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Facilitating Mathematics/Science Partnerships
The Center for Education (National Academies) and the National Science Resources Center (National Academies and Smithsonian Institution) have developed a series of workshops to help MSP grantees and future applicants improve K-16 STEM programs. The content of the workshops builds on recent NRC reports on K-12 and higher education in a variety of topics (improving learning, assessing learning, teacher education, challenging courses and curricula, and the role of IHEs in partnerships with K-12 schools and districts). Participants examine the research and the implications, applications, and implementation issues identified in these reports. They then apply them to their project designs.

A total of twelve workshops are being offered. All participants receive CD-ROMS containing a compendium of NRC reports that are related to the topic(s) being considered at a particular workshop.

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Using Formative Evidence And Formal Collaboration To Evaluate And Improve The Efficacy Of An MSP/RETA Project
"The National Research Council and the National Science Resources Center have been awarded a three-year MSP/RETA grant for Facilitating Mathematics and Science Partnerships. The primary objective of this...
Summary of Challenging Courses and Curricula Workshop September 25-27, 2005
The RETA project, "Facilitating Math/Science Partnerships," of the Center for Education (National Academies) and the National Science Resources Center (National Academies and Smithsonian Institution)...
Overview of Previous Discussions by the MSP Community on Challenging Courses and Curricula at the NRC April Workshop and on MSPnet
There has been a lengthy discussion of Challenging Courses and Curricula (CCC) on MSPnet since January, 2005. A paper authored by Iris Weiss provided an overview from a discussion during...
MSP Workshop: Making the Transition, Oct 28-30, 2005
Posted by: Janet Garton. OVERVIEW OF THE FINAL WORKSHOP OF THE NRC/NSRC WORKSHOP SERIES Making the Transition: What Do We Want to Sustain from MSPs? How Do We Do That? October 28-30, 2005 National...
MSP Workshop: Challenging Courses and Curricula, Sept. 25-27, 2005
Posted by: Janet Garton. Background The No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) specifies that students will have opportunities to enroll in challenging courses and curricula. The NSF-sponsored Math/Science Partnerships (MSP), created...
MSP Workshop: Higher Education in MSP Partnerships, June 26-28, 2005
Posted by: Janet Garton. We invite you and your MSP teammates to participate in an interactive workshop with a focus on the role of higher education partners in MSP partnerships. The workshop is organized...
MSP Workshop: Challenging Courses and Curricula, April 17-19, 2005
Posted by: Janet Garton. Agenda (Adobe pdf file) Background The No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) specifies that students will have opportunities to enroll in challenging courses and curricula. The NSF-sponsored Math/Science Partnerships...
MSP Workshop: Teacher Education for Effective Teaching and Learning, February 6-8, 2005
Posted by: Janet Garton. The National Academies is pleased to be working with the National Science Foundation (NSF) and NSF grantees of the Mathematics and Science Partnership (MSP) program. NSF has provided funding to...
MSP Workshop: Higher Education in MSP Partnerships: Learning, Assessment, and Teacher Education, December 5-7, 2004
Posted by: Janet Garton. The workshop on "Higher Education in MSP Partnerships: Learning, Assessment, and Teacher Education" will take place on December 5 - 7, 2004 at the Keck Center in Washington, DC. Goals...
MSP Workshop: Teacher Education for Effective Teaching and Learning - Oct 30 - Nov 1, 2004
TEACHER EDUCATION FOR EFFECTIVE TEACHING AND LEARNING The National Academies and the National Science Resources Center are pleased to invite you and your MSP colleagues to participate in an interactive...
Facilitating Mathematics/Science Partnerships
Slide presentation from the MSP PI Conference, Washington, D.C., January 2004. Click here for a web-viewable PDF
MSP Workshop: How People Learn - June 27-29, 2004
Posted by: Janet Garton. The National Academies and the National Science Resources Center are pleased to invite you and your MSP colleagues to participate in an interactive workshop on learning that will be held...
MSP Workshop - Assessment of Student Learning - May 16-18, 2004
Posted by: Janet Garton. Participants at the May workshop on assessment of student learning will explore an expanding body of research about assessing student learning, learn how the implications of research on human learning...
MSP Workshop: How People Learn - March 7-9, 2004
Posted by: Janet Garton. The National Research Council (NRC) and the National Science Resources Center will present an interactive workshop on learning March 7-9, 2004 at NRC headquarters in Washington, DC. Workshop presenters...