, (2007).

14. Controls on mercury and methylmercury deposition for two watersheds in Acadia National Park, Maine. Johnson, K. B., Haines, T. A., Kahl, J. S., S.A. Norton, Amirbahman, A. and Sheehan, K. D., Environ. Monit. Assess., 126, 1-3, 55-67, (2007).

15. Watershed nitrogen and mercury geochemical fluxes integrate landscape factors in long-term

research watersheds at Acadia National Park, Maine, USA. Kahl, J.S., Nelson, S., Fernandez, I., Haines, T., S.A. Norton, Wiersma, G. B., Jacobson, G. Jr., Amirbahman, A., Johnson, K. Schauffler, M., Rustad, L., Tonnessen, K., Lent, R., Bank, M.,Elvir, J., Eckhoff, J., Caron, J., Ruck, P., Parker, J., Campbell, J., Manski, D. Breen, R., Sheehan, K., and Grygo, A., Environ. Monit. Assess., 126, 1-3, 69-80, (2007).

16. Factors contributing to the internal loading of phosphorus from anoxic sediments in six Maine,

USA, lakes. Lake, B., Coolidge, K., S.A. Norton, and Amirbahman, A., Science. Tot. Environ., 373, 534-541, (2007).

17. Natural inactivation of phosphorus by aluminum in pre-industrial lake sediments.

Kopácek, J., Marešová, M., Hejzlar, J., and S.A. Norton. Limnol. Oceanogr., 52, 1147-1155, (2007).

18. Atmospheric Metal Pollutants – Archives, Methods, and History. S.A. Norton, Water, Air, Soil

Poll. Focus., 93-98, (2007).

19. Atmospheric deposition of cadmium in the northeastern USA. S.A. Norton, Wilson, T., Handley, M., and Osterberg, E. C., Applied geochemistry, (2007).

20. Attitude changes of Undergraduate University students in a general education course.

Anderson, M. W., + 11 co-authors (including S.A. Norton), Journal of General Education, 56(2), (2007).

21. Element Concentrations in Maine Forest Vegetation and Soils. McGee, C. J., Fernandez, I. J.,

S.A. Norton, Stubbs, C. S., Maine Agricultural and Forest Experiment Station, The University of Maine, Bulletin 195, 25p, (2006).

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PUBLICATIONS (cont.)

22. Alteration of base cation biogeochemistry by widespread increases in chloride in northeastern U.S. lakes. Rosfjord, C. H., Webster, K. E., Kahl, J. S., S.A. Norton, Fernandez, I. J., and Herlihy, A., Environ. Sci. Technol. (2007, accepted).

23. The Mathematical Ways of an Aboriginal People. Barta, J., & T.L. Shockey, The Northern Ute.

Journal of Mathematics and Culture, 1(1), 79-90, (2006).

24. Mathematik ohne Worte, Spektrum der Wissenschaft. Barta, J., T.L. Shockey, (Accepted, to appear November 2006).

25. Some thoughts on passive resistance to learning. T.L. Shockey, & Gustafson, R. In B. Sriraman

(Ed.), International Perspectives on Social Justice in Mathematics Education, pp. 91-98, Missoula, (2007).

26. Student (Mis)application of Partial Differentiation to Material Properties. B.R. Bucy,

J.R. Thompson, and D.B. Mountcastle, in 2006 Physics Education Research Conference, L. McCullough, L. Hsu, P. Heron, Eds., AIP Conference Proceedings 883, 157-160 (2007).

27. Students’ Use of Symmetry with Gauss’ Law. A.L. Traxler, K.E. Black, and J.R. Thompson, in

2006 Physics Education Research Conference, L. McCullough, L. Hsu, P. Heron, Eds., AIP Conference Proceedings 883, 173-176 (2007).

28. Using resource graphs to represent conceptual change. M.C. Wittmann, Physical Review Special

Topics Physics Education Research 2, 020105 (2006).

29. Laboratory-Tutorial activities for teaching probability. M.C. Wittmann, Morgan, J.T., and Feeley, R.E., Physical Review Special Topics Physics Education Research 2, 020104 (2006)

30. Lab-Tutorials für den Quantenphysik Unterricht. M.C. Wittmann, Praxis der Naturwissenschaften – Physik, 55(4), 16-21 (2006)

31. A course on integrated approaches in physics education. M.C. Wittmann, and Thompson, J.R., APS Forum on Education, Spring 2006 newsletter

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PRESENTATIONS

1. Summary of IT-supported project ($1250 grant) to develop animations for illustration of concepts in AST 109, Introductory Astronomy, D.J. Batuski, Bodwell Lounge, University of Maine, Orono ME (October 2006)

2. New statistical Methods to Analyze the SDSS DR5 Galaxy Distribution, Wu, Y., D.J. Batuski, A. Khalil, N. F. Comins, January 2007, AAS meeting, Seattle WA. (January 2007)

