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My School
predominantly Latino
low proficiency on Colorado math and
science assessment
My Students
4 Conceptual Physics Classes
n = 113 students
37% English Language Learners
33% Free & Reduced Lunch
Practice
Content
Pedagogy
Increased agency
Increased awareness of teaching and learning processes
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Gray, KE, Webb, DC and Otero, VK. 2011. Effects of Learning Assistant Experience on In-Service Teachers Practices.
PERC Proceedings/Submitted poster.
Otero, V., & Nathan, M. (2008). Pre-service elementary teachers conceptions of their students prior knowledge. Journal
of Research in Science Teaching, 45 (4), 497-523.
Otero, V., Pollock, S., & Finkelstein, N. (2010). A Physics Departments Role in Preparing Physics Teachers: The
Colorado Learning Assistant Model. Accepted to American Journal of Physics, doi: 10.1119/1.3471291
Content
Practice
Pedagogy
High school LAs
learn backward
lesson design and
formative
assessment.
Preparation:
Establish an Elementary School Partnership
2nd grade team
similar demographics
higher poverty
Practice: LA Experience
LAs practice pedagogy by creating lesson plans and scripts
Practice:
Implement lesson plans
(2 field experiences per team)
Debrief experience
written reflections
summarizing discussions
(video)
Research Methods:
Data
Collection:
Lesson
Design
Teacher
Observation
Student
Reflection
Data
Analysis:
Comparison of 1st
and 2nd
Field
Experiences
Results:
Preliminary
Findings
First Experience
Second Experience
First Experience
Second Experience
% of students (n=55)
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
Before LA Experience
After LA Experience
Next Steps:
Improve Structure of LA Experience:
LA awareness of elementary classroom rituals and routines
Acknowledgements:
I would like to thank:
Members of the Streamline to Mastery program at the University of
Colorado, Boulder
Arturo Vasquez and the Second Grade Team at our partner school
Funding Sources:
NSF grant DUE 937941
ING Unsung Heroes Award
PER at Colorado
Faculty:
Melissa Dancy
Michael Dubson
Noah Finkelstein
Valerie Otero
Kathy Perkins
Steven Pollock
Carl Wieman (on leave)
Postdocs/ Scientists:
Charles Baily
Danny Caballero
Stephanie Chasteen
Julia Chamberlain
Kelly Lancaster
Laurel Mayhew
Emily Moore
Ariel Paul
Rachel Pepper
Noah Podolefsky
Benjamin Zwickl
Grad Students:
Stephanie Barr
Kara Gray
Lauren Kost-Smith (PhD May 11)
May Lee
Mike Ross
Ben Spike
Ben Van Dusen
Bethany Wilcox
Teachers / Partners / Staff:
Shelly Belleau
Jackie Elser
Trish Loeblein
Susie Nicholson-Dykstra
Sara Severence
Emily Quinty
Mindy Gratny, Kate Kidder
John Blanco, Sam Reid
Chris Malley, Jon Olson
Oliver Nix, Nina Zabolotnaya