Scientia, an Institute for the History of Science and Culture, presents
a conference honoring the memory of William Gordon.
Scientia Conference on Research and Innovation in Undergraduate Science and Engineering Education
Friday February 11, 2011 3:00 PM - 5:30 PM
(Reception Friday)
Saturday February 12, 2011 8:30 AM - 3:45 PM
(Lunch served on Saturday)
McMurtry Auditorium, Duncan Hall
Rice University, Houston, Texas
A conference on Research and Innovation in Undergraduate Science and Engineering Education was hosted by Scientia, an interdisciplinary faculty institute, on the campus of Rice University, a leading research university with a distinctive commitment to undergraduate education. The goals of the conference were to promote a diverse community focused on learning and to cultivate exceptional teaching. The conference focused on new developments in pedagogy for first and second year undergraduate courses in science, engineering, technology, and mathematics and on research on how students learn in these courses. The conference brought to Rice distinguished researchers and innovative teachers from across the nation and providds a format for active learning about science and engineering teaching and learning.
Speakers included:
Robert Beichner
STEM Education Initiative and Physics Department, North Carolina State University
Mark L. Chang
Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Olin College of Engineering
Donald P. French
Professor, Science Education, Behavioral Ecology, Fish, Invertebrates,
Oklahoma State University
Guershon Harel
Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of California, San Diego
Wendy Newstetter
Director of Learning Science Research ,Wallace H. Coulter Dept. of Biomedical Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology
Valerie K. Otero
Associate Professor of Science Education, University of Colorado, Boulder
Steven Pollock
Professor, Department of Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder
Angelica Stacy
Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley
Made possible by generous funding from
the De Lange Conferences.
This conference was free and open to the public.