3. New statistical Methods to Analyze the SDSS Digital Sky Surgey, Wu, Y., D.J. Batuski,

A. Khalil, April 2007, APS New England Section meeting, Orono ME (April 2007)

4. Creation, Coordination and Activation of Resources in Physics and Mathematics (poster). M.C. Wittmann, J.E. Donovan II, and J.R. Thompson. National Science Foundation REESE 2006 Principal Investigators Meeting. Washington DC (December 2006)

5. The Implications of an "Aha!" moment: Some examples from reasoning about first-order

differential equations. J.E. Donovan II, Invited Colloquium, Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Maine, Orono ME (December 2006)

6. Linear Functions. J.E. Donovan II (guest lecturer). Unity College, Unity ME (January 2007)

7. Conceptions of functions: A model, a methodology, and their importance in calculus.

J.E. Donovan II (invited colloquium), Mathematics Department, Plymouth State University, Plymouth MA (February 2007)

8. Intermediate mechanics students' coordinate system choice (refereed conference proposal).

E. Sayre & J.E. Donovan II, Tenth Conference on Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education, San Diego, CA (February 2007)

9. The importance of the concept of function for developing understanding of first-order

differential equations in multiple representations (refereed conference proposal). J.E. Donovan II,Tenth Conference on Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education. San Diego CA (February 2007)

10. Patterns and Functions. J.E. Donovan II (guest lecturer), Bridgewater State College,

Bridgewater, MA (February 2007)

11. Linear transformations. J.E. Donovan II (guest lecturer), Castleton State College, Castleton, VT (March 2007)

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PRESENTATIONS (cont.) 12. The University of Maine's Master of Science in Teaching Program: A Content-Rich, Research-

Based Master's Program for Current and Future Science and Mathematics Teachers. S.R. McKay, presented at the conference Transforming the Culture: Undergraduate Education and the Multiple Functions of the Research University; Washington, DC (Nov., 2006)

13. Distribution of soil phosphorus fractions in acid soils of forested watersheds. (Paper 234-5).

SanClements, M., Fernandez, I., S.A. Norton, Amirbahman, A., and Rustad, L., ASA-CSSA-Soil Science Society of America International Meeting, Indianapolis, Indiana, (November 12-16, 2006).

14. Photochemical source of aluminum for sediments and its long-term impact on internal phosphorus

cycling. Kopacek, J., S.A. Norton, Porcal, P., and Vesely, J., BIOGEOMON2006, 6th International conference, Santa Cruz, Cam (2006)

15. Contrasting chemical response to artificial acidification of five acid-sensite streams. Goss, H.V.,

Navratil, T., S.A. Norton, and Rohovec, J., BIOGEOMON2006, 6th International Conference, Santa Cruz, CA, (2006).

16. Spatial and temporal changes in aluminum, iron, and bse cations for an acidic episode at East

Bear Brook, Maine USA. Laird, M., S.A. Norton, and Navratil, T., BIOGEOMON 2006 6th International conference, Santa Cruz, CA, (2006)

17. Secondary soil phases controlling the surface water chemistry during artificial acidification at

Bear Brook Watershed, Maine USA. Navratil, T., S.A. Norton, Fernandez, I.J., and Diehl, M., BIOGEOMON2006 6th International conference, Santa Cruz, CA, (2006).

18. Sediment geochemistry of Al, Fe and P for two oligotrophic Maine lakes during a period of

acidification and recovery. Wilson, T.A., S.A. Norton, and Lake, B.J. BIOGEOMON2006, 6th International conference, Santa Cruz, CA, (2006).

19. Photochemical release of metal species in stream waters. Porcal, P., Amirbahman, A., Kopacek,

J., and S.A. Norton, BIOGEOMON2006, 6th International conference, Santa Cruz, CA (2006)

20. Internal loading of phosphorus from anoxic sediments in nine Maine lakes with high DOC concentration. B.A. Lake, A. Amirbahman, and S.A. Norton, Gordon Research Conference -Environment-Water, NH

21. Factors contributing to the internal loading of phosphorus from anoxic sediments in nine Maine

lakes with high DOC concentration. B.A. Lake, A. Amirbahman, and S.A. Norton, Annual Summer Meeting of the Am. Soc. Limnol. Oceanogr. Victoria, BA

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PRESENTATIONS (cont.) 22. Factors contributing to the internal loading of phosphorus from anoxic sediments in six Maine

lakes. Lake, B.A., Coolidge, K.M., Amirbahman, A., S.A. Norton, and Bouchard R. 30th Annual Meeting of the New England Assoc. of Environmental Biologists, Bethel, ME.

