TIPERs & JiTT Workshop Schedule

Feb. 20-22, 2003 at the Wolfson Campus of Miami Dade Community College in Miami, Florida

MDCC – Miami Dade Community College, ETCOTA – Emerging Technologies Center of the Americas, GD – Guille Damas, DM – David Maloney, SK – Steve Kanim, EP – Evelyn Patterson, GN – Gregor Novak, TO – Tom O'Kuma, and CH – Curt Hieggelke

Wednesday

EVE Participants arrive at Everglades Hotel GD

Thursday

AM 7:00 Breakfast at Miami Subs (optional but should arrive by 7:30) GD, TO & CH

8:00 Walk from Hotel or Miami Subs to MDCC ETCOTA 7107 GD, TO & CH

8:20 Registration (ETCOTA Room 7107 - Building #7 Garage) CH & TO

8:30 Welcome, Introductions & Project Information (ETCOTA Room 7107) GD, CH & TO

10:30 Physics Education Research DM & SK

11:30 TIPERs from the student side DM & SK

PM 12:00 Lunch/Sharing-on campus by French Riviera (ETCOTA 7106) GD, CH & TO

1:00 TIPERs Session I (ETCOTA Room 7107) DM, SK, TO & CH

Ranking Tasks (RT);

Comparison Tasks (CT):

3:00 TIPERs Session II (ETCOTA Room 7107) DM, SK, TO & CH

What, if anything, is Wrong Tasks (WWT);

Working Backwards Tasks (WBT);

5:00 TIPER Sets Working Groups Session I (ETCOTA Room 7106) DM & SK

EVE 6:00 Supper/Sharing at the Latin American Cafeteria (Bayside) GD, CH & TO

7:30 TIPER Session III (ETCOTA Room 7107) DM, SK, TO & CH

Conflicting Contentions Tasks (CCT);

Changing Representations Tasks (CRT);

9:30 Walk back to Everglades Hotel GD, TO & CH

10:15 Optional open discussion GD, TO & CH

Friday

AM 7:00 Breakfast at Miami Subs (optional but should arrive by 7:30) GD, TO & CH

8:00 Walk from Hotel or Miami Subs to MDCC ETCOTA GD, TO & CH

8:30 Teaching & Learning Physics Assessment Tools (ETCOTA Room 7107) TO, CH, DM & SK

9:30 TIPER Session IV (ETCOTA Room 7107) DM, SK, TO & CH

Qualitative Reasoning Tasks (QRT);

Bar Chart Tasks (BCT);

11:30 TIPER Sets Working Groups Session II (ETCOTA Room 7106) DM, SK, TO & CH

PM 12:00 Lunch at the Latin American Cafeteria (Bayside) GD, CH & TO

1:00 Workforce Issues and Needs (ETCOTA Room 7107) GD & CH

2:00 TIPER Sets Working Groups Session III (ETCOTA Room 7106) DM, SK, TO & CH

3:00 TIPER Sets Working Groups Presentations (ETCOTA Room 7107) DM, SK, TO & CH

4:30 Other Formats Session (ETCOTA Room 7107) DM & SK

Meaningful, Meaningless Calculations Tasks (MMCT);

Trouble Shooting Tasks (TST);

Linked Multiple Choice Tasks (LMCT);

Line of Reasoning Tasks (LORT);

5:00 Implementation and Getting $upport (ETCOTA Room 7107) CH, TO, DM & SK

EVE 6:00 Supper/Sharing at Off The Grille GD, CH & TO

7:30 WarmUp Preparation for the JiTT Sessions (ETCOTA Room 7111) CH & TO

9:30 Walk back to Everglades Hotel GD, TO & CH

10:15 Optional open discussion GD, TO & CH

Saturday

AM 7:00 Breakfast at Miami Subs (optional but should arrive by 7:30) GD, TO & CH

8:00 Walk from Hotel or Miami Subs to MDCC ETCOTA 7111 GD, TO & CH

(Participants not staying Saturday night need to check out)

8:30 JiTT I (ETCOTA Room 7111) EP & GN

Motivation for JiTT: Discussions of Participant Submissions from Friday evening

Some Background on JiTT

10:30 JiTT II (ETCOTA Room 7111) EP & GN

Implementing JiTT

Browsing JiTT Materials and Student Responses

JiTT in the Classroom

Delivering Assignments and Retrieving Responses

PM 12:00 Lunch/Sharing-on campus by Pizzeria Paradiso (ETCOTA 7106) GD, CH & TO

1:00 JiTT III (ETCOTA Room 7111) EP & GN

Construction of Assignments: Grounding JiTT in Education Research

Concerns about Switching to JiTT

3:00 Q & A (ETCOTA Room 7107) EP, GN, DM, SK, GD, TO & CH

3:30 Workshop Evaluation (ETCOTA Room 7107) CH & TO

4:00 Workshop ends & departures for airport and/or hotel GD, CH & TO

EVE 6:00 Supper at the Bubba Gump (optional) GD, CH & TO

Sunday

AM SuperShuttle from hotel to airport (pre-paid but make reservations at the hotel)