MATH AND SCIENCE EDUCATORS GATHER FOR SYMPOSIUM

Can math and science educators transform anecdotal evidence about effective teaching methods into solid research that others can share? That's one of the questions that will be addressed the first Math and Science Education Research Symposium, to be held in Thomas Great Hall on Saturday, March 25. The program is sponsored by the National Science Foundation-funded Math and Science Partnership of Greater Philadelphia. College professors and secondary-school educators from around the region will gather for the event, which is free and open to all.

"While this conference brings together educators to share strategies, successes and struggles, it is also designed to help all participants begin to articulate researchable questions and identify appropriate research strategies so that their experiences can inform our own practice and potentially be transformed into a body of valuable research for others to draw upon," says Professor of Mathematics Victor Donnay, one of the conference's organizers.

Nationally known education researcher Sharon Ravitch will deliver a keynote address, and Bryn Mawr faculty members Susan White, professor of chemistry, and Helen Grundman, professor of mathematics, will give presentations. The conference will last from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., with a break for lunch. For more information, download a PDF version of the conference program.

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