23. Photochemical source of aluminum for lakes and its impact on phosphorus cycling.

Kopacek, J., Porcal P., Hejzlar, J., and S.A. Norton, Keele Conference, Mexico

24. Investigating phosphorus internal loading in Maine lakes using 31P Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR). Lake, B., Amirbahman, A., and S.A. Norton, New England Assoc. Environ. Biologists

25. Investigating Linear and Exponential Reasoning of Students in a Reformed College Algebra

Course, Eric Pandiscio (February 2007) 26. Using Geometer’s Sketchpad to Enhance Geometric Reasoning, E.A. Pandiscio, (March 2007)

27. An Inquiry-Based High School Curriculum Unit in Geometrical Optics (poster). B. Nagpure,

M. Schauffler, and J.R. Thompson, No Question Left Behind: Bringing Guided-Inquiry Curricula into Science and Mathematics Classrooms, hosted by UMaine Center for Science and Mathematics Education Research and The Jackson Laboratories, Belfast, ME (June 2007)

28. Teaching Mathematics and Science through an Ethnomathematics Lens. T.L. Shockey, Oglala

Lakota College – Kyle, SD (June 2006)

29. Multicultural Mathematics Classroom. Barta, J. & T.L. Shockey, Utah State University – ELED 6000, (July 2006)

30. Long Term Professional Development in a Native American School. T.L. Shockey, Annual

Meeting of the National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics, Atlanta, GA (April, 2007)

31. Dream Catching 2007: What is the algebra behind pattern blocks? T. Shockey, University of Regina, Regina SK (May, 2007)

32. Our NCSM Equity Initiative: Deciding Our Course for the Future. Tod Shockey, University of

Maine, Orono Maine, Chair, [Susie Hakansson, UCLA Marilyn Hetzel, Ute Tribe Education Director Jim Barta, Utah State University, Logan, Utah Cheryl Avalos, NCSM Western Region 2 Director], Hacienda Heights, California

33. K-12 Involvement by members of the Physics Education Research Laboratory, Department of

Physics and Astronomy, and the Center for Science and Mathematics Education Research (Poster). J.R. Thompson, Pre K-12: Springboard for Life Long Learning, 2nd Annual Ticket to Success/Connections Day, University of Maine, Orono, ME (May 2006)

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PRESENTATIONS (cont.) 34. Investigations of Student Understanding of Thermal Physics in the Upper Division.

J.R. Thompson (invited), Integrating Science and Mathematics Education Research into Teaching conference, University of Maine Center for Science and Mathematics Education Research, Orono, ME (June 2006)

35. Effect of a concentrated in-service elementary teacher workshop (Oral presentation and

poster). D.N. Nelson and J.R. Thompson, Integrating Science and Mathematics Education Research into Teaching conference, University of Maine Center for Science and Mathematics Education Research, Orono, ME, (June 2006).

36. An Investigation into the Effectiveness of Physics First in Maine (poster). M.J. O’Brien and J.R. Thompson. Integrating Science and Mathematics Education Research into Teaching conference, University of Maine Center for Science and Mathematics Education Research, Orono, ME (2006)

37. Effects of changing representations in two-dimensional kinematics (poster). R.P. Springuel,

J.R. Thompson, and M.C. Wittmann, Integrating Science and Mathematics Education Research into Teaching conference, University of Maine Center for Science and Mathematics Education Research, Orono, ME (June 2006)

38. Effects of changing representations in two-dimensional kinematics (poster). R.P. Springuel,

J.R. Thompson, and MC. Wittmann, Integrating Science and Mathematics Education Research into Teaching conference, University of Maine Center for Science and Mathematics Education Research, Orono, ME (June 2006)

39. A comparative study of how students understand stem cells (Oral presentation and poster). J.

Moyer, J.R. Thompson, M.S. Tyler, and M.C. Wittmann, Integrating Science and Mathematics Education Research into Teaching conference, University of Maine Center for Science and Mathematics Education Research, Orono, ME (June 2006)

40. Student Estimates of Probability and Uncertainty in Statistical Physics (poster). D.B.

Mountcastle, B.R. Bucy, and J.R. Thompson, Integrating Science and Mathematics Education Research into Teaching conference, University of Maine Center for Science and Mathematics Education Research, Orono, ME (2006)

41. Analysis of student understanding of symmetry in Gauss’ Law (poster). K.E. Black, A.L. Traxler,

and J.R. Thompson, Integrating Science and Mathematics Education Research into Teaching conference, University of Maine Center for Science and Mathematics Education Research, Orono, ME (June 2006)

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PRESENTATIONS (cont.) 42. Student (mis)application of partial differentiation to material properties (poster). B.R. Bucy,

J.R. Thompson and D.B. Mountcastle, Integrating Science and Mathematics Education Research into Teaching conference, University of Maine Center for Science and Mathematics Education Research, Orono, ME (June 2006)

43. Student understanding of flexible refrigerator magnets and magnetically sensitive film (poster). J.R. Thompson, G.D. Kranich*, and T.A. Fitzgibbon* (*undergraduates), Integrating Science and Mathematics Education Research into Teaching conference, University of Maine Center for Science and Mathematics Education Research, Orono, ME (June 2006)

44. Analysis of student understanding of symmetry in Gauss’ Law (poster). K.E. Black, A.L. Traxler, and J.R. Thompson, 2006 Gordon Conference on Physics Research and Education: Electromagnetism, Mt. Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA (June 2006)

