Category: Community Newsletter Archive

Who Made the Decision to Attend ATDP?

What student decision-making means for grades, effort level, and enjoyment of the program Have you ever wondered what ATDP does with the end-of-summer surveys? We use the data for several purposes. Primarily, participants’ responses inform us about students’ satisfaction with their courses and instructors. They also help us learn how we can improve the program for […]

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Community Newsletter, Vol. 4, I. 2

Inside this issue… News & Announcements Nine Tips for Navigating the Application Process Course Catalogs Ready for 2012 – See What’s New! Spotlights How to Get to Sesame Street: A San Francisco Counselor Finds Herself in Nigeria Bragging Rights: Christina Büchmann, Advanced Reading & Writing Unlikely Twins: Making Peer Effects Explicit Inside ATDP Courses Take […]

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Community Newsletter, Vol. 4, I. 1

Inside this issue… Features Continuing the Academic Conversation Leaving ATDP Smiling: A Look Back on Nina’s 44 Years of Service to Education Research at ATDP: Why We Do It and How It’s Used How did they do that? Cognitive Neuroscience Extra-Terrestrial Trigonometry First-Year Japanese Human Anatomy & Physiology New at ATDP Important dates for our 2012 […]

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Community Newsletter Vol. 3

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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Community Newsletter Vol. 2

Dear ATDP students, parents, alumni, and friends Vignettes from the Summer of ’09 by Teachers Patty, Paul, Nate and Junko-sama From Watts to Berkeley, Part 2 by Erin Donohue AP Art History at ATDP by Laura Shefler A Day in the Life of Washington School… An ED photo gallery from Summer ’09 Classes jumping for […]

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Community Newsletter Vol. 1, I. 2

Welcome to the ATDP Family E-Newsletter Dear ATDP students, parents, alumni, and friends, Welcome to our Summer 2009 e-newsletter. Regardless of whether you are joining us for the first time or are returning to ATDP for the twelfth time, as are a few students, this issue offers new insights into our learning community and useful […]

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Community Newsletter Vol. 1, I. 1

Dear ATDP students, parents, alumni, and friends, At ATDP we think of ourselves as a family. The program orientations held before each Division begins its session are our family reunions. But right about now, there isn’t any reason why we can’t get together (virtually) one more time before we start talking about 2009. The newsletter […]

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