These photos were taken at the CAST (Conference for the Advancement of Science
Teaching) held at Corpus Christi on November 19-21, 1998.

 

Upcoming Presentations and Workshops

"College of Education and College of Sciences Collaboratives: A Dialogue," A. Adams, E. L. Chiappetta, R. B. Clark, R. James, M. Long, and D. Parker, a panel discussion to be held at the Association for the Education of Teachers of Science, Austin, TX, January, 1999.
"Materials Science: Integrating Chemistry and Physics," A. Adams, a workshop for middle school science teachers to be presented at the MATS Conference, Houston, TX, February 27, 1999.
A. Adams and E. L. Chiappetta, " Science Education Reform and Inquiry in the Classroom: Research, Practice, and Teacher Perspectives," educational research to be presented at the annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, Boston, MA, March, 1999.

Recent Presentations Workshops

· "Chemistry and Materials Science," S. Bott and A. Adams, workshop for high school chemistry and physics teachers, presented at the Metropolitan Association for Teachers of Science spring meeting, Houston Museum of Natural Science, Houston, TX, February, 1998.
· "What is Superconductivity?," D. Ivester and A. Adams, workshop for high school chemistry and physics teachers, presented at the Metropolitan Association for Teachers of Science spring meeting, Houston Museum of Natural Science, Houston, TX, February, 1998.
· "Superconductivity in the Classroom," D. Ivester and A. Adams, workshop for high school physics and physical science teachers, presented at the spring meeting of the Texas Section of the American Association of Science Teachers, San Antonio, TX, March, 1998.
· "Students' Beliefs, Attitudes, and Conceptual Change in a Traditional High School Physics Classroom," A. Adams and E. Chiappetta, educational research presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego, CA, April, 1998.
· "Students' Beliefs, Attitudes, and Conceptual Change in a Constructivist High School Physics Classroom," A. Adams and E. L. Chiappetta, educational research presented at the annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, San Diego, CA, April, 1998.
· "Materials Science: Integrating Chemistry and Physics," A. Adams, a workshop for middle school science teachers presented at the Conference for the Advancement of Science Teaching, sponsored by the Science Teachers Association of Texas, Corpus Christi, TX, November, 1998.
· "Superconductivity Demonstrations," D. Ivester and A. Adams, a workshop for high school physics and chemistry teachers presented at the Conference for the Advancement of Science Teaching, sponsored by the Science Teachers Association of Texas, Corpus Christi, TX, November, 1998.

 

 

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