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 […]
Read More →Let’s play a game
Going the Distance with Style and Grace
Students frequently compare ATDP’s Secondary Division to an academic marathon, so I find it wise to ask marathon runners (who are also ATDP instructors) for advice on going the distance. One of the most dedicated marathoners, along with Kelly Mogilefsky, whom we featured in 2010, is our highly respected teacher of accelerated Geometry, Mr. Nakia […]
Read More →Welcome to Week 4!
Welcome to week four of ATDP. This week, you’re carrying half the summer’s work on your shoulders, looking forward at the other half, and thinking, “How on Earth am I going to carry all of this weight?” Here’s the good part: once the reality of the task ahead settles in, you take a deep breath […]
Read More →Reminder: July 4th Holiday
Don’t forget: campus is closed on Monday, July 4th! Students in Monday classes should make sure that they (and their parents) know when and where their classes will be meeting to make up the time. Please let the office know if you’ll need to miss your make-up day. Have a wonderful long weekend!
Read More →S’11 Week 2: From the Director
Oski the Cal bear wants YOU to have a wonderful time. Oh, and he wants you to work smart, too. Here you are already starting the second week of your ATDP class and every student I have met is still smiling, making friends, and learning, learning, learning. It is always a delight to see how […]
Read More →Paid Learning Experiment
Hi everyone! Please read the following announcement from Lauren Barth-Cohen, one of this summer’s instructors for Introducing Physics: Dear Parents & Students, My name is Lauren Barth-Cohen. I’m a doctoral student at Berkeley. We are looking to recruit high school students for a research study on student’s conceptual learning in science. For this study we […]
Read More →Tutoring is now available!
Tutoring sign-up sheets are posted on quite a few of the walls surrounding the ATDP office (3639 Tolman)! The math students are already swarming; students of writing, Psychology, Sociology, and Japanese, it’s time for you to catch up! See you all soon :)
Read More →From the Director – Week 1
At our ATDP Family Orientation a couple of weeks ago, I spoke about what it means to join the academic conversation as part of a learning community. Let’s make that our theme for the summer. We hope that your participation in the academic conversation will assist and support you as you grow into the person […]
Read More →I survived the first day of ATDP 2011 and all I got…
… was a massive boost of self-confidence, actually. To be fair, I think I scared some of my students (yes, scared students, I mean you). Parts of my lesson plan were too aggressive, and other parts could have been meatier. Also, ATDP’s database went down while I was in the middle of teaching my class. […]
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