45. Student understanding of flexible refrigerator magnets and magnetically sensitive film (poster). J.R. Thompson, G.D. Kranich*, and T.A. Fitzgibbon*, 2006 Gordon Conference on Physics Research and Education: Electromagnetism, Mt. Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA (June 2006)

46. Seeing what works: An empirical approach to PER, invited poster for "Physics Education

Research from Different Perspectives: Why Bother?”. J.R. Thompson, 2006 Summer National AAPT Meeting, Syracuse U., Syracuse, NY (July 2006)

47. Student use of integration in the context of P-V diagrams. B.R. Bucy, J.R. Thompson, and

D.B. Mountcastle, 2006 Summer National AAPT Meeting, Syracuse U., Syracuse, NY (July 2006)

48. Effect of a concentrated in-service elementary teacher workshop (poster). D.N. Nelson and J.R. Thompson, 2006 Summer National AAPT Meeting, Syracuse U., Syracuse, NY (July 2006)

49. Student (mis)application of partial differentiation to material properties (poster). B.R. Bucy,

J.R. Thompson and D.B. Mountcastle, 2006 Summer National AAPT Meeting, Syracuse U., Syracuse, NY (July 2006)

50. An Investigation into the Effectiveness of Physics First in Maine (poster). M.J. O’Brien and

J.R. Thompson, 2006 Summer National AAPT Meeting, Syracuse U., Syracuse, NY, (July 2006)

51. Effects of changing representations in two-dimensional kinematics (poster). R.P. Springuel, J.R. Thompson, and M.C. Wittmann, 2006 Summer National AAPT Meeting, Syracuse U., Syracuse, NY (July 2006)

52. Analysis of student understanding of symmetry in Gauss’ Law. K.E. Black, A.L. Traxler, and

J.R. Thompson (Poster), 2006 Physics Education Research Conference, Syracuse U., Syracuse, NY (July 2006)

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PRESENTATIONS (cont.) 53. Student Estimates of Probability and Uncertainty in Statistical Physics (poster). D.B.

Mountcastle, B.R. Bucy, and J.R. Thompson, 2006 Physics Education Research Conference, Syracuse U., Syracuse, NY (July 2006)

54. Student (mis)application of partial differentiation to material properties (poster). B.R. Bucy,

J.R. Thompson and D.B. Mountcastle, 2006 Physics Education Research Conference, Syracuse U., Syracuse, NY (July 2006)

55. Thermal physics as a context for investigating student use of multivariable calculus invited

Targeted Poster for “Physics Education Research Across Disciplinary Boundaries”. J.R. Thompson, D.B. Mountcastle, B.R. Bucy, 2006 Physics Education Research Conference, Syracuse U., Syracuse, NY (August 2006)

56. Investigating Upper-Division Student Understanding of Thermal Physics. J.R. Thompson,

B.R. Bucy, and D.B. Mountcastle, 19th Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN (August 2006)

57. Investigations of upper-division student understanding of thermodynamics. J.R. Thompson

(invited), Purdue University Chemical Education Seminar, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN (November 2006)

58. Student Estimates of Probability and Uncertainty in Statistical Physics (Poster). D.B.

Mountcastle, B.R. Bucy, and J.R. Thompson, 2007 Winter National AAPT Meeting, Seattle, WA (January 2007)

59. What do pre-service teachers get in a reform-based content course? J.R. Thompson (invited),

Twenty-seventh State-wide Meeting of High School Physics Teachers, U. Maine, Orono, ME (March 2007)

60. Recruitment of Physical Science Teachers through a Content-Rich, Research-Based Master’s

Program: The University of Maine’s Master of Science in Teaching (Poster). S.R. McKay, J.R. Thompson, M.C. Wittmann, 2007 Conference of the Physics Teacher Education Coalition, Boulder, CO (March 2007)

61. Student application of integration when considering P-V diagrams. J.R. Thompson, B.R. Bucy,

D.B. Mountcastle, E.B. Pollock, 2007 March APS Meeting, Denver, CO (March 2007)

62. Empirical physics education research across the curriculum. J.R. Thompson (invited), University of Maine Physics & Astronomy Colloquium, U. Maine, Orono, ME (April 2007)

63. Investigating student use of mathematics in thermal physics. J.R. Thompson (invited), Kansas State University Physics Department Colloquium, Manahattan, KS (April 2007)

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PRESENTATIONS (cont.) 64. Investigating the reliability of the Force and Motion Conceptual Evaluation. G.A. Davenport and

J.R. Thompson , Joint Meeting of the New England Sections of the AAPT and APS, University of Maine, Orono, ME (April 2007)

65. Investigating student understanding of magnetic fields, flexible refrigerator magnets, and

magnetically sensitive film. G.D. Kranich* and J.R. Thompson (*undergraduates), Joint Meeting of the New England Sections of the AAPT and APS, University of Maine, Orono, ME (April 2007)

