Conference Session

Best Zone Paper Competition

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Augusto Macalalag, Stevens Institute of Technology; Debra Brockway, Stevens Institute of Technology; Mercedes McKay, Stevens Institute of Technology; Elisabeth McGrath, Stevens Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Council of Sections

content knowledge and pedagogy in science and engineering in order to meetthe requirements set by the NCLB legislation14 and to answer the call of the Rising Above theGathering Storm report4. It is the intention of this program to increase the content knowledge ofstudents in science and engineering by bolstering the content knowledge and pedagogy ofteachers who are enrolled in this program16.MethodsA quasi-experimental study using mixed methods was used to assess the program. Specifically,the following data were collected from our treatment group teachers during the 2-week summerinstitute: (1) pre and post test, (2) results from formative assessments (e.g. end of the dayevaluation, concept mapping, discussion, and questions), (3) and the STEM