TLT Talks

Project-related presentations, workshops, and posters

presentations

Beatty, Ian D. & Feldman, Allan (2009-04-20), "Figuring out what the heck CHAT has to say about teacher change" (listed as “Co-evolution of practice and pedagogy: A model for science teacher change in the context of professional development” in the program), a talk presented to the Annual Meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST), Garden Grove CA. → conference paper

Lee, H., Feldman, A., & Beatty, I. D. (2009-04-18). "Teachers' implementation of classroom response system to perform formative assessment in secondary science/math classes," a presentation at the Annual Meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, Garden Grove CA. → conference paper

Feldman, A. (2009-01-16). "Technology-Enhanced Formative Assessment plus Thinking Journey: An Innovative Approach to Science Teaching and Learning," an invited presentation at the University of South Florida, Tampa, FL.

Lee, H. & Feldman, A. (2009-01-10). "Barriers and affordances to science and math teachers' implementation of Technology Enhanced Formative Assessment," a talk presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association for Science Teacher Education, Hartford, CT.

St. Cyr, K., Beatty, I. D., Feldman, A., Gerace, W. J. & Leonard, W. J. (2009-01-08). "Teacher change facilitated by sustained school situated professional development: Exemplar learning of Technology Enhanced Formative Assessment (TEFA)," a paper presented at the Association for Science Teacher Education (ASTE) International Conference, Hartford, CT.

Feldman, A. (2008-11-12). "Technology-Enhanced Formative Assessment: An Innovative Approach to Science Teaching and Learning," an invited presentation at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.

Beatty, I. D. (2008-10-24). "How do Physics students access their knowledge?", an invited seminar presented to the faculty and graduate students of the Cognitive Psychology Area of the Department of Psychology, University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

Harris, R., Lee, H., St. Cyr, K., Beatty, I., Feldman, A., Gerace, W., & Leonard, W. (2008-06-13). "Technology-enhanced formative assessment: A study of teacher change," a presentation at the University of Massachusetts Amherst School of Education Centennial, Amherst, MA.

Leonard, W. (2008-05-29). "Instructional innovations: Four ways to change the classroom dynamic," an invited presentation for the Summer Institute on Student Engagement, Berkshire Community College, Pittsfield, MA.

Beatty, I. D. (2008-05-13). "Modeling teacher change", an invited talk presented to the Bureau of Educational Research, Department of Educational Psychology, and Department of Physics at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL.

Beatty, I. D. (2008-04-22). "Modeling teacher change", an invited talk presented to the Department of Physics at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC.

Beatty, I. D., Feldman, A., Lee, H., St. Cyr, K. & Harris, R. (2008-04-01). "Teacher learning of technology-enhanced formative assessment," a special symposium presented at the Annual International Conference of the US National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST), Baltimore, MD.

Feldman, A., Beatty, I. D., Leonard, W. J. & Gerace, W. J. (2008-03-24). "Technology-Enhanced Formative Assessment: An innovative approach to the teaching and learning of science," a contributed talk at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), New York, NY.

Feldman, A., Beatty, I. D., Leonard, W. J. & Gerace, W. J. (2008-01-10). "Technology-Enhanced Formative Assessment: An Innovative Approach To Student-Centered Science Teaching," a paper presented at the Association for Science Teacher Education (ASTE) International Conference, St. Louis, MO. http://srri.umass.edu/publications/beatty-2008tia

Beatty, I. D. (2007-12-04). "Teacher Learning of Technology-Enhanced Formative Assessment: A research project involving secondary school science and math, classroom response systems, and teacher professional development," an invited colloquium for the University of Massachusetts STEM Institute, Amherst, MA.

Lee, H. (2007-10-18). "Teachers' concerns and obstacles to implementing classroom response system in secondary science/math classes," a talk presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association of Science Teacher Educators: Northeast Region, University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA.

Gerace, W. J. & Beatty, I. D. (2007-06-02). "Getting started with educational research," a seminar for postgraduate students in the RNA project, Faculty of Education, University of Johannesburg, South Africa.

Beatty, I. D. (2007-02-12) "De-trivializing classroom response systems," an invited seminar for the Physics Education Research Group, Department of Physics, The Ohio State University.

