MSTA Conference Presentations

MMSTLC Leaders will be presenting six sessions and a full day workshop at the upcoming Michigan Science Teacher Association conference. The MSTA Conference, which takes place March 4-6 in Lansing, is the premier annual science education conference for teachers in Michigan. These sessions or workshops, which utilize MMSTLC resources, include:

Science Specific Writing Skills to Enhance Student Understanding
Full day workshop (including lunch) from 9:00am to 2:30pm, Thursday, March 4
Registration fee is $45 and includes materials, lunch, and refreshments
Radisson Hotel, Room Capital 4

Say What You Mean! Strategies to Help Students Better Communicate Science
10:00 – 10:45am, Friday, March 5
Room 102, Lansing Center

The Problem with Models and How to Fix Them
11:00 – 11:45am, Friday, March 5
Room 201, Lansing Center

Creating a New Generation of Science Leaders
4:00 – 4:45pm, Friday, March 5
Room 203, Lansing Center

Web 2.0 in the Classroom: Collaborative Learning Tools for Science
10:00 – 10:45am, Saturday, March 6
Room 104, Lansing Center

Investigate the State: Collaborating to Study Science Issues in Michigan
11:00 – 11:45am, Saturday, March 6
Room 104, Lansing Center

Science Book Studies as Professional Learning Communities
1:00 – 1:45pm, Saturday, March 6
Room 202, Lansing Center

MMSTLC Presentation at AMTE Conference

Judy Flowers, one of the MMSTLC partners, and a faculty member at University of Michigan Dearborn is presenting a session at the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators conference in Irvine, California.  The session, titled “A Practice-Based Approach to Develop Mathematics Teacher Leaders’ Understanding of Misconceptions Related to Proportionality” will present resources and efforts from the past two years of working with new teacher leaders in Michigan.

Following the presentation, Dr. Flowers’ presentation will be posted here.