66. Using cluster analysis on written responses to 2-D kinematics questions. R.P. Springuel,

M.C. Wittmann, and J.R. Thompson, Joint Meeting of the New England Sections of the AAPT and APS, University of Maine, Orono, ME (April 2007)

67. Comparing student understanding of physics and mathematics in P-V diagrams. E.B. Pollock,

J.R. Thompson, B.R. Bucy, D.B. Mountcastle, Joint Meeting of the New England Sections of the AAPT and APS, University of Maine, Orono, ME (April 2007)

68. Student Estimates of Probability and Uncertainty in Electronics Laboratory and Statistical

Physics Courses (poster). D.B. Mountcastle, B.R. Bucy, and J.R. Thompson, Joint Meeting of the New England Sections of the AAPT and APS, University of Maine, Orono, ME (April 2007)

69. Comparing student understanding of physics and mathematics in P-V diagrams (poster). E.B.

Pollock, J.R. Thompson, B.R. Bucy, D.B. Mountcastle, University of Maine Graduate Student Government Research Exposition, Orono, ME (April 2007)

70. Effect of a Concentrated In-service Elementary Teacher Force and Motion Workshop (poster).

D.N. Nelson and J.R. Thompson, No Question Left Behind: Bringing Guided-Inquiry Curricula into Science and Mathematics Classrooms, hosted by UMaine Center for Science and Mathematics Education Research and The Jackson Laboratories, Belfast, ME (June 2007)

71. An Investigation into the Effectiveness of Physics First in Maine (poster). M.J. O’Brien and

J.R. Thompson, No Question Left Behind: Bringing Guided-Inquiry Curricula into Science and Mathematics Classrooms, hosted by UMaine Center for Science and Mathematics Education Research and The Jackson Laboratories, Belfast, ME (June 2007)

72. Identifying student concepts of gravity (poster). R.E. Feeley and J.R. Thompson, No Question

Left Behind: Bringing Guided-Inquiry Curricula into Science and Mathematics Classrooms, hosted by UMaine Center for Science and Mathematics Education Research and The Jackson Laboratories, Belfast, ME (June 2007)

73. Comparing Instructional Modes: One Element of Physics Education Research.

M.C. Wittmann, colloquium, College of Education and Human Development, (May 2006)

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PRESENTATIONS (cont.) 74. Understanding the world using models of probability and probability density. M.C. Wittmann

(invited presentation), University of Maine Center for Science and Mathematics Education Summer Conference: “Integrating Science and Mathematics Education Research into Teaching,” (June 2006)

75. Effects of Changing Representations in 2-D Motion. R.P. Springuel, J.R. Thompson, and

M.C. Wittmann, The Announcer 36(2) 89, 133rd AAPT National Meeting, Syracuse NY, (August 2006)

76. Effects of Changing Representations in 2-D Motion. R.P. Springuel, J.R. Thompson, and

M.C. Wittmann, Physics Education Research Conference, Syracuse NY (August. 2006)

77. Learning Probability and Probability Density in a Quantum Physics Course. M.C. Wittmann, J.T. Morgan, and R.F. Feeley, The Announcer 36(2) 90, 133rd AAPT National Meeting, Syracuse NY (August 2006)

78. Intuitive Quantum Physics: A Course for Nonscience Majors. M.C. Wittmann and J.T. Morgan,

The Announcer 36(2) 124, 133rd AAPT National Meeting, Syracuse NY (August 2006) 79. Comparing Three Methods for Teaching Newton’s Third Law. T.I. Smith and M.C. Wittmann,

The Announcer 36(2) 125, 133rd AAPT National Meeting, Syracuse NY (August 2006)

80. Comparing Three Methods for Teaching Newton’s Third Law. T.I. Smith and M.C. Wittmann, Physics Education Research Conference, Syracuse NY (August 2006)

81. Students’ Integration Methods for First-Order Differential Equations. K.E. Black and M.C.

Wittmann, The Announcer 36(2) 149, 133rd AAPT National Meeting, Syracuse NY (August 2006)

82. Situating a Common Chain of Reasoning in Damped Harmonic Motion. E.C. Sayre and M.C. Wittmann, The Announcer 36(2) 149, 133rd AAPT National Meeting, Syracuse NY (August 2006)

83. Situating a Common Chain of Reasoning in Damped Harmonic Motion. E.C. Sayre and M.C.

Wittmann, Physics Education Research Conference, Syracuse NY (August 2006)

84. Creation, Coordination, and Activation of Resources in Physics and Mathematics. M.C. Wittmann, J.E. Donovan II., and J.R. Thompson. National Science Foundation REESE 2006 Principal Investigators Meeting. Washington DC (December 2006)

85. Using Mathematics to Inform Conceptual Reasoning About Quantum Tunneling. J.T. Morgan,

M.C. Wittmann, 134th AAPT National Meeting, Seattle WA (January 2007)

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PRESENTATIONS (cont.) 86. Student Solutions to First-Order Differential Equations in Intermediate Mechanics.

