1. George Mason University, Fairfax Campus June 3rd, 2017
Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Education and Human Resources (IUSE: EHR)
1st Workshop on Teaching Critical Thinking Skills in Science with sInvestigator
George Mason University, Fairfax Campus
June 3rd, 2017

2. Organizers Volgenau School of Engineering
Gheorghe Tecuci, Mihai Boicu, Dorin Marcu, Manpriya Dua, Chirag Uttamsingh
College of Science
James Trefil
College of Education & Human Development
Nancy Holincheck, Terrie Galanti, Mariama Bah

3. Registered Participants
Name
Institution
Ahmed Nassr
Northern Virginia Community College
Michael Stebar
University of Mary Washington
Alyssa Jackson
Fairfax County Public Schools
Michael Summers
George Mason University
Beth Doyle
Marymount University and NVCC
Mihaela Chamberlin
Catherine Cho
Mitra Jahangeri
Charles Pumpuni
Nalini Manam
Corby Hovis
National Science Foundation
Priya Pelluru
Cristina Spinu
Rebecca Ericson
Deborah Zies
Ritu Kansal
Elizabeth Chao
Rokhila Zakirova
Furqan Sami
Sailatha Pathapadu
Harold Geller
Samira Topchubashova
Kimberly Rutledge
Shelley Jaye
Linda Gulden
Loudoun County Public Schools
Tetteh Addy
Michael Hansen
Walter Wimbush

4. Agenda Morning Afternoon 9:00 – 9:10 Workshop Introduction
11:45 – 12:45
Lunch Break
9:10 – 9:35
Project Overview
12:45 – 1:00
Lessons Learned and Future Plans
Year 1 Focus: Evidence Evaluation
1:00 – 1:20
Brainstorm of Group Activities and Groups Formation
10:00 – 10:15
System Installation
1:20 - 2:20
Groups Hands On with sInvestigator
10:15 – 10:30
Break and System Installation
2:20 - 2:30
Break
10:30 – 10:45
Course Overview: Modern Scientific Revolutions
2:30 - 3:00
Gallery Walk
10:45 – 11:15
Argument Construction, Evidence Search and Representation
3:00 - 3:25
Open Discussion on Groups Results
11:15 – 11:45
Research Design and Evaluation
Concluding Remarks

5. Acknowledgements
This workshop and sInvestigator research is supported by the National Science Foundation under DUE grant # and by George Mason University.
The views and conclusions contained in this document are those of the authors and should not be interpreted as necessarily representing the official policies or endorsements, either expressed or implied, of the U.S. Government.