Name: Michelle
Scribner-MacLean
Title: Visiting Assistant Professor
Office: O'Leary 531
Phone: 978.934.4672
Fax: 978.934.3005
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Education:
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B.A., English, Concentration in Writing, Minor in Studio Arts
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M.Ed., Curriculum and Instruction, Elementary Education, University of Lowell
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Ed.D., Math and Science Education, University of Massachusetts Lowell
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Dissertation title: Exploring the Assessment Practices of Elementary Teachers Using Science Kits, University of Lowell
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Research
Interests:
Grants
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Project SPIRE, Massachusetts Board
of Higher Education, 2004.
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Collaboration with Salem State
College, Lawrence and Lynn Public Schools to bring science content
workshops to K-12 teachers.
Publications:
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"Invertebrate
Inquiry: Students answer their own questions about snails".
Science and Children,
May 1998. Co-written with Dr. Anita Greenwood.
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"Peer Observations
and Reflections with Preservice Elementary Science Teachers".
UMass Lowell Math and Science Education Colloquium
Journal,
April 1998.
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"Examining
Elementary Teachers´ Explanations of Their Science Content
Knowledge," with Anita Greenwood.
ERIC
Document Reproduction Service,
No. ED 406 161.
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"Science at Home".
Science and Children,
October 1996.
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"Technology,
Graduate Education, and the Real World: Service Learning at a
Research University", with Dr. John Lebaron.
Journal
of Technology and Teacher Education,
1995.
Professional Activities:
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Presenter: Association for the
Education of Teachers of Science, Costa Mesa, CA, January 2001.
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Facilitator, Elementary Science
Curriculum Mapping Project, Tyngsboro, MA, June 2000.
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Facilitator, Lowell Science
Specialists Training. Lowell, MA, September 1999 May 2001.
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“Science
Mysteries," presented to the Central Massachusetts Regional Library
System, March 1998.
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Assessing Learning
in Elementary Science, Boston Museum of Science, February 1998.
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"Examining Elementary Teachers´
Explanations of Their Science Content Knowledge," Co-presenter with
Dr. Anita Greenwood, National Association for Research in Science
Teaching, Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL, March 1997.
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"Learning to watch
and listen: Peer observations and reflections," with Anita
Greenwood, New England Educational Research Organization.
Portsmouth, NH, April 1997.
Community
Service:
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Reviewer, 1999 National Science
Teacher Association National Conference Boston, Massachusetts.
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Consultant, Science
Framework Pilot Team Group Pawtucketville Memorial School, Lowell,
November 1997 - 1999
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Young Scientists
class for preschoolers and parents, 1996 - present.
Works in Progress:
Course Web Links:
Assessment
in Science
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Relearning by Design
http://www.relearning.org/resources/index.html
This company was started by assessment guru, Grant Wiggins. There
are some interesting, downloadable resources for the classroom,
links to other helpful sites, and an assessment bibliography.
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Alfie
Kohn´s Website
http://www.alfiekohn.org/
Kohn is a very outspoken advocate of alternative means of assessment
and evaluation. This site contains his articles and information
about his books.
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Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study
http://timss.bc.edu/
This site has a wealth of information about TIMSS:
how it was implemented, countries included, sample items.
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National
Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST)
http://www.cse.ucla.edu/
This site provides academic reports about the effectiveness of many
types of assessment in the classroom.
Elementary
Science
Methods
Elementary Mathematics
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