MST Times

Dr. Jessica Riccio is proud and excited to share that two groups of students from the 2010 Science Preservice Cohort will be presenting action research projects that they created in MSTC 4761 at the 2011 NSTA National Conference in San Francisco, CA.

The first group is titled, The Importance of Effective Communication Between Teachers and Parents. Through research in schools we have determined effective strategies for parent communication and involvement. Presenter(s): Ava Mobini, M.A. ‘10 (Teachers College: New York, NY); Rebecca L. McCoy, M.A. ‘10 (Sunrise Mountain High School: Las Vegas, NV); Nathan Finney, M.A. ‘10 (Teachers College: New York, NY); Suzanna Szalai, M.A. ‘10 (Teachers College: New York, NY); Elise Paul, M.A. ‘10 (Teachers College: New York, NY).

The second group is titled, Nature of Science: An Action Plan Promoting Student Understanding. We developed an action research plan that examined why many colleagues have struggled to implement nature of science within daily lessons. We’ll share multiple activities to dispel student misconceptions of the nature of science. Presenter(s): Allison R. Levine, M.A. ‘10 (Teachers College: New York, NY); Anne K. Abole, M.A. ’10 (Teachers College: New York, NY); Jed Nicholas Panganiban, M.A. ’10 (Teachers College: New York, NY and Bushwick Leader’s High School: Brooklyn, NY); Jeffrey G. Williams, M.A. ‘10 (New York Medical College: Valhalla, NY).