STEM Research at Mines Moskal 2012 - Inside Mines

STEM Science Technology Engineering Math

Research at

Colorado School of Mines

Dr. Barbara M. MoskalDirector - Trefny Institute for Educational Innovation

Vision

Through the Trefny Institute for

Educational Innovation, Mines is a

catalyst for STEM educational research

and improvement at all levels,

K through gray.

“Catch them young. Catch them now. Catch them all.”Dr. Barbara Moskal – Director Trefny Institute

STEM Outreach in Action

Outline

• Teacher workshops

• Follow-up classroom support

• Dyslexic camp

• Tech camps

Summer Workshop 2013

• Elementary and middle school

• Two weeks, eight hours per day

• Focus: Earth, Energy & Environment

• Research Groups: Bechtel, REMERSEC,

ReNUWIt

• Departments: Chemistry and Geochemistry,

Environmental Engineering, Physics, Chemical

Engineering

Participants

• 5 Elementary DPS Teachers

• 1 DPS Middle School Teacher

• 7 Elementary Englewood Teachers

• 2 Englewood Middle School Teachers

• 8 Adams 50 Elementary and Middle

School Teachers

• Funding: Bechtel, REMRSEC,

ReNUWit

Academic Year Follow-up: 15 hours per

week of graduate student support

throughout academic year

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Example Lesson

• Cloud in a bottle

demonstration

• Water vapors

• Condensation

• Cloud formation

• Water cycle coloring

sheets (take-home)

• Edible aquifers

(active)

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K-8 Evaluation

• Teachers and fellows positively evaluated

program.

• Teacher average performance from pre to post

assessment on a 20 point test raised from 10

to 16 correct. This was found to be statistically

significant using a paired t-test (α<.01).

• Student Attitudes with respect to science in

participating teachers classrooms was, on

average, statistically higher than control

classrooms using a t-test (α<.01).

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Dyslexic Camp

• 27 dyslexic students

• Two weeks, one hour

per day

• Funding: American

Physics Society

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Tech Camps

• 36 middle school students

• 2 one-week camps in 2013

• Six hours per day

• Focus: Earth, Energy &

Environment

• Funding: Self-supported,

donations, Dr. Mike Wakin,

Electrical Engineering and

Computer Science

Assessment

• Pre-Post Assessment,

Statistically significant

increase

• Drawing of scientists,

pre and post

STEM “On The Road” Outreach

Our funded graduate students have also

created live demonstrations that are presented

at education fairs and conferences around the

country to demonstrate our innovative ideas

and activities.

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Trefny Institute on YouTube

Funded graduate students have created

some really cool videos designed to

teach science concepts in an easily

accessible manner. Check them out on

YouTube page!

https://www.youtube.com/user/TrefnyInstitute

Impact

Dr. Barbara Moskal – Director

Trefny Institute for Educational Innovation

• Research Interests

Measurement and evaluation

Student assessment

Statistics applied to education

Mathematics education

Women in science and mathematics

STEM outreach

• Distinguished Service

Director of the Trefny Institute for Educational Innovation

Director, Center for Assessment in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics

Senior Editor, Journal of Engineering Education

• Publications

Forssén, A., Lauriski-Karriker, T., Harriger, A. & Moskal, B. (2011). “SPIRIT: Encouraging High School Girls’

Interests in Information Technology.” Journal of STEM Education, 12 (5 &6), 46-57.

Moskal, B. & Skokan, C. (2011). Supporting the K-12 Classroom through University Outreach, Journal of

Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 15 (1), 53-75.

Munson, A., Moskal, B. Harriger, A., Lauriski-Karriker, T., & Heersink, D. (2011). “Computing at the High

School Level: Changing What Teachers and Students Know and Believe,” Computers and Education: An

International Journal, 57 (2), 1836-1849.

Bottle Launcher –

Teacher

Workshops

Modeling

Software –

Tech Camp

Dr. Catherine Skokan –Associate Research Professor

• Research Interests

Curriculum development

Measurement and evaluation

Engineering education

Science (earth and physical) education

Humanitarian engineering

STEM outreach

• Distinguished Service

PIC II Chair and Board Member – American Society for Engineering Education

President-Elect -- Engineering and Environmental Geophysics Society

Semester-at-Sea Engineering Committee member

• Publications

Skokan, C. K., Crocker, J., and Baughman, G. (2009)Introduction of Energy Courses into Native American

Tribal Colleges: Chapter 30, Innovations in Engineering Education and Research, INEER.

Moskal, B. & Skokan, C. (2011). Supporting the K-12 Classroom through University Outreach, Journal of

Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 15 (1), 53-75.

Skokan, C. K. (2011) An Integrated Groundwater Study at Chasnigua, Villanueva, Honduras: A

Geoscientists Without Borders Project, GSA Annual Meeting, Oct. 2011, Minneapolis, MN.

Humanitarian work

with Students in

Honduras

Energy Lessons for

Teachers

Trefny Institute for Educational Innovation

Colorado School of Mines

Green Center #232

924 16th Street,

Golden, CO 80401

303-384-2401

http://trefny.mines.edu/