The National Chautauqua Short Course Program

2000 SCHEDULE OF COURSES
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1
Teaching Creative Thinking to Enhance Critical Thinking
SIDNEY J. PARNES, Buffalo State University
June 1-3, 2000 in
Memphis, TN
2
Cognition and Teaching: Part 2
RUTH S. DAY, Duke University
May 10-12, 2000 in
Durham, NC
3
Constructive Processes in Learning And Teaching
DIANE L. SCHALLERT, The University of Texas at Austin
June 1-3, 2000 in
Austin, TX
4
Process Workshops - A New Model for the Science Classroom
DAVID HANSON and TROY WOLFSKILL, SUNY
June 1-3, 2000 in
Stony Brook, L.I., NY
5
Ethics in the Science Classroom
THEODORE GOLDFARB, State University of New York at Stony Brook
June 15-17, 2000 in
Stony Brook, L.I., NY
6
The Nature of Nature: A Cross-Disciplinary Approach to Teaching College Science
BRIAN HAGENBUCH and GERARD L'HEUREUX, Holyoke Community College
June 8-10, 2000 in
Philadelphia, PA
7
Teaching Dendrochronology (Tree-Ring Analysis) in College-Level Courses
THOMAS W. SWETNAM and PAUL R. SHEPPARD, University of Arizona
May 18-20, 2000 in
Tucson, AZ
8
Leading Socratic Discussions in the Undergraduate Classroom
WALTER PARKER, University of Washington
July 20-22, 2000 in
Seattle, WA
9
Technology and Society: The Global Network Era
LEONARD WAKS, Temple University
May 19-21, 2000 in
Troy, NY
10
Aerospace for Everyone: Teaching Aerospace Engineering in a General Education Class
SCOTT EBERHARDT, University of Washington
June 19-22, 2000 in
Seattle, WA
11
Enhancing Student Success through a Model "Introduction to Engineering Technology" Course
STEPHEN R. CHESHIER, South. Poly.State Univ.; RAYMOND B. LANDIS, Cal. State Univ., Los Angeles; BARBARA N. ANDERSON, South. Poly. State Univ.
April 26-28, 2000 in
Dayton, OH
12
Enhancing Student Success Through a Model "Introduction to Engineering" Course
RAYMOND B. LANDIS, Cal.State Univ., Los Angeles, EDWARD PRATHER, University of Cincinnati
March 23-25, 2000 in
Los Angeles, CA
13
Trends in Engineering Education with a Focus on the Lower Division
THOMAS M. REGAN and JAMES W. DALLY, University of Maryland
May 21-23, 2000 in
Memphis, TN
14
Increasing the Retention of Under-Represented Groups—And the Learning of All Groups—In Science, Math., Engineer. & Tech. Courses
CRAIG E. NELSON, Indiana University
March 30 – April, 2000 in
Orlando, FL
15
Retaining Minority Students in the Engineer., Math. and Natural Science Educational Pipeline: Pre-College Through Graduate Degrees
MELVIN R. WEBB, Clark Atlanta University
May 7-9, 2000 in
Atlanta, GA
16
Women and Minorities in the Sciences: A History of the Past and Strategies for the Future
NINA ROSCHER, American Univ. and CATHERINE DIDION, Assoc. for Women in Science
May 18-20, 2000 in
Washington, DC
17
Mathematics for Business: New Materials and New Tools
RICHARD B. THOMPSON and Deborah Hughes Hallett, Univ. of Arizona
May 5-7, 2000 in
Tucson, AZ
18
Making Calculus Meaningful to Students in Life Sciences, Business and Economics
PATTI FRAZER LOCK, St. Lawrence University
June 12-14, 2000 in
Memphis, TN
19
Calculus and Precalculus: An Integrative Approach 
ROBIN GOTTLIEB, Harvard University and ERIC BRUSSELL, Emory Univ.
