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Dear List Members,

You told us what you wanted to see at our annual fall conference, and we
listened!  The program we have put together for this year is, we believe,
our strongest ever.  At your request, this year (in addition to our beginner
track) we are focusing on the following areas:

ASSESSMENT - Diane Ebert-May, a national specialist on assessment, will be
delivering a plenary on "Moving Beyond Assessment to Research" as well as a
break-out session on "Teaching for Understanding in Science: Active Learning
and Assessment."

HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS - A new "mini" track made up of three sessions on
Saturday specifically designed for high school science teachers (though
others, we think, will find it of interest too!).  Our break-out session
leaders are Richard Donham, Senior Policy Associate, Mathematics & Science
Education Resource Center, University of Delaware, and James Serach, Aldo
Leopold Chair for Distinguished Teaching of Environmental Science and
Ethics, The Lawrenceville School.

CLICKER CASES - A new "mini" track on what we call "clicker cases."  We have
been getting a lot of questions about how we are using personal response
systems (aka clickers) with case studies to create rich and student-active
learning environments in large introductory science courses (though the
method works well in any size classroom!).  There are three sessions in this
track, which runs on Saturday.

Our conference will be led by Dr. Clyde (Kipp) Herreid, SUNY Distinguished
Teaching Professor and Director of the National Center for Case Study
Teaching in Science. The conference is open to anyone interested in science
education including high school teachers and international teachers.  See
below for a full listing of the conference sessions and other information.
Our conference also includes a poster session and we would be pleased if you
submitted a proposal.  Register now for this exciting 2-day Case Study
Teaching in Science Conference, which takes place on September 25th and
26th, 2009. Early-Bird two-day registration until September 1, 2009 -
$450.00. One-day Saturday-only registration is $350.

Please pass this announcement along to colleagues of yours who are not on
our listserv. 

My regards,
Carolyn Wright
Administrator, National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science
University at Buffalo, State University of New York

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10th ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON CASE STUDY TEACHING IN SCIENCE
Presented by the National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science
State University of New York at Buffalo
URL:
<http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/projects/cases/conference/conference.htm
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http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/projects/cases/conference/conference.html

Date: September 25 & 26, 2009
Venue: Ramada Inn & Conference Center, Amherst, NY

DEADLINES:
-Poster session proposal submission: September 4, 2009
-Hotel room reservations at the special conference rate: September 1, 2009 
-Early bird discounted rate of $450: September 1, 2009
 
The aim of our annual fall conference is to bring together people who are
interested in teaching science using case studies. Our conference features a
plenary talk, Moving Beyond Assessment to Research, by Diane Ebert-May,
Professor of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, a poster session, and
a number of mini-workshops organized in three tracks - one for the beginner,
one for the more experienced case teacher, and new this year a high school
teacher track as well as a track for people interested in learning how to
use clickers with cases in their classrooms. It is your choice which
sessions you attend (mix and match).

BEGINNER Track Sessions: Friday/Saturday
 -What Is a Case? / Different Types of Cases (Kipp Herreid)
 -The Discussion Case Method (Kipp Herreid)
 -The Interrupted Case Method  (Kipp Herreid)
 -Laboratory-Based Case Studies (Frank Dinan)
 -How to Write a Case (Kipp Herreid)
 -Committed to Cases: Integrating the Case Concept into Your Course (Eric
Ribbens)

ADVANCED Track Sessions: Friday
-Case Studies in Distance Learning Environments (James Hewlett)
-Bringing Scientific Research to Life: A Case-Based Model for Integrating
Project-Based Learning into Introductory Science Courses (James Hewlett)
-Teaching for Understanding in Science (Diane Ebert-May)
 
HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER Track Sessions: Saturday Only
-Using Problems and Cases to Motivate Students to Take Responsibility for
Their Learning (Richard Donham)
-Two Case Study Types for High School: The Interrupted Case and Simulations
(James Search)
-The Teacher as Researcher: Using Assessment to Understand Students Better
with Problems and Cases (Richard Donham)

CLICKER CASE Sessions: Saturday
-Using Cases in Large Classrooms: The Joy of Clickers (Kipp Herreid)
-How to Write a Clicker Case Teachers Want to Teach and Students Enjoy (Eric
Ribbens)
-Overcoming the Peculiar Teaching Challenges of Clicker Cases (Peggy
Brickman)

Early bird registration (before or on September 1, 2009) is $450. 
Regular registration (after September 1, 2009) is $500. 
We are also offering a special One Day Saturday registration rate of $350. 

Registration includes buffet lunch, and morning/afternoon coffee breaks, as
well as the Friday evening reception & banquet (for two day registrants).
Additional $50 for Friday Banquet if registering for Saturday only or for
guests. A full buffet breakfast is available to those staying at the Ramada
Inn & Conference Center, compliments of the hotel. 

Please note: A limited block of hotel rooms is being held at the Ramada for
our group at the special conference rate until September 1, 2009, so plan on
making your hotel reservations early.

For more information, including how to submit your poster proposal, see the
conference website at:
<http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/projects/cases/conference/conference.htm
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http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/projects/cases/conference/conference.html

Questions about the conference can be directed to our Conference
Coordinator, Carolyn Wright, at
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