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The Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education Institute
presents:

Tuesday, October 21, 2008, 4 PM
Hasbrouck Lab, Room 138, University of Massachusetts Amherst

"Formulating Measures: Toward Modeling in the K-12 Science and Mathematics
Curriculum"

Judah Schwartz
Visiting Prof. of Education, Research Prof. of Physics and Astronomy,
Tufts University

Models are ways of relating the behavior of different measures to one
another. Measures are constructs that we devise to quantify the amount or
degree of a property of interest. It follows that to devise models one
first needs to be able to formulate measures. We explore the sorts of
measures that are all too often taken for granted in the K-12 mathematics
and science curriculum, with particular attention to quotient measures and
product measures. In particular, we propose a problem type that explicitly
parses the act of modeling into 1) an initial stage in which measures are
formulated, 2) a next stage in which relationships among these measures
are postulated. There is, of course a final stage, which will not be
discussed, in which measurements are made and decisions made as to whether
the model is sufficient for the purpose for which it is formulated or
needs to be revised.

The program begins at 4 PM; refreshments at 3:45 PM.
Parking available at the Campus Center Garage.
For more information, contact STEM Ed Institute at 545-0453

Next talk:  November 4, 2008, Mark Leckie, Dept. of Geosciences,
University of Massachusetts, "Using Paleomagnetism to Tell the Age of
Deep-Sea Sediments: Lessons from the School of Rock"
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