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Leigh Abts - Resident Associate Professor, University of Maryland.
Expertise: Abts is leading efforts to develop a Pre-AP and an Advanced Placement (AP) program in engineering. He will also develop and implement initiatives to improve student access to STEM education opportunities. Led UM's
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Abts earned his Ph.D. in bio-medical engineering, from Brown University. He has held various appointments and led several projects at Johns Hopkins beginning in 2000. He was the Executive Director of the NSF Engineering Research Center for Computer Integrated Surgical Systems and Technology (CISST) - a joint effort between Johns Hopkins, Carnegie Mellon, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and affiliated medical institutions.
A noted inventor, entrepreneur and scientist, Abts has founded or co-founded companies that have been acquired by Fortune 100 companies and has managed inter-disciplinary teams in computer integrated surgery, education, venture capital, process control, and disease management.
Patricia Campbell - associate professor, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, University of MarylandExpertise - reforming mathematics instruction in the K-5 classroom, urban education and reform, professional development for teachers.
Credentials - the author of a mathematics curriculum being used with success in the Baltimore City schools, Professor Campbell is currently involved with a National Science Foundation grant (with other colleagues) researching ways to help teachers develop a better understanding of the subjects they teach. A previous NSF grant looked at mathematics application and reasoning skills. She has authored numerous articles looking at ways to foster mathematics education in elementary schools.
Bill Holliday - professor, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, University of MarylandExpertise - helping teachers find the best ways to teach science, using motivational strategies to incorporate reading and writing into science classrooms, strategies for college students to do a better job of note taking and improve their study habits to increase success, the use of tutors. Member of the Science Teaching Center at Maryland.
Credentials - former president of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching; author of numerous research and feature articles on ways to improve learning, and the best way to use science textbooks - especially through improved notetaking.
Martin Johnson - associate dean for urban and minority education and director of MIMAUE (Maryland Institute for Minority Achievement and Urban Education) at the University of Maryland.
Expertise: urban school reform; MIMAUE's many projects, includes the Bladensburg Project in concert with Prince Georges County schools. Its aim is to help improve the standardized testing performances of students at Bladensburg High School, William Wirt Middle School, and three elementary schools. MIMAUE hosted a colloquium for many years that investigated specific issues related to minority education and find possible solutions. Prof. Johnson has extensive experience training teachers of mathematics.
Credentials: an expert in urban education issues, Prof. Johnson is a former Mathematics Educator of the Year. He has written numerous articles, and collaborated on and co-authored numerous books, about the teaching of mathematics. He has presented his views on teaching mathematics around the world. Prof. Johnson began his career as a middle school math teacher.
Randy McGinnis - associate professor, Science Teaching Center, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, University of MarylandExpertise - science teacher education reform, the special problems associated with teaching science to learners of diverse backgrounds, teaching science to students with special needs, the use of technology in the science classroom, connecting math and science education. Member of the Science Teaching Center at Maryland.
Credentials - widely published in journals and as the author of book chapters, Prof. McGinnis's focus is on the reform of science education and training science teachers. He has conducted extensive research on ways to provide an equal science education to diverse student bodies. Thanks to a National Science Foundation grant, he is currently looking at ways to connect math and science education in the classroom. He is the co-editor of the Journal of Research in Science Teaching.
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