C&I 440 CS Theory and Practice in Classroom Science

Chickscope is a project to study chicken embryo development using aremotely-controlled magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) instrument. It is being developed by educators and researchers from several departments atthe University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in collaboration with Illinois teachers.

Illinois Chickscope (ILCS) is a professional development program for K-12 teachers during the Spring, Summer, and Fall semesters of 1999. Selected teachers will actively collaborate with preservice teachers, graduate students, and interdisciplinary faculty and staff members during theproject. Selected teachers will also collaborate with project staff to assess the effectiveness of Chickscope for student learning in theirclassrooms. The ILCS project offers potential for producing a "bestpractice" model for inquiry-based learning and teaching with emergingtechnologies.

This course focuses on inquiry-based teaching and learning of science.It conceives science learning in a broad sense and examines its relationshipto mathematics, communication, collaboration, theme studies,interdisciplinary learning, new technologies, and classroom diversity.

The particular focus is on chicken embryology through egg incubation,imaging technologies, mathematics-based simulations, and interdisciplinaryclassroom activities (the Chickscope project). Although the course is listed for the summer session, the first meeting is Feb. 24 and the final one is Sep. 22. During the spring, students will work on school-based teamsto develop and explore realizations of Chickscope. During a week in June the teams will present their results and publish them on the web.

Below is a list of course readings. Some of the readings are in this packet, while most are urls. Readings marked with an asterik (*) are the most important ones to look at.
 
 
 
 

Introduction to ILCS: Background readings for Session 1 (Wednesday, February 24)

*Bruce, B. C., Carragher, B. O., Damon, B. M., Dawson, M. J., Eurell, J. A., Gregory, C. D., Lauterbur, P. C., Marjanovic, M. M., Mason-Fossum, B., Morris, H. D., Potter, C. S., & Thakkar, U. (1997). Chickscope: An interactive MRI Classroom curriculum innovation for K-12. Computers and Education Journal, 29(2), 73-87. [Available on-line at http://www.ed.uiuc.edu/facstaff/chip/Publications/chickscope/index.html]

*Bruce, B. C. (1998). Inquiry-based learning and teaching with emerging technologies for K-12 mathematics and science teachers. Project summary to the Illinois Board of Higher Education. (IN PACKET pp. 1-4 )

Web-sites:

Chickscope <http://chickscope.beckman.uiuc.edu/>

Image processing: Required readings for Session 2 (Wednesday, March 10)

*Greenberg, R. (1996). The IPT Project: Image Processing for Teaching. Technological Horizons in Education Journal, 24 (5), 61-65. (IN PACKET pp. 5-11)

Delaney, B. (1998). Imaging in Medicine-Here's looking in you, kid. IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, 18 (3), 12-19. (IN PACKET pp. 12-19)

*Kevles, B. H. (1997). Naked to the bone: Medical imaging in the twentieth century. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press. [Table 1, p. 225] (IN PACKET pp. 20-21)

Roush, W. (1997). A womb with a view. Science, 278, 1397-1399. (IN PACKET pp. 22-24)
 
 

Web-site:

Image processing for chickens <http://spuds.lpl.arizona.edu/chickscope/>
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Philosophy of mind/Embryology: Required readings for Session 3 (Wednesday, March 31)

*Gordin, D. N., & Pea, R. D. (1995). Prospects for scientific visualization as an educational technology, The Journal of the Learning Sciences, 4 (3), 249-279. (IN PACKET pp. 25-41)

Eisner, E. W. (1992). Forms of representation. In E. W. Eisner (Ed.), Cognition and Curriculum, (pp. 47-70). NY: Longman. (IN PACKET pp. 42-54)

Root-Bernstein, R. S. (1985). Visual thinking: The art of imagining reality. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, 75 (6), 50-67. (IN PACKET pp. 55-64)

Keller, E. F. (1983). A feeling for the organism. In E. F. Keller (Ed.), A Feeling for the Organism: The Life and Work of Barbara McClintock, (pp. 197-207). San Francisco, CA: Freeman and Company. (IN PACKET pp. 65-72)

Web-site:

Embryology <http://chickscope.beckman.uiuc.edu/explore/embryology/>

Classroom practice and educational technology: Required readings for Session 4 (Wednesday, April 14)

*Bruce, B. C., & Easley, J. (in press). Emerging communities of practice: Collaboration and communication in action research. In M. Watt (Ed.), Action research and the reform of mathematics and science education. New York: Teachers College Press. [Available on-line at http:// www.ed.uiuc/facstaff/chip/Publications/easley/DIME.html]
 
 

Bruce, B. C., & Levin, J. A. (1997). Educational technology: Media for inquiry, communication, construction, and expression. Journal of Educational Computing Research, 17 (1), 79-102. [Available on-line at http://www.uiuc.edu/ph/chip/www/taxonomy/]

*Blumenfield, P. C., Marx, R. W., Soloway, E., & Krajcik, J. (1996). Learning with peers: From small group cooperation to collaborative communities. Educational Researcher, 25 (8), 37-40. (IN PACKET pp. 73-76)

Web-site:

The Inquiry Page <http://www.ed.uiuc.edu/projects/inquiry/>
 
 

Research and policy: Recommended readings for Session 5 (Wednesday, April 28)

*Bruce, B. C. (1999). Challenges for the evaluation of new information and communication technologies. Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 42 (6), 2-7.

[Available on-line at http://www.ed.uiuc.edu/facstaff/chip/jaal/JAAL6-Mar/index.html]

Wenglinsky, H. (1998). Does it compute? The relationship between educational technology and student achievement in mathematics. A policy information report by the Educational Testing Service. Princeton, NJ: Educational Testing Service. [Available on-line at http://www.ets.org/research/pic/technolog.html]

President's Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology. (1997). Panel on educational technology. Report to the President on the Use of Technology to Strengthen K-12 Education in the United States. [Available on-line at http://www.whitehouse.gov/WH/EOP/OSTP/NSTC/PCAST/k-12ed.html]

Dede, C. (1995). Assessment of emerging educational technologies that might assist and enhance school-to-work transitions. Washington, D.C.: National Technical Information Service. [Available on-line at http://www.virtual.gmu.edu/otapdf.htm]

Web-site

Virtual High School <http://vhs.concord.org/home.htm>

Evaluation of the Virtual High School After One Year of Operation

<http://www.sri.com/policy/ctl/html/research.htm#vhs.htm>
 
 

"Bringing it all together: Readings for Session 6 (Wednesday, May 12)

There are no additional readings for this session. Instead, we will discuss how the entire set of readings relates to our classroom experience with Chickscope.