6/21/2006RET Summer 2006 Teachers in the University: Learning Research Dr. Hazem Refai Dr. Janette Habashi Dr. Randa Shehab Dr. Mary John O’Hair Dr. Chen Ling Dr. Mark Nanny

6/21/2006RET Summer 2006 Overview Today’s Schedule Project Objectives Project Calendar Engineering Research Activities Teacher Support Teacher Commitment Contract and Forms Workshops

6/21/2006RET Summer 2006 Today’s Schedule 10:00 am- Meet in CEC room :00-11:00- Overview of Project (Dr. Refai) 11:00-11:30- Conduct subject matter surveys 11:30-12:30- Team Exercise (Dr. Shehab) 12:30-13:30- Lunch in CEC room :30-14:30- Library Visit 14:30-15:30- Research Method (Dr. Shehab)

6/21/2006RET Summer 2006 Project Objectives At the University- Engaging Middle and high school science and mathematics teachers in engineering research at the university level. At the Schools- Assisting teachers with integrating their research experiences into inquiry-based curricula.

6/21/2006RET Summer 2006 Project Calendar Five week program –Orientation in Norman on June 21 st – Teacher research findings presentations in Tulsa on July 26 th. – No Meeting on July 3 rd and 4 th. Engineering research activities Action Research – 9:00am-4pm every day except when classes of Action Research, Inquiry in the Classroom, and Lesson Planning are taught. Action Research –June 22 nd - June 30 th and July 5 th -6 th Lesson Planning –July 19 th - 25 th Inquiry in the Classroom –July 14 th

6/21/2006RET Summer 2006 Engineering Research Example Activities Three Engineering disciplines – Environmental Science: Building Sustainable Landfills –Industrial Engineering: Human factors –Electrical and Computer Engineering: Radio frequency interference Voice over Internet Security

6/21/2006RET Summer 2006 Teacher Support Stipends – A total of $3200/teacher/year Travel and lodging for teachers – to OU during summer research program – to national and regional conferences Materials and Supplies – Compete on a total of $12,000 for laboratory research towards the development, implementation, and dissemination of research based activities in the classrooms by teachers. OU parking

6/21/2006RET Summer 2006 Teacher Commitment Complete the five week summer program. Integrate their OU-RET research experiences at their schools. Travel to schools and conferences to promote the integration of their OU-RET activities into K-12 STEM education.

6/21/2006RET Summer 2006 Contract and Forms Complete the Questionnaires NSF/ RET Contract Independent Contractor form for stipend payment Informed Consent

6/21/2006RET Summer 2006 Workshops Research-based education Research-based implementation know how Two one-day workshops per year – January 31 th, 2006 – May 5 th, 2006