Everyone at ATDP Is Here to Learn Students, Instructional Associates, Expert Teachers, Doctoral Students and Professors At ATDP, we grow academic talent; we don’t mine for it. This includes everyone affiliated with the program. Our group begins with novice scientists aged 5 and extends upward to Secondary Division, to ATDP teachers, to doctoral students, professors, […]
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Parents Come to Learn
Wednesday Explorations for Parents, New in Summer 2010 ATDP parents have long reported how much they learn each summer as their children answer, “what did you learn in class today?” Topics addressed in that day’s learning give rise to many wonderful conversations. We all take joy in seeing parents’ faces as their children explain how […]
Read More →The Research Cycle at ATDP
How Students and Teachers Teach Us About Learning Any teacher, student, administrator, or counselor involved with ATDP will tell you without hesitation that the program exists to serve students. Many of those same folks might also tell you that ATDP’s primary purpose would put it into opposition to the role of educational researchers. They might […]
Read More →Leo White: Summer’s Sociologists
SD instructor Leo White reflects on his first year at ATDP In a 1676 letter to a colleague, Isaac Newton famously wrote, “If I have seen further it is only by standing on the shoulders of giants.” Indeed, Newton saw farther than most and remains one of the most renowned scientists and mathematicians of all […]
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This Newsletter is All About You Our ATDP Newsletters, during the summer program and throughout the school year, exist to keep you (and us) connected to our extended community. Whether you’re a parent, a student, an alum, an instructor, or just a friend, we invite you to share your experiences with the rest of the […]
Read More →Novice Teachers
Learning from Experts at the Elementary Division Each expert teacher in ATDP’s Elementary Division works in tandem with an Instructional Associate, usually an advanced teaching credential candidate. Few, if any, credential programs provide their students with the opportunity to work within a classroom of students united in their passion for learning, with students arriving to […]
Read More →It All Starts With Play
Anticipatory Socialization in the Elementary Classroom At Elementary Division, ATDP invites its students into the academic community through play, through romantic engagement. Researcher Susan Engle (2005) captures our goal and context perfectly when she describes children as: …budding experts who absorb information and ideas from experts within their culture, and who practice, amassing strategies, information, […]
Read More →Metacognition Among ATDP Math Students
Research has shown that successful math students use sophisticated thinking skills when they solve challenging math problems. These thinking skills, known as metacognition, include choosing how to solve problems based on their mathematical strengths and weaknesses, planning and monitoring the steps they use to solve a problem, and being aware of what they know and what […]
Read More →Instructors Cultivate Metacognition in SD Math Courses
What happens to research findings? Are they used by anyone other than researchers seeking to conduct more research? At ATDP, researchers seek relevant knowledge and teachers evaluate its applicability with an eye toward potential classroom benefits. For example, over the past few years, Secondary Division Mathematics Instructors have worked to facilitate students’ metacognition, based on […]
Read More →Rekindling the Joy of Learning in Secondary Education
When children first begin to learn, they seem to enjoy the process—and so do parents. Just as mastering first steps delights new toddlers and their parents, starting school a big deal: children rush home to tell their parents what they are learning, eagerly reciting the alphabet or counting numbers. Most parents share their children’s joy […]
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