Brad Baltensperger, Chair of Cognitive and Learning Sciences, attended the school board meeting for Houghton-Portage Township Schools. The meeting concerned district student counts, testing, classroom technology, extracurricular activities, and other items.
Read more at the Mining Gazette, by Garrett Neese.
Edward Cokely’s (CLS) paper titled “The Influence of Skills, Message Frame, and Visual Aids on the Prevention of Sexually Transmitted Diseases” has been published in the Journal of Behavioral Decision Making.
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A paper by Edward Cokely (CLS) titled “Simple But Powerful Health Messages for Increasing Condom Use in Young Adults” has been published in the Journal of Sex Research.
Studying and Improving Teacher Education Experiences
Researcher hopes to incorporate her findings into teacher education coursework, initially in mathematics instruction
When a student raises a question in the classroom or has a comment, it can provide a learning opportunity that goes beyond the lesson already underway. Yet, an inexperienced teacher often will miss the moment.
“Novice teachers don’t always notice the importance of student ideas,” says Shari Stockero, an assistant professor of mathematics education at Michigan Technological University. “A lot of time, I think novice teachers are focused on what they need to do during the lesson, or are focused on classroom management, and often bypass important student thinking.”
Read more at National Science Foundation Discoveries, by Marlene Cimons.
The Teacher Education Accreditation Council (TEAC) has named the Teacher Education Program at Michigan Tech as a 2013 finalist for the Frank B. Murray Award for Excellence and Innovation in Program Self-Study. TEAC is dedicated to helping educator preparation programs improve and be accountable for their quality. The award recognizes a program’s evidence of quality that makes it worthy of accreditation.
The teacher education program at Michigan Tech is nationally accredited by TEAC and has received a rating of “exemplary” from the Michigan Department of Education.
Our program’s graduates meet all state mandates for teacher licensure as defined by the Professional Standards for Michigan Teachers.
TheTeacher Ed program has been accredited by TEAC through 2019.
Teachers from schools throughout the Great Lakes watershed are spending this week in Green Bay, Wis., learning about ship building and shipping on the Great Lakes. The four-day teacher institute is sponsored by Michigan Tech, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, North Coast Marine Manufacturing Alliance and Northeast Wisconsin Technical College, with funding from the National Center for Freight and Infrastructure Research and Education.
Read more at Tech Today, by Jennifer Donovan.
Assistant Professor, Myounghoon “Philart” Jeon (CLS) and his colleagues presented three projects at the 15th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCII2013), Las Vegas, Nevada, July 21-26, 2013.
Jeon, M., and Lee, J-H. “The ecological AUI (Auditory User Interface) design and evaluation of user acceptance for various tasks on smartphones.”
Jeon, M. “Lyricons (Lyrics + Earcons): Designing a new auditory cue combining speech and sounds.”
Jeon, M., Winton, R. J., Henry, G. A., Oh, S., Bruce, C. M., and Walker, B. N. “Designing interactive sonification for live aquarium exhibits.” This third paper has won the Best Poster Award among 303 posters.
HCI International Conference accommodates more than 3,500 participants from all around the world.
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Michigan Tech has launched a new virtual tour of campus and the local area. The Harold Meese Center is included among the virtual walking tours. There are interactive panoramas of Cognitive and Learning Sciences Labs as well.
Assistant Professor Myounghoon “Philart” Jeon (CLS) presented a paper, “Science or art? Sonification in the age of biocybernetic reproduction: A case study of the accessible aquarium project,” at the 19th International Conference on Auditory Display (ICAD 2013) in Poland, July 6-10.
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Teachers Learn to Bring Global Change to Life in their Classrooms
Nine middle and high school teachers from Michigan and Illinois are back in class themselves at Michigan Tech this week, learning about global changes–including climate change–and ways to bring the issues to life in their classrooms.
The global change institute is one of three Summer Teacher Institutes that the University is offering this year. Participating teachers will receive two graduate credits from Michigan Tech.
Read more at Michigan Tech News, by Jennifer Donovan.
Teachers go to school at Tech
Midwestern educators learn about global change
“They’re basically looking for climate change experience to help them with curriculum development,” said Evan Kane, assistant professor at the School of Forest Resource and Environmental Science.
Wednesday afternoon, the group toured the PEATcosm Experiment at the U.S. Forest Service Laboratory in Houghton. Using peat samples harvested from Minnesota, researchers are testing 24 mesocosms – four bins each of three different plant compositions and two water table levels.
Read more at the Mining Gazette, by Garrett Neese.