"Student Flow Through STEM Education in Texas"
Michael Marder, PhD
Professor of Physics & UTeach Director, University of Texas at Austin
Tuesday, November 17th, 3:30pm in Porter Bioscience B121
Dr. Marder will discuss the use of methods borrowed from statistical mechanics to analyze student test scores on the high-stakes Texas mathematics tests. These methods are used to investigate the assertion, influencing Federal funding policies, that once one knows students' test scores in one year, all other information about them can and should be discarded when trying to predict how much they will learn the next. These studies reveal how students flow through the space of score and time, that both convective and diffusive effects are at work, and that poverty has a very significant effect on the flow pattern. Other topics include students disappearance from schools, students being retained in grades, and the relative performance of regular and charter schools.
Faculty Teaching Excellent Program Faculty Workshop Series
"Large Lecture Courses: Challenges and Rewards"
Thursday, Novemebr, 19th, 2:30pm ATLAS 200
WIth Paul Beal, Professor and Chair, Physics; James Symons, Professor, Theater and Dance; & Lee Chambers, Professor, History.
Colorado Science Conference
November 19th & 20th, Denver
WIth Paul Beal, Professor and Chair, Physics; James Symons, Professor, Theater and Dance; & Lee Chambers, Professor, History.
Learning Assistant Program Poster Sesstion
Wednesday, December 19th, 6-8pm, UMC 235
Come check out what Learning Assistants have been up to all semester!
DBER: Discipline Based Education Research Seminar Series
Every Wednesday, 3:00pm in Porter 1B21. DBER meets weekly to share and discuss discipline-based research occurring across campus in many different departments and schools. For upcoming presenters, please see the calendar above. For more information or to present, please contact Mike Klymkowsky at Michael.Klymkowsky@colorado.edu