June 12-14, 2000 in
Cambridge, MA
20
The Impact of Computer Algebra Systems and the Teaching and Learning of Mathematics: A Working Seminar
WILLIAM G. MCCALLUM and DEBORAH HUGHES HALLETT, Univ. of Arizona
April 28-30, 2000 in
Tucson, AZ
21
Geometry and Visualization
PATRICK J. CALLAHAN, The University of Texas at Austin
June 5-7, 2000 in
Austin, TX
22
Statistics: An Indispensable Tool for Decision-Making in a World of Data
RICHARD L. SCHEAFFER, University of Florida, Gainesville
May 25-27, 2000 in
Memphis, TN
23
Computer-Intensive Simulation: Bootstrapping and Approximate Randomization in the Elementary Statistics Course
PAUL ALPER and ROBERT L. RAYMOND, University of St. Thomas
June 12-14, 2000 in
St. Paul, MN
24
The Mathematics of Cryptology
ROBERT EDWARD LEWAND, Goucher College
July 9-11, 2000 in
Baltimore, MD
25
Computational Complexity Theory
HERB CLEMENS, University of Utah and DANIEL L. GOROFF, Harvard University
July 16-23, 2000 in
Princeton, NJ
26
The Coming of Age of Mathematics in America
DAVID E. ZITARELLI, Temple University
June 12-14, 2000 in
Philadelphia, PA
27
Superconductivity: Quantum Mechanics in Action
LAZLO MIHALY, State University of New York at Stony Brook
April 27-29, 2000 in
Stony Brook, L.I., NY
28
Widely Applied Physics
JOHN M. DOYLE, Harvard University
July 14-15, 2000 in
Cambridge, MA
29
Teach Physics by Replicating the Process of Science
ALAN VAN HEUVELEN, Ohio State Univ. and EUGENIA ETKINA, Rutgers Univ.
May 11-13, 2000 in
Pittsburgh, PA
30
The Studio Approach to Student-Centered Science, Mathematics and Engineering Instruction
KAREN CUMMINGS, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
June 23-24, 2000 in
Troy, NY
31
Promoting Active Learning in Intro. Physics Course: I and II
PRISCILLA W. LAWS, Dickinson College, DAVID R. SOKOLOFF, University of Oregon and RONALD K. THORNTON, Tufts University
March 16-18, 2000 in
Mayaguez, PR
June 5-7, 2000 in
Carlisle, PA
32
Physics Demonstrations Using Simple Apparatus
D. RAE CARPENTER, JR. and RICHARD B. MINNIX, Virginia Military Institute
July 10-12, 2000 in
Lexington, VA
33
Implementing Physics Education Research For Teaching a Conceptual Physics Course
RICHARD OLENICK, University of Dallas, PAUL HEWITT, San Francisco City College and TED VIOLETT, Western State College
June 15-17, 2000 in
Gunnison, CO
34
Teaching Introductory Astronomy
GARETH WYNN-WILLIAMS, University of Hawaii
May 25-27, 2000 in
Green Bank, WV
35
A Radio View of the Universe and the New Green Bank Telescope
FELIX J. LOCKMAN and STAFF, National Radio Astronomy Observatory
May 22-24, 2000 in
Green Bank, WV
36
Interferometry in Radio Astronomy, the VLA and the VLBA
MILLER GOSS and STAFF, National Radio Astronomy Observatory
August 2-4, 2000 in and near
Socorro, NM
37
Radio Astronomy in the Undergraduate Classroom
PREETHI PRATAP and MIT Haystack Observatory Staff
May 24-26, 2000 in
Cambridge, MA
38
The Cosmological Constant
JOANNE COHN, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
May 24-26, 2000 in
Cambridge, MA
39
The Sharper Image: Adaptive Optics in Vision Science and Astronomy
MICHAEL BROWN, Calif. Institute of Technology; ANDREA GHEZ, UCLA, EDWARD KIBBLEWHITE, RICHARD KRON, and RANDALL LANDSBERG, Univ. of Chicago; and AUSTIN ROORDA, Univ. of Houston
June 20-23, 2000 in
Williams Bay, WI
40
Exploring The Universe With Microwaves
MICHAEL KLINE, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
June 14-16, 2000 in
Pasadena, CA
41
The Skies of Mauna Kea and the Surface of Mars
ADRIAN HERZOG, California State University, Northridge, DAVID SEIDEL and GILBERT YANOW, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
July 11-14, 2000 on
The Big Island of Hawaii
42
The NASA /JPL Exploration Of The Solar System
GILBERT YANOW, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
August 9-11, 2000 in
Pasadena, CA
43
Exploring Environmental Niches on Jupiter's Moon Europa: Potential Sites for Extraterrestrial Life?
RICHARD GREENBERG, B. RANDY TUFTS, GREGORY V. HOPPA, Univ. of Arizona
June 17-19, 2000 in
Tucson, AZ
44
Tectonics And Seismicity Of Santa Catalina Island and Coastal Southern California, Sea And Land Field Studies
DAN FRANCIS, California State University
June 13-15, 2000 at
Santa Catalina Island, CA
45
The Geology Of Hawaii And The Surface Of Mars
CHUCK BLAY, TEOK Invest. and DAVID SEIDEL, Jet Propulsion Lab.
July 8-11, 2000 on the
Big Island of Hawaii
46
Hawaiian Volcanoes from Mauna Kea to Loihi
ALEXANDER MALAHOFF, University of Hawaii
July 10-14, 2000 in
Honolulu & on the Big Island, HI
47
Glaciers in Alaska
KRISTINE J. CROSSEN, University of Alaska, Anchorage
June 21-23, 2000 in and near
Anchorage, AK
48
Communicating Chemistry: Reaching Students and the Public-at-Large 
BASSAM Z. SHAKHASHIRI and ROD SCHREINER, Univ. off Wisconsin-Madison
June 8-10, 2000 in
Madison, WI
49
CERAMICS: Superconductors to Supercomputers
FATIH DOGAN, University of Washington
August 21-23, 2000 in
Seattle, WA
50
Chemistry For Non Science Majors: The American Chemical Society's new Curriculum: Chemistry in Context
CONRAD STANITSKI, University of Central Arkansas
June 4-6, 2000 in
Berkeley, CA
51
Peer-Led Team Learning: The Workshop Model
PRATIBHA VARMA-NELSON, St. Xavier Univ., DAVID GOSSER, CCNY, JACK KAMPMEIER, Univ. of Rochester, VICTOR STROZAK, NY City Technical College, MARK CRACOLICE, Univ. of Montana, & RONALD NARODE, Portland St. Univ.
May 18-20, 2000 in
Pasadena, CA
June 15-17, 2000
In Philadelphia, PA
52
Promoting Active Learning in Real-World Contexts in General Chemistry
BROCK SPENCER, Beloit College, & EILEEN L. LEWIS, Univ. of Cal., Berkeley
April 28-30, 2000 in Troy, NY
May 4-6, 2000 in Austin, TX
53
Studio General Chemistry: Merging Laboratory, Team Problem Solving, and Discussion
TOM APPLE, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
May 19-20, 2000 in
Troy, NY
54
Synthetic Organic Chemistry - Modern Methods and Strategy
PAUL HELQUIST, Notre Dame University
June 15-17, 2000 in
Memphis, TN
55
Promoting Active Learning in Introductory Biology Courses
JOHN M. DEARN, University of Canberra, Australia
June 22-24, 2000 in
Austin, TX
56
Creating an Active Learning Environment in the Life Science Classroom
HAROLD MEDELL, MARY PAT WENDEROTH, University of Washington and JOEL MICHAEL, Rush Medical College
August 10-12, 2000 in
Seattle, WA
57
Computational and Quantitative Education for the Life Sciences: Preparing Fearless Biologists
LOUIS J. GROSS, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
June 22-24, 2000 in
Memphis, TN
58
Physiology for Physiology and Biology Teachers
HAROLD MEDELL, MARY PAT WENDEROTH, University of Washington and JOEL MICHAEL, Rush Medical College
August 14-16, 2000 in
Seattle, WA
59
Microscopic Image Capture and Analysis: An Inexpensive, High Resolution Approach
FRANCISCO FUENTES and RAFAEL MULLER, University of Puerto Rico
April 13-15, 2000 in
Humacao, PR
60
Understanding the Science Behind Nutrition
TAMMY M. BRAY, The Ohio State University
June 19-21, 2000 in
Philadelphia, PA
61
Food, Free Radicals, Aging, and Psychological Factors in Cancer Risk 
JULES ELIAS, Oregon Health Sciences University
September 14-16, 2000 in
Pasadena, CA
62
How and Why We Age
LEONARD HAYFLICK, University of California, San Francisco
June 1-3, 2000 in
Philadelphia, PA
63
Neurobiology for the Millennium: The Neocortical Basis of Mind
PAUL ADAMS, State University of New York
May 18-20, 2000 in
Stony Brook, L.I., NY
64
Development and Plasticity of the Brain
LESLIE P. TOLBERT and PAUL A. ST. JOHN, University of Arizona
April 14-16, 2000 in
Tucson, AZ
65
Psychoactive Drugs and Molecular Biology of the Neuron
DAVID DRESSLER, Oxford University
July 13-15, 2000 in
Cambridge, MA
66
Biotechnology for Interdisciplinary Science
JACK G. CHIRIKJIAN, Georgetown University, EDWARD KISAILUS, Canisius College and KAREN M. GRAF, EDVOTEK, Inc.
June 1-3, 2000 in
Washington, DC
67
Biotechnology for the Undergraduate Biology Classrooms
JACK G. CHIRIKJIAN, Georgetown Univ. and KAREN M. GRAF, EDVOTEK, Inc.
June 5-7, 2000 in
Washington, DC
68
Biotechnology and Modern Drug Discovery and Development 
LYNN KLOTZ, Federation of American Scientists Working Group on Biological Weapons Verification
June 12-14, 2000 in
Cambridge, MA
69
Teaching Histories of Medicine and Healing in China
LINDA BARNES, Boston University, TJ HINRICHES, Connecticut College, BRIDIE ANDREWS, Harvard University
March 17-19, 2000 and
April 28-30, 2000 in
Cambridge, MA
70
Biomimetics: Materials Fabrication Through Biology
MEHMET SARIKAYA, University of Washington
August 28-September 1, 2000 in
Seattle, WA
71
Conservation Biology Considered
DAN PERLMAN, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
June 14-16, 2000 in
Cambridge, MA
72
The Loss of the World's Marine Biodiversity
JERRY R. SCHUBEL, New England Aquarium
May 11-13, 2000 in
Boston, MA
73
Conservation, Development and Management of Marine Resources
VINCENT F. GALLUCCI and MARC L. MILLER University of Washington
June 26-28, 2000 in
Seattle, WA
74
Using Science to Solve Crimes
PAULETTE SUTTON, STEVEN A. SYMES, and CYNTHIA GARDNER, University of Tennessee
June 4-6, 2000 in
Memphis, TN
75
Advanced Forensic Science
PAULETTE SUTTON, STEVEN A. SYMES and CYNTHIA GARDNER, University of Tennessee
June 8-10, 2000 in
Memphis, TN
76
Molecular Epidemiology-Molecular Methods for Subtyping Bacterial Pathogens 
SUZANNE S. BARTH, Texas Dept. of Health and University of Texas at Austin
May 7-9, 2000 in
Atlanta, GA
77
The Dinosaur Family Tree
J. MICHAEL PARRISH, Northern Illinois University
March 29-31, 2000 at
L.A. County Museum, CA
78
The Paleobiology of the Dinosaurs
J. MICHAEL PARRISH, Northern Illinois University
June 3-8, 2000 in
Grand Junction, CO
79
The Ediacaran Biota
MARK MCMENAMIN, Mount Holyoke College
August 21-23, 2000 in
Pittsburgh, PA
80
Creation, Evolution or Both? A Multiple Model Approach
CRAIG E. NELSON, Indiana University
May 17-19, 2000 in
Dayton, OH
81
Exploring Field Techniques and Current Topics in Estuarine and Ocean Sciences
JAN NEWTON, Washington State Dept of Ecology/University of Washington
June 6-10, 2000 in
Friday Harbor, WA
82
Ecology And Conservation Of Marine Birds And Mammals
W. BRECK TYLER, University of California, Santa Cruz
June 6-10, 2000 in
Friday Harbor, WA
83
The Ecology And Natural History of Florida's Tampa Bay Region
JIM WYSONG, Hillsborough Community College
April 14-16, 2000 in
Tampa, FL
84
Hawaiian Marine Ecosystems
P. KELLY WILLIAMS, Univ. of Dayton & KIMBERLY SANDER, Guam Comm. Coll.
July 5-8, 2000 in
Honolulu, HI
85
From Grasslands to Glacial Cirques: Ecosystems and Environmental Issues of the Colorado Front Range
MICHAEL MONAHAN, Univ. of Denver and P. KELLY WILLIAMS, Univ.of Dayton
July 22-27, 2000 near
Denver, CO
86
Ecology of South-Central Alaska
BJARTMAR SVEINBJÖRNSSON and DONALD SPALINGER, University of Alaska, Anchorage
June 17-19, 2000 in and near
Anchorage, AK
87
Wildlife Of Midway Atoll
HEIDI AUMAN, Midway National Wildlife Refuge
July 5-8, 2000 on
Midway Island
88
Ecology of Mammals of the Eastern U.S. Deciduous Forest
JOSEPH F. MERRITT, Powdermill Biol. Station, Carnegie Museum of Nat. History
August 5-10, 2000 in
Rector, PA
89
Experiencing Environmental Education in a Mexican Cloud Forest
REYNALDO RAMIREZ, JR., The University of Texas at Brownsville
June 25-28, 2000 in
Mexico
90
Tropical Economic Botany
DUANE A. KOLTERMAN, University of Puerto Rico
March 7-10, 2000 in
Mayaguez, PR
91
Tropical Forests in Costa Rica
BARBARA BENTLEY, University of Utah
April 3-9, 2000 in
Costa Rica
92
Therapeutic Plants: Biological, Chemical, Cultural and Legal Aspects
ROGER W. SANDERS, Botanical Research Institute of Texas
July 30-August 3, 200 in
Taos, NM
93
The Creative Process in Science And The Arts
RALPH DAVIS, Albion College
June 15-17, 2000 in
Austin, TX
94
Creativity and Innovation
G. GRAHAM ALLAN and ZINOVY ROYZEN, University of Washington
July 17-19, 2000 in
Seattle, WA
95
The Limits of Science
HANS CHRISTIAN VON BAEYER, College of William and Mary and RALPH DAVIS, Albion College
May 4-6, 2000 in
New York City, NY
96
Science in the New Millennium: Summit of Truth or Slippery Slope? (Welcome to the Culture Wars!)
CATHLEEN C. LOVING, Texas A&M University and BERNARD ORTIZde MONTELLANO, Wayne State University
June 8-10, 2000 in
Austin, TX
97
Census 2000: A Resource for Undergraduate Teaching and Research
DUDLEY L. POSTON, JR., Texas A&M University
May 3-5, 200 in
Dayton, OH
98
Geographic Information Systems and the Urban Environment
RICHARD P. GREENE, Northern Illinois University
May 18-20, 2000 in
Pittsburgh, PA
99
Non-Traditional Families at the 21st Century: Challenges and Implications
PAULINE I. ERERA, University of Washington
July 10-12, 2000 in
Seattle, WA