M.C. Wittmann, K.E. Black, 134th AAPT National Meeting, Seattle WA (January 2007)

87. Intuitive Quantum Physics. M.C. Wittmann, J.T. Morgan, Workshop given at the 134th AAPT National Meeting, Seattle WA (January 2007)

88. Modeling mathematical reasoning in physics. M.C. Wittmann, invited physics department

seminar, Rutgers University (April 2007)

89. Intermediate mechanics students' coordinate system choices for simple pendula. E.C. Sayre, M.C. Wittmann, 2007 Joint Spring Meeting NES APS/AAPT, Orono ME (April 2007)

90. Using resource graphs to model learning in physics. M.C. Wittmann, American Physical Society,

National Meeting (April 2007)

91. Students' interpretations of signs in scalar differential equations. K. McCann, M.C. Wittmann, 2007 Joint Spring Meeting NES APS/AAPT, Orono ME (April 2007)

92. Students' reasoning toward solutions of first-order differential equations. K.E. Black,

M.C. Wittmann, 2007 Joint Spring Meeting NES APS/AAPT, Orono ME (April 2007)

93. Reconsidering the analysis of the Force and Motion Conceptual Evaluation. T.I. Smith, M.C. Wittmann, T. Carter, 2007 Joint Spring Meeting NES APS/AAPT, Orono ME (April 2007)

94. Comparing student use of mathematical and physical vector representations. J.van Deventer,

M.C. Wittmann, 2007 Joint Spring Meeting NES APS/AAPT, Orono ME (April 2007)

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SEMINARS, WORKSHOPS AND EVENTS Date Name & Affiliation Event Presentation Title

6/1/06 David Nelson Thesis Can a Concentrated Workshop MST Candidate Defense improve in-service primary school UMaine Teacher’s Preparation to meet the Force and Motion Goals of the Maine Learning Results 8/10/06 Matt Leland Thesis Using Analogical Models in MST Candidate Defense Undergraduate Chemistry UMaine Laboratory Courses to Improve Student Understanding of Beer’s Law

9/22/06 Katrina Black Thesis A limited toolbox when using Ph.D. Candidate Seminar integrals and boundary conditions 9/22/06 Stephen Kanim Physics PER as a basis for curriculum Assoc. Prof. of Physics Colloquium development: A look at some New Mexico State U. underlying assumptions

11/3/06 Michael Loverude Physics Research on student understanding Assoc. Prof. of Physics Colloquium of matter and energy in college Cal.State U. – Fullerton physical science courses

12/1/06 Jonathan Pratt Thesis Zebrafish teratogenesis as a MST Candidate Defense secondary-level science inquiry UMaine curriculum

12/4/06 Jonathan Moyer Thesis A comparative study of how high MST Candidate Defense school students understand stem UMaine cells

12/8/06 John E. Donovan Physics The Implications of an “Aha!” Assistant Prof. – Math Colloquium moment: Some examples from UMaine reasoning about first-order differential equations

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SEMINARS, WORKSHOPS AND EVENTS (cont.) Date Name & Affiliation Event Presentation Title

1/17/07 Renee Beeton Seminar “I could see myself as a chemist”: Post-doctoral Candidate An examination of science identity U.North Colorado formation for nine Mexican American females in high school chemistry 1/31/2007 Willard R. Daggett Video Preparing Students for Their President, International Lecture Future Center for Leadership In Education (ICLE)

2/28/2007 Medea Steinman Seminar Using Online Data to Teach Science MST Candidate Skills to Secondary School Students

3/22/2007 Andrew Hayes Seminar Diagnosing Student Ideas in an MST Candidate Introductory Astronomy Laboratory

3/23/2007 Nicole Gillespie Seminar Preparing and retaining high quality Senior Officer science and mathematics teachers: Knowles Science research, programs and results Teaching Foundation

4/4/2007 Zachary McIntyre Seminar An Analysis of Variable MST Candidate Misconceptions Before and After Various Collegiate Level Mathematics Courses

4/13/2007 John Thompson Physics Student understanding of Assistant Professor Colloquium relationships between physics and UMaine mathematics concepts in upper- level thermodynamics

4/19/2007 Trevor Smith Oral Thesis Comparing the Effectiveness of MST Candidate Defense Research-based Curricula for UMaine Teaching Introductory Mechanics

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SEMINARS, WORKSHOPS AND EVENTS (cont.) Date Name & Affiliation Event Presentation Title

4/26/2007 Roger Feeley Oral Thesis Identifying Student Concepts of MST Candidate Defense Gravity UMaine 4/26/2007 Medea Steinman Oral Thesis Using Online Data to Teach MST Candidate Defense Science Skills to Secondary School UMaine Students 5/3/2007 Glenn Colby Seminar A Cross-Sectional Study of MST Candidate Mathematics Students’ Epistemo- UMaine logical Beliefs when Taught Using Traditional versus Reform Curricula in Maine High Schools 6/27/2007 Zachary McIntyre Oral Thesis An analysis of variable MST Candidate Defense misconceptions before and after UMaine various collegiate level mathematics courses

