Workshop for Faculty from Minority Serving Intuitions ---- Overview ---- Russ Pimmel Workshop for Faculty from Minority Serving Intuitions Feb. 8 –10, 2006

Caution Most of the information presented in this workshop represents the opinions of the individual program offices and not an official NSF position.

Workshop Goals -- Overview Goal: Prepare you to write more competitive proposals Approach: Three short targeted workshops interspersed with proposal writing activities –Proposal strategies –Broader impacts –Project evaluation

Workshop Schedule -- Overview Thursday Morning (Discipline Groups) –Proposal Strategies – Targeted Workshop & Activity Thursday Afternoon (Campus Groups) –NSF Programs -- Discussion –Broader Impacts – Targeted Workshop & Activity Friday Morning (Discipline Groups) –Project Evaluation – Targeted Workshop & Activity Friday Afternoon (Campus Groups) –Planning On-Campus -- Workshop Activity

Framework for the Workshop

Learning situations involve prior knowledge –Some knowledge correct –Some knowledge incorrect (i. e., misconceptions) Learning is –Connecting new knowledge to prior knowledge –Correcting misconception Learning requires –Recalling prior knowledge – actively –Altering prior knowledge

Active-Cooperative Learning Learning activities must encourage learners to: –Recall prior knowledge -- actively, explicitly –Connect new concepts to existing ones –Challenge and alter misconception The think-share-report-learn (TSRL) process addresses these steps

Workshop Format “Working” Workshop –Short presentations (mini-lectures) –Group exercise Exercise Format –Think  Share  Report  Learn (TSRL) Limited Time – May feel rushed –Intend to identify issues & suggest ideas Get you started No closure -- No “answers” – No “formulas”

Target Workshop Proposal Strategy Stephanie Adams Susan Burkett

Proposal Strategy Activity

Begin outlining your proposal –Write 2 to 3 goal statements and the corresponding outcomes –Write 5 to 10 topic sentences describing the background and rational –Write 5 to 10 topic sentences describing the methods 40 minutes

Critiquing Proposal Outlines Review your colleagues’ outlines –Indicate questions and concerns –Suggest improvements 30 minutes

Reporting on Proposal Strategy Activity Determine the most important lesson you learned about writing proposals – your individual response to –TSRL 20 minutes

NSF Programs Stephanie Adams Barb Anderegg

Target Workshop Broader Impacts Barb Anderegg Bev Watford

Broader Impacts Activity

Broader Impacts –List the broader impacts of your project –Indicate the measure that you will use in evaluating the broader impacts of your project –Write a paragraph describing the broader impacts statement for your proposal’s Project Summary Dissemination plan –Write a sentence or two to indicate how you will “contribute to the STEM education knowledge base” –Write a sentence or two to indicate how you will “help build the STEM education community” 40 minutes

Critiquing Broader Impacts Material Review your colleagues’ broader impacts and dissemination material –Indicate questions and concerns –Suggest improvements 30 minutes

Reporting on Broader Impacts Activity Determine the most important lesson you learned about broader impacts and dissemination – your individual response to –TSRL 20 minutes

Workshop Schedule – Overview For Friday Thursday Morning (Discipline Groups) –Proposal Strategies – Targeted Workshop & Activity Thursday Afternoon (Campus Groups) –Broader Impacts – Targeted Workshop & Activity –NSF Programs -- Discussion Friday Morning (Discipline Groups) –Project Evaluation – Targeted Workshop & Activity Friday Afternoon (Campus Groups) –Planning On-Campus -- Workshop Activity

Reminders Caution –Opinions of the individual program offices –Not an official NSF position ACL and TSRL process –Connecting new knowledge to prior knowledge –Correcting misconception –Recalling prior knowledge – actively –Altering prior knowledge “Working” Workshop Get you started -- No closure

Target Workshop Project Evaluation Connie Della-Piana Russ Pimmel Bev Watford

Project Evaluation Activity

Evaluation plan –Write the “topic sentences” for three to five paragraphs in your evaluation plan Evaluation Approaches –List three to five outcomes for your project and briefly describe how you will evaluate each 40 minutes

Critiquing Evaluation Material Review your colleagues’ material –Indicate questions and concerns –Suggest improvements 30 minutes

Reporting on Project Evaluation Activity Determine the most important lesson you learned about evaluation – your individual response to –TSRL 20 minutes

Preparing for Workshop at Home Institution Russ Pimmel

Reminders Learning situations involve prior knowledge –Connecting new knowledge to prior knowledge –Correcting misconception ACL encourages –Recall of prior knowledge -- actively, explicitly –Connecting new concepts to existing ones –Challenging and altering misconception TSRL process –Recalling prior knowledge – actively –Altering prior knowledge “Working” Workshop Get you started -- No closure

Planning Your Workshop-- Exercise Workshop should deal with –Most important misconception –Least understood aspects Plan a workshop that fits your institution's situation –List the outcomes of your workshop –Indicate the length of your workshop –Indicate what material you will use 30 minutes

Final Exercise What is the most important lesson you are taking away with you? to