Meeting Tomorrow

One last reminder about our meeting tomorrow. We have a great speaker lined up. Dr. Jonathan Tullis, Director of the CAMEL (Cognition and Memory in Education and Learning) Laboratory at the U of A, will give a talk on the latest findings of cognitive science and learning. Here is his summary:

Cognitive Techniques to Improve Student Learning

I will provide an overview of a variety of different instructional techniques grounded in cognitive theory that can bolster student learning and performance.  Examples of effective cognitive techniques include testing, spacing, scaffolding, and self-explanations.

We meet at 8:30 am at PAS 218. PAS (Physics and Atmospheric Science) is on 4^th Street between Park and Highland. You should be able to park at the Sixth Street garage or the Tyndall Avenue garage. A parking map is here.

Only the West-facing doors of the PAS building will be open. Breakfast will be served at 8:30, and we expect the talk to start around 9:00.  

Please don’t be late - the room is awkwardly furnished and anyone who comes in late has a difficult time getting seated.  We want the best experience for our speaker and our audience.

Many thanks to the U of A Physics Department for sponsoring this event, and for buying us breakfast.

All are welcome. Feel free to attend even if you've never come to TAPT - I think it's going to be a great talk with many take-aways that teachers will be able to use right away.

See you tomorrow!

Karie

Kick-Off Meeting September 17th

TAPT-ers,

J.D. has snagged another great speaker for us for our fall-semester kick-off breakfast. We will meet on September 17th at the University of Arizona, room PAS 218, at 8:30am for breakfast and a talk by Jonathan Tullis, Director of the CAMEL (Cognition and Memory in Education and Learning) Laboratory at the U of A. Professor Tullis is a former physics teacher who now studies Cognition and Learning. Breakfast will be provided by the U of A Physics Department. Thanks, U of A!

I’ll send directions and parking information in a future email. It is a football Saturday, but it seems like the parking structure will be open in the morning. I’ll send more information in the next week.

This is from Professor Tullis, about his talk:

Cognitive Techniques to Improve Student Learning
I will provide an overview of a variety of different instructional techniques grounded in cognitive theory that can bolster student learning and performance. Examples of effective cognitive techniques include testing, spacing, scaffolding, and self-explanations.


Hope to see you all there. Everyone is welcome. If you have colleagues who might enjoy the talk, feel free to let them know about it.

Best,
Karie