Beatty, I. D., Leonard, W. J., Feldman, A., & Gerace, W. J. (2006-07-25) "Illuminating teacher learning of technology-enhanced formative assessment," contributed talk DH05 at the Summer Meeting of the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT), Syracuse NY. AAPT Announcer 36(2) 133. http://ianbeatty.com/blog/?p=23

Gerace, W. J. & Beatty, I. D. (2005-11-25), "Learning to think with physics: A minds-on and hands-on approach to physics instruction," an invited seminar for the Pedagogical Institute, Nicosia, Cyprus.

Beatty, I. D. (2005-09-27) "Formative assessment and agile teaching: Re-framing physics instruction," an invited talk at the 90th Reunión Nacional de Físicia of the Asociación Física Argentina, La Plata, Argentina.

workshops

Beatty, I. D., Gerace, W. J., Leonard, W. J., & Feldman, A. (2008-11-15) "Technology-enhanced formative assessment (TEFA) with a classroom response system," a workshop at the Inaugural Conference on Classroom Response Systems: Innovations and Best Practices, Delphi Center for Teaching and Learning, University of Louisville, KY.

Leonard, W. (2008-05-29) Collaborative Learning. Invited workshop for the Summer Institute on Student Engagement, Berkshire Community College, Pittsfield, MA.

Beatty, I. D., Gerace, W. J., Leonard, W. J. & Feldman, A. (2008-03-29) "Teaching with classroom response technology ('clickers')," a workshop at the Annual National Conference of the US National Physics Teachers Association (NSTA), Boston, MA.

Phillis, Randall W. & Schneider, Stephen E. & Lavoie, Nathalie & Beatty, Ian D. & Maloy, Robert W. (2008-03-05) "Writing effective PRS questions," a workshop for the campus community by the "PRS Best Practice Fellows" project of the UMass President's Office and the UMass Amherst Center for Teaching, Amherst, MA.

Beatty, I. D. & Gerace, W. J. (2007-11-16). "Teaching Science with Technology-Enhanced Formative Assessment," an invited workshop for Bahamas public school science teachers organized by the Bahamas Ministry of Education, Nassau, Bahamas.

Gerace, W. J. & Beatty, I. D. (2007-11-06). "Question driven instruction with classroom response technology," an invited workshop for Connecticut public school teachers, Greater Hartford Academy of Math and Science, Hartford, CT.

Gerace, W. J. & Beatty, I. D. (2007-10-20). "Question driven instruction with classroom response technology," an invited workshop at the Fall Joint Meeting of the New England Sections of the American Physical Society and the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT), University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT.

Beatty, I. D. & Gerace, W. J. (2007-06-04). "QDI+TEFA: A radical research-based pedagogy with radical results," a workshop for the Faculty of Education, University of Johannesburg, South Africa.

Beatty, I. D. & Gerace, W. J. (2007-05-31). "A research project on science teacher professional development," a workshop for the Faculty of Education, University of Johannesburg, South Africa.

Gerace, W. J. & Beatty, I. D. (2007-05-28). "Constructivism: Implications for instruction and learning," part 1 of a workshop for the Faculty of Education, University of Johannesburg, South Africa.

Beatty, I. D. & Gerace, W. J. (2007-05-28). "Formative assessment and dialogical discourse: Magic keys to constructivist, student-centered instruction," part 2 of a workshop for the Faculty of Education, University of Johannesburg, South Africa.

Gerace, W. J. & Beatty, I. D. (2006-05-25) "Agile teaching of physics," a workshop for science teachers at the Makerere University Experimental School, Kampala, Uganda.

Gerace, W. J. & Beatty, I. D. (2006-05-05) "Agile teaching of physics," a workshop for faculty and in-service science teachers at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.

Gerace, W. J. & Beatty, I. D. (2005-11-21:24), "A constructivist approach to promoting active learning in secondary physics classes," a series of four invited workshops for physics teachers organized by the Cyprus Ministry of Education in Nicosia, Larnaka, Pafos, and Limassol, Cyprus.

posters

Harris, R., Lee, H., & St. Cyr, K. (2008-06-13). "Technology Enhanced Formative Assessment: A study of teacher change," a poster presented at the Centennial Marathon Workshop at School of Education, University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA.

Beatty, I. D., Leonard, W. J., Gerace, W. J. & Feldman, A. (2006-07-26) "Teacher learning of technology-enhanced formative assessment," contributed poster EJ07–24 at the Summer Meeting of the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT), Syracuse NY. http://ianbeatty.com/sites/srri/files/posters/AAPT_2006–06_Poster_EJ07–24.pdf