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AWARDS AND HONORS MST Faculty:

Eric Pandiscio • 2007 College of Education and Human Development Outstanding

Teacher Award MST Students:

Katie McCann • 2007 Graduate Summer Award • 2007-08 Trustee Tuition Scholarship

Danielle Miniutti • 2007 Graduate Summer Award

Elliot Rappaport • 2007 Graduate Summer Award

Hannah Webber

• 2007-08 Trustee Tuition Scholarships

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MEETINGS ATTENDED MEETINGS ATTENDED David J. BatuskiDavid J. Batuski

• Twenty-seventh State-wide Meeting of High School Physics Teachers, University of Maine, Orono Maine, March 2007

• APS/AAPT New England Sectional Meeting, University of Maine, Orono Maine, April 20-21, 2007

John E. Donovan II

• Tenth Conference on Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education, San Diego, CA, February 2007

Amie Gellen

• No Question Left Behind: Bringing Guided-Inquiry Curricula into Science and Mathematics Classrooms, Belfast Maine, June 2007

Susan R. McKay

• Transforming the Culture: Undergraduate Education and the Multiple Functions of the Research University; Washington, DC, Nov., 2006

• American Physical Society March Meeting, Denver Colorado, March 2007 • Twenty-seventh State-wide Meeting of High School Physics Teachers,

University of Maine, Orono Maine, March 2007 • No Question Left Behind: Bringing Guided-Inquiry Curricula into Science and

Mathematics Classrooms, Belfast Maine, June 2007 Stephen A. Norton

• BIOGEOMON 2006, Santa Cruz California, June 2006 • Gordon Research Conference, New Hampshire, June 2006 • Annual Summer Meeting of the Am. Soc. Limnol. Oceanogr., Victoria, BC,

Summer 2006 Molly Schauffler

• No Question Left Behind: Bringing Guided-Inquiry Curricula into Science and Mathematics Classrooms, Belfast Maine, June 2007

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MEETINGS ATTENDED (cont.) MEETINGS ATTENDED (cont.) Tod L. ShockeyTod L. Shockey

• Our NCSM Equity Initiative: Deciding Our Course for the Future Utah State University, Logan Utah, April 2007

• Long Term Professional Development in a Native American School, Annual Meeting of the National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics, Atlanta GA April, 2007

• Dream Catching 2007 What is the algebra behind pattern blocks? University of Regina, Regina SK, May, 2007

John R. Thompson

• 2006 Summer National Meeting of the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT), Syracuse NY, July/August 2006.

• 2006 Physics Education Research Conference, Syracuse NY, August 2006 • 19th Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, Purdue University, West

Lafayette, IN, August 2006 • 2007 Winter National Meeting of the AAPT, Seattle WA, January 2007 • American Physical Society March Meeting, Denver Colorado, March 2007 • Twenty-seventh State-wide Meeting of High School Physics Teachers,

University of Maine, Orono Maine, March 2007 • Mathematics and Science Future Teachers Club’s (MSFTC) Seventh Annual

Spring Conference, University of Maine, Orono Maine, March 2007 • Joint APS/AAPT Regional Meeting, New England Section, University of

Maine, Orono Maine, April 2007 • No Question Left Behind: Bringing Guided-Inquiry Curricula into Science and

Mathematics Classrooms, Belfast Maine, June 2007 Michael C. Wittmann

• 2006 Summer National Meeting of the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT), Syracuse NY, July/August 2006.

• 2006 Physics Education Research Conference, Syracuse NY, August 2006

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MEETINGS ATTENDED (cont.) MEETINGS ATTENDED (cont.) Michael C. Wittmann (cont.)Michael C. Wittmann (cont.)

• 2007 Winter National Meeting of the AAPT, Seattle WA, January 2007 • Twenty-seventh State-wide Meeting of High School Physics Teachers,

University of Maine, Orono Maine, March 2007 • Joint APS/AAPT Regional Meeting, New England Section, University of

Maine, Orono Maine, April 2007 • April meeting of the American Physical Society, Jacksonville Florida,

April 2007

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COMPLETED GRADUATE DEGREES Name Degree Thesis Title Advisor

Feeley, Roger SMT Identifying Student Concepts of J. Thompson Of Gravity Leland, Matt SMT Using Analalogical Models in F. Amar & Undergraduate Chemistry M. Bruce Laboratory Courses to Improve Student Understanding of Beer’s Law McIntyre, SMT An analysis of variable misconceptions J. Donovan Zachary before and after various collegiate level mathematics courses Moyer, Jon SMT A comparative study of how high J. Thompson school students understand stem cells Nelson, David SMT Effect of a Concentrated In-Service J. Thompson Elementary Teacher Force and Motion Workshop Pratt, Jon SMT Zebrafish teratogenesis as a M. Wittmann & secondary-level science Mary Tyler inquiry curriculum Smith, Trevor I. SMT Comparing the Effectiveness of M. Wittmann Research-based Curricula for Teaching Introductory Mechanics Steinman, Medea SMT Using online data to teach science M. Schauffler skills to secondary school students

