The Argumentation and Evaluation Intervention: Research Findings from Grant from the National Science Foundation
Presenters: Janis Bulgren, Jim Ellis
This poster will present findings from a design study and quasi-experimental study to help students acquire the ability to identify and analyze scientific and socio-scientific claims and to analyze the evidence and reasoning presented in support of the claim. The poster will present findings from teacher use of the intervention, student performance, and feedback from both teachers and students. Preliminary information will be provided on a second grant from the National Science Foundation to extend the findings from the Argumentation and Evaluation Intervention study.  This second grant is in its first year and brings together researchers from the original grant to others at the CRL and the School of Education to develop a game that will help students evaluate a claim relative to evidence  presented and the author’s use of reasoning.

SIM Beyond the Classroom
Presenter: Diane Larson
Corporate office and science labs at the Mayo Clinic?  True examples of Adult Learning.  Come to this poster session and let me tell you more with examples.

Fundamentals in Understanding Text Patterns: A Literacy Intervention Grounded in Language Principles
Presenter: Frances Ihle
truggling adolescent learners have language needs that are frequently not addressed by content area teachers.  This intervention teaches students how academic writers use passive voice, noun phrases, and connectives to convey information to their readers.  As a Tier II program, the intervention attempts to provide a bridge between intensive strategy instruction and authentic practice interacting with content area text.  A validation study took place in which data were collected from three experimental classrooms and three comparison classrooms for a total of 49 students.  Pretest and posttest results indicated that the students who learned the intervention outperformed the students who received instruction as usual.  Come see more information about this intervention and preview the latest draft of the manual that will eventually join the SIM family.

Telling Our Stories
Presenters: Julie Tollefson and David Gnojek

Sometimes, the most compelling way to share our love of SIM is to tell a story. Come by this poster to learn how you can contribute to a bank of stories building on 2008’s 30×30: Thirty Stories of Success, Hope, and Innovation and the recent project profile collection featured on the Center’s website. We’ll share tips for gathering your own stories and sharing them with others to put human faces on the data that support the Strategic Instruction Model.

We Have Lift off: The Successful Implementation of the Inference Strategy in a High School Setting
Sue Meyer, Private Consultant/Independent Trainer
This poster will describe the successful implementation of the Inference Strategy with 450 nith grade students in general education English classes at Dundee Crown High School in Carpentersville, Ill.  The presenter will explain implementation glitches and will share creative options for mastery of all levels of controlled practice.

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