Date: January 6
Time: 2:00 to 4:00 p.m.
Location: Rodney Room, Perkins Student Center
Description: In an extended session with multiple facilitators, participants will create a new problem that might be used in one of their classes. Problem-writing activity will be followed up on Thursday with more time for constructing an engaging problem.
Richard Donham
Richard Donham, Biological Sciences
Richard Donham holds a Ph.D. in Biology from the University of Washington and was Senior Science Education Associate for the Mathematics & Science Education Resource Center at the University of Delaware. The Center provides professional development for in-service teachers and serves as a coordinating unit for University efforts to assist science and math education in the state. For more than a decade, Richard has been involved in middle and high school science curricular development and implementation at the state level. He also collaborates with other faculty to provide graduate level courses that fortify middle school and high school teachers understanding of science so they can be more effective in the classroom. With a secondary position in the Department of Biological Sciences, Richard also taught biology to undergraduate elementary education majors and was a leader in the use of inquiry pedagogies, particularly problem-based learning (PBL).
Susan Groh
Sue Groh, Chemistry & Biochemistry
Dr. Susan E. Groh is an associate professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Delaware. As a co-founder of the Institute for the Transformation of Undergraduate Education at the University of Delaware, she has presented workshops promoting problem-based and active learning regularly since 1993. Together with Barbara Duch and Deborah Allen, she edited “The Power of Problem-Based Learning” (2001), a guide to using problem-based learning in undergraduate settings, and served as Editor-in-Chief of the PBL Clearinghouse, a repository for peer-reviewed PBL problems and supporting materials. Dr. Groh teaches general chemistry in the Honors program and has won numerous awards for her work with students, Including the University Excellence in Teaching and Excellence in Advising awards.