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GRADUATE THESES IN PROGRESS Advisor & Name Degree Thesis Title Committee

Abbey, Karen SMT 1st Year Barker-Hoyt, SMT Using Spatial Temporal Rejoining to *T. Shockey Adam Understand Connection between D. Bradley Music Education as a Focus Variable L. Artesani Toward Mathematical Proof and R. Franzosa Justification Blaisdell, Rob SMT On Leave – No records Chabot, William SMT Conceptual Understanding in Algebra: *E. Pandiscio Does Problem solving success increase? (working title) Clegg, Katie SMT 1st Year Davenport, Glen SMT No records available *J. Thompson M. Wittmann Graves, Ashley SMT An investigation into the *R. Franzosa

effectiveness of web-based college T. Shockey algebra in students’ conceptual and E. Pandiscio procedural mathematics knowledge J. Tyne

Hall, William SMT 1st Year Harris, Molly SMT No working title available *M. Schauffler S. McKay J. Thompson Hayes, Andrew SMT Developing a survey to measure *M. Wittmann Students’ knowledge of Astronomy J. Thompson D. Batuski

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GRADUATE THESES IN PROGRESS (cont.) Advisor & Name Degree Thesis Title Committee

Kvaal Anderson, SMT 1st Year R. Franzosa Mindi Rachael Lowe SMT No records available *T. Shockey (need to add another committee W. Bray member from the Center J. Tyne Martin, Danielle SMT No records available *S. Norton McCann, Katie SMT Understanding the a-ha moment when *M. Wittmann learning physics J. Thompson? Shihfen Tu McOsker, Megan SMT Evaluating student understanding *S. Lindsey concepts in sequential marine science courses Miniutti, Danielle SMT Evaluation of the Aquatic Invaders in *M. Schauffler Maine (AIM) Program S. McKay E. Stancioff Nadeau, James SMT No records available M. Bruce F. Amar S. Norton M. Wittmann Nagpure, Bhupendra SMT Effect(s) of Modified Instructional *J. Thompson

Approach on Student Understanding M. Wittmann of Two-Dimensional Motion

Paradis, Andrew SMT No records available *M. Wittmann J. Thompson S. McKay

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GRADUATE THESES IN PROGRESS (cont.) Advisor & Name Degree Thesis Title Committee

Rappaport, SMT Understanding the Physical *K. Maasch Elliot Foundations of Meteorology S. Norton J. Thompson Bray, Terri Shaw SMT Part Time Southworth, Meghan SMT 1st Year *R. Franzosa Stahley, John (Randy) SMT 1st Year Van Deventer, Joel SMT Introductory physics students' *M. Wittmann understanding of vectors in mathematics and physics contexts Webber, Hannah SMT Concepts of Watershed Science *S. Norton Zukowski, Adam SMT Attitude and Learning at Upward E. Pandiscio Bound in the Field of Mathematics and Statistics

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K-12 Placements and Collaborations Name Subject School Name & Town Blodgett, Dina (2005 Graduate)

Mathematics Leavitt Area H.S. Turner

Cohen, James (2005 Graduate)

Science (student teacher - 05)

Knight, Kathleen (2005 Graduate)

Mathematics Sumner Memorial H.S. Sullivan

Lowe, Rachael (MST Student)

Mathematics George Stevens Academy

Martin, Danielle (MST Student)

Science

Penobscot Valley H.S. Howland

Murphy, Michael (2005 Graduate)

Technology John Bapst Memorial H.S. Bangor

Nelson, David (2005 Graduate)

Science Erskine Academy China

O’Brien, Mike (2005 Graduate)

Science Kennebunk H.S. Kennebunk

Owen, Jeff (2003 Graduate)

Science Orono H.S. Orono

Pratt, Jon (2006 Graduate)

Science Foxcroft Academy Dover-Foxcroft

Rappaport, Elliot (MST Student)

Science (student teaching - 07)

Reed, Daniel (MST Student)

Science Bangor High School Bangor (student teaching - 07)

Shaw, Terri (MST Student)

Math Old Town High School Old Town

Smith, Trevor (2007 Graduate)

Science Old Town High School Old Town (student teaching – 07)

Snyder, Karen (2005 Graduate)

Math Nokomis Regional H.S. Newport

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Southworth, Megan (MST Student)

Math Troy Howard Middle School Belfast

Steinman, Medea (2007 Graduate)

Life Science Bangor Schools (student teaching) Bangor

Zukowski, Adam (MST Student)

Math Gray-New Gloucester H.S. Gray

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ITEMS RELEVANT FOR RETURN ON INVESTMENT

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STRATEGIC PLANNING

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CHALLENGES

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