MSPGP Higher Education Pedagogy Workshop
May 18th, 2005
Haverford College, Whitehead Campus Center, Rm. 313

Final Schedule:
9:00-9:15 Registration and refreshments
9:15-9:30 Introductory remarks: President Tom Tritton, Haverford College, and Victor Donnay, MSPGP
9:30-12:30 Faculty Presentations on Formative Assessment and Response by Dylan Wiliam: presentation (pdf) and bio
9:30-11:20 Short and informal presentations on teaching methods using the following concepts from formative assessment:
a. Questioning: Suzanne Amador, HC; Alex Norquist, HC; Neal Williams, BMC; Steve Maurer, SC
b. Feedback by Marking: Josh Sabloff, HC; Jeff Tecosky-Feldman, HC
c. Peer and Self-Assessment: Mary Quinlan, Radnor HS; Krynn Lukacs, BMC (pdf); John Dougherty, HC
11:20-11:35 Break
11:35-12:30 Respondent: Dylan Wiliam and Formative Assessement
12:30-1:15 Lunch
1:15-3:45 Connections: Higher and Secondary Education
1:15-1:45 Disciplinary study groups (Math, Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Env. Science):
What would you be interested in learning about in a monthly/bi-monthly group?
1:45-2:00 New Curriculum approaches I:
a. Discovery based dynamical systems: Aimee Johnson, SC
2:00-2:45 The View from Secondary Schools: Panel of high school teachers from pedagogy seminar
How have perceptions about what college faculty expect when students come to college has changed?
What have they learned about the college culture that surprised them?
What do college faculty need to know about secondary education?
2:45-3:00 Break
3:00-3:45 New Curriculum approaches II:
a. IMP (Interactive Mathematics Program): Gail Fairchild, Southeast Delco SD
b. Pogil: Rob Scarrow, HC (pdf), and Blythe Hoyle, BMC (pdf)
c. Concept Maps: Victor Donnay, BMC
d. Resource-rich materials: Michelle Francl, BMC

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