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• Summer Student Program The most frequent comment from students, addressing changes they would like to see in the program, revolved around commitments to a rigorous SNIPPS (Student Nighttime Interactive Presentation Practices) schedule. To the students¿ credit, these complaints grew from a desire to spend more time doing research in the lab without having to return to the residence for these programs. Project designers might consider adding more presentations each night and holding these events two nights each week rather than three or otherwise integrating them with students¿ dedication to their research.
• Summer Student Program The primary objectives for the SSP revolve around personal changes in students¿ self-perception and self-confidence. The nature of these individual impacts might be enriched by conducting in-person interviews with students and mentors, as well as soliciting feedback from parents, who have a special intuition regarding how the experience influences their children. Incorporating these into future evaluations might further enhance program evaluation. Program directors have expressed an interest in documenting long-term impacts of the program on students¿ lives and careers. Discussions could begin on means for continued tracking of participants and project objectives.
• Mastering Science Program Center faculty and staff met with Dr. Geiger this spring following the conclusion of the internship to discuss plans for the 2008 internship. This was a highly productive meeting and it is recommended that it become a standard component of the project. Data collection regarding assessment of student gains in content knowledge, though improving each year, is still incomplete. Program staff will determine the need for including this in a more formal way in the future.

• TJL Educational Programs: http://www.jax.org/education/index.html This on-line resource provides descriptions of TJL's research internship programs and the application procedures for high school students and college undergraduates. HHMI-supported programs include the Summer Student Program, the Academic-Year Program, and the Mastering Science Program.
• University of Maine Master of Science in Teaching (MST) Program: http://www.umaine.edu/center/mst.htm This on-line resource provides information about the MST degree program offered on UMaine's Orono campus for content-rich, research-based graduate-level training for in-service and pre-service teachers and established professionals in science, mathematics, or engineering seeking preparation to teach on the secondary school level. TJL is collaborating with the MST program to offer teacher-trainees a one-semester research internship.
• Workshops hosted by University of Maine Master of Science in Teaching Program http://www.umaine.edu/center/presentations.htm http://www.umaine.edu/center/MST/NQLBWkshp_announc.htm The UMaine Center for Science and Mathematics Education Research sponsors an annual summer conference for K-16 science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) educators and reseachers to share research-supported curricula and discipline-based education research. In even-numbered years, a weeklong national conference and summer academy is held for classroom teachers, national college faculty , and international attendees. A smaller statewide conference is hosted in odd-numbered years. The 2007 conference, "No Question Left Behind: Bringing Guided-Inquiry Curricula into Science and Mathematics Classrooms," was held June 25-26. The meeting featured 7 talks, 8 interactive workshops, and 12 posters. Dr. Geiger was facilitator for an Open Space Workshop. The meeting was a valuable learning experience for science and math educators involved in translating research on how students learn into classroom practice. The workshop explored ways to help middle and high school students develop evidence-based understanding of science and math concepts by solving content-rich problems. Several current and former MST student interns and one Sabbatical teacher intern participated in the conference with pre-service, novice, and veteran K-16 educators. One 2007 intern presented his research and curriculum projects at the poster session, allowing participants to learn about the TJL internship and the innovative curricula that were implemented in classrooms.

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