Randal Robert Harrington

University of Maine

105 Bennett Hall

Orono, Maine 04469 (207)-581-1237

1984. Middle School Science Teacher, Athenian School, Danville, California.

Chair, American Association of Physics Teachers, Committee on Research in Physics Education, 1997-2000 (1 yr appointment)

External Reviewer and Consultant, Newton Project (An NSF funded CCD project), University of New Hampshire, 1998-present.

Journal Referee, Journal of Physics Education Research, 1998-99.

Journal Referee, American Journal of Physics, 1997.

Awarded a Higher Education SEED’s Fellowship from the Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance and the Maine Department of Education for work with preservice teachers and for reforming the introductory physics course for non-science majors.

Member, American Association of Physics Teachers, Committee on Research in Physics Education, 1997-2000 (3 yr appointment)

National Science Foundation, Reviewer for Teacher Enhancement Project, May 1997.

National Science Foundation, Panel Reviewer for CCD and UFE grant proposals, July 1995.

SSI Professional Development Institute, National Science Foundation, Baltimore, MD, November, 1995

American Dental Association, Physics Test Construction Committee, 1995- present

National Science Foundation, Small Grant for Exploratory Research (SGER), "Theoretical Frameworks for Conducting Research in Physics Education," August 1998 — July 1999.

National Science Foundation, Course and Curriculum Development (CCD-ILI), "Humanized Physics: College Physics With Medical Applications Enhanced by Multimedia and Mathematics," Submitted Winter 1999, pending.

Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance, Summer Academy, "High School Physics Modeling and Technology Infusion," for Summer 1999.

R.R. Harrington, "Interpreting Student Responses: An Example form Electrostatics," Journal of Research in Physics Education, Submitted for August 1999.

R. R. Harrington, "New standards for teaching middle school science: now that we have them, what do we do?," Journal of Research in Rural Education, Vol. 13, (1) 1997.

R. R. Harrington , "Book Review: Being Digital", Computers in Physics, Vol. 11, (3), 1997 (pp. 261-2).

R. R. Harrington, "Reform of an introductory physics course for non science majors," Proceedings of the International Conference on Physics Education, University of Maryland, August, 1996.

Physics Colloquium, "Tutorials in Introductory Physics, A Research Based Approach," Bates College, Lewiston, Maine, May 1999.

Secondary Science Conference- From Standards to Practice- Changing Secondary Science Classrooms from Within, "Discovering How Students Think: An Example in the Context of Electric Charge", Rockport, Maine, March 1999, [Invited]

American Association of Physics Teachers, "Research as a Guide for Preparing Precollege Teachers to Teach about Electric Charge and Magnets," Anaheim, CA, January 1999. [Invited].

Physics Colloquium, Theoretical Frameworks for Conducting Research in Physics Education: An Example from Electrostatics, Clark University, Massachusetts, December 1998. [Invited].

Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance, Conference on Improving Undergraduate Teaching, Tutorials in Introductory Physics, Tutorials in Introductory Physics- A Research Based Approach, Colby College, December 1998. [Invited].

Physics Education Research Conference, American Association of Physics Teachers, Twelve to Twenty Contact Hours and Research Too!, Lincoln, Nebraska, August 1998 [Invited].

Joint American Physical Society/American Association of Physics Teachers National Meeting, "Using physics education research as a guide for improving instruction: Reforming a physics course for non-science majors," Invited Paper, Columbus, OH, April 