UMD PERG Seminar: Physics 708 2008/TITLE> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="Microsoft FrontPage 4.0"> <META NAME="FORMATTER" CONTENT="Arachnophilia 3.9"> </HEAD> <BODY BACKGROUND="" BGCOLOR="#ffffff" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000ff" VLINK="#800080" ALINK="#ff0000"> <H3><I>University of Maryland Physics Education Research Group</I></H3> <P> <HR noShade SIZE=1>  <TABLE border=0 cellPadding=6 cellSpacing=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD vAlign=top><A href="http://www.umd.edu/"><IMG alt="UMd PERG PageTitle" border=0 height=73 src="Images/webglobe.gif" width=73></A></TD> <TD vAlign=center><H2>Physics 708: Seminar in Physics Education Research</H2> </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE> <CENTER><FONT FACE=VERDANA SIZE=-2> <A HREF="info.htm">PERG Info</A> | <A HREF="resources.htm">PERG materials</A> | <A HREF="http://www.physics.umd.edu/perg/">PERG HOMEPAGE</A> | <A HREF="webPER.htm">PER on the web</A> | <A HREF="resources_web.htm">Resources on the web</A> </CENTER> <P>Physics 708 is a weekly seminar on the subject of physics education research. In this seminar, speakers from both the University of Maryland and from other institutions present their research on issues relevant to physics education. <P> Seminars are held on Thursday at 3:30 PM in the Physics Department in room 0405 unless otherwise noted. <P> <H3>On this page</H3> <UL> <LI><A HREF="#Seminars">Seminar Schedule</A> <LI><A HREF="#OtherSem">Other seminars elsewhere on campus</A> <LI><A HREF="#Visitors">Visitors to the group</A><P> </UL> <H3><A NAME="Seminars">Schedule of Speakers</A></H3> <P> <TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="3" cellpadding="2">  <TR VALIGN=BOTTOM> <TD ALIGN=CENTER></TD> <TD ALIGN=LEFT><B><FONT FACE="Verdana"><I>Topic:</I></FONT></B></TD> <TD ALIGN=LEFT><B><font color="#ff0000" face="Verdana">Blends, Resources, and Mergers: and Framings, Perspectives, and Positionings</font> </B></TD> </TR> <TR VALIGN=BOTTOM> <TD ALIGN=CENTER><B><FONT FACE="Verdana">02/07/08</font></B></TD> <TD ALIGN=LEFT><B><FONT FACE="Verdana"><I>Speaker:</I> </FONT></B></TD> <TD ALIGN=LEFT><B><FONT FACE="Verdana">Dr. James Greeno </FONT></B></TD> </TR> <TR VALIGN=BOTTOM> <TD ALIGN=RIGHT></TD> <TD ALIGN=LEFT><B><FONT FACE="Verdana"><I>Address:</I></FONT></B></TD> <TD ALIGN=LEFT><B><FONT FACE="Verdana">School of Education, University of Pittsburgh </FONT></B></TD> </TR> <TR><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD><HR WIDTH="100%"></TD></TR>  <TR VALIGN=BOTTOM> <TD ALIGN=CENTER></TD> <TD ALIGN=LEFT><B><FONT FACE="Verdana"><I>Topic:</I></FONT></B></TD> <TD ALIGN=LEFT><B><font color="#ff0000" face="Verdana">Social Networks</font> </B></TD> </TR> <TR VALIGN=BOTTOM> <TD ALIGN=CENTER><B><FONT FACE="Verdana">03/06/08</font></B></TD> <TD ALIGN=LEFT><B><FONT FACE="Verdana"><I>Speaker:</I> </FONT></B></TD> <TD ALIGN=LEFT><B><FONT FACE="Verdana">Dr. Michelle Girvan </FONT></B></TD> </TR> <TR VALIGN=BOTTOM> <TD ALIGN=RIGHT></TD> <TD ALIGN=LEFT><B><FONT FACE="Verdana"><I>Address:</I></FONT></B></TD> <TD ALIGN=LEFT><B><FONT FACE="Verdana">Department of Physics, University of Maryland </FONT></B></TD> </TR> <TR><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD><HR WIDTH="100%"></TD></TR>  <TR VALIGN=BOTTOM> <TD ALIGN=CENTER></TD> <TD ALIGN=LEFT><B><FONT FACE="Verdana"><I>Topic:</I></FONT></B></TD> <TD ALIGN=LEFT><B><font color="#ff0000" face="Verdana">TBA</font> </B></TD> </TR> <TR VALIGN=BOTTOM> <TD ALIGN=CENTER><B><FONT FACE="Verdana">05/08/08</font></B></TD> <TD ALIGN=LEFT><B><FONT FACE="Verdana"><I>Speaker:</I> </FONT></B></TD> <TD ALIGN=LEFT><B><FONT FACE="Verdana">Dr. Ravit Golan Duncan </FONT></B></TD> </TR> <TR VALIGN=BOTTOM> <TD ALIGN=RIGHT></TD> <TD ALIGN=LEFT><B><FONT FACE="Verdana"><I>Address:</I></FONT></B></TD> <TD ALIGN=LEFT><B><FONT FACE="Verdana">Graduate School of Education, Rutgers University </FONT></B></TD> </TR> <TR><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD><HR WIDTH="100%"></TD></TR>  <TR VALIGN=BOTTOM> <TD ALIGN=CENTER></TD> <TD ALIGN=LEFT><B><FONT FACE="Verdana"><I>Topic:</I></FONT></B></TD> <TD ALIGN=LEFT><B><font color="#ff0000" face="Verdana">TBA</font> </B></TD> </TR> <TR VALIGN=BOTTOM> <TD ALIGN=CENTER><B><FONT FACE="Verdana">05/13/08</font></B></TD> <TD ALIGN=LEFT><B><FONT FACE="Verdana"><I>Speaker:</I> </FONT></B></TD> <TD ALIGN=LEFT><B><FONT FACE="Verdana">Dr. Shaaron Ainsworth</FONT></B></TD> </TR> <TR VALIGN=BOTTOM> <TD ALIGN=RIGHT></TD> <TD ALIGN=LEFT><B><FONT FACE="Verdana"><I>Address:</I></FONT></B></TD> <TD ALIGN=LEFT><B><FONT FACE="Verdana">School of Psychology, University of Nottingham </FONT></B></TD> </TR> <TR><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD><HR WIDTH="100%"></TD></TR>  <TR VALIGN=BOTTOM> <TD ALIGN=CENTER></TD> <TD ALIGN=LEFT><B><FONT FACE="Verdana"><I>Topic:</I></FONT></B></TD> <TD ALIGN=LEFT><B><font color="#ff0000" face="Verdana">TBA</font> </B></TD> </TR> <TR VALIGN=BOTTOM> <TD ALIGN=CENTER><B><FONT FACE="Verdana">05/15/08</font></B></TD> <TD ALIGN=LEFT><B><FONT FACE="Verdana"><I>Speaker:</I> </FONT></B></TD> <TD ALIGN=LEFT><B><FONT FACE="Verdana">Jessica Watkins </FONT></B></TD> </TR> <TR VALIGN=BOTTOM> <TD ALIGN=RIGHT></TD> <TD ALIGN=LEFT><B><FONT FACE="Verdana"><I>Address:</I></FONT></B></TD> <TD ALIGN=LEFT><B><FONT FACE="Verdana">Department of Physics, Harvard University</FONT></B></TD> </TR> <TR><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD><HR WIDTH="100%"></TD></TR>   </TABLE> <P> <HR> <H3><A NAME="OtherSem">Other seminars on campus of interest</A></H3> <P><A HREF="http://www.oit.umd.edu/as/speaker_series/2004-2005/dates.htm"><FONT SIZE=+1FACE="VERDANA">Office of Information Technology Speaker Series on Education with Technology</FONT></A>: <BR>Occasional dates in McKeldin Library 6137 <P><A HREF="http://www.education.umd.edu/EDCI/MathEd/colloquium.htm"><FONT SIZE=+1FACE="VERDANA">Math / Science Education Colloquium</FONT></A>: <BR>Fridays at 10:30 in Benjamin 2121 <P><A HREF="http://www.bsos.umd.edu/psyc/Event.htm"><FONT SIZE=+1FACE="VERDANA">Cognitive Science Colloquium</FONT></A>: <BR>Wednesdays at 1:30 in Bio-Psych 1128. <P><A HREF="http://www.nacs.umd.edu/seminars/index.cfm "><FONT SIZE=+1FACE="VERDANA">Neuroscience and 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