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Eisenhower Workshop Presented at DSU

Madison -- Twenty-five teachers are on campus this week attending an Eisenhower workshop developed and presented by the College of Natural Sciences at Dakota State University. The workshop allows high school and middle school teachers to work with DSU faculty on innovative approaches to the study of global change and related topics.

The workshop, entitled "Computer-Based Science/Math Studies of Global Change" has a three-part, interdisciplinary approach. Teacher participants are learning about 1. computer-based laboratory data collection and analysis, 2. systems modeling, and 3. the application of case teaching methods. Participant teams are developing curriculum units which will implement the three parts of the workshop model for their middle school and high school students during Fall, 1997. Participants will stay in touch electronically with the DSU faculty presenters, who also will make visits to the schools. Results of the classroom implementation will be presented in a final session at DSU in November. Participants can subsequently apply the new skills and methods to other topics in their classrooms and can serve as faculty development trainers in their school district.

Dr. Philip Sandberg, Dean of the College and principal investigator on the Eisenhower grant application, noted, "We are exceptionally pleased with the enthusiasm and dedication of the teacher participants. The experience has been a collaborative one in which all of us have learned."

The other presenters in the workshop are: Donna Hazelwood, Dale Droge, Jeff Palmer, Bryan Breyfogle, Susan Brown-Sandberg (College of Education), and Rick Simmons.

The teacher participants came from Arlington, Canistota, Chester, Dell Rapids, Flandreau, Flandreau Indian School, Madison, Mitchell, and Oldham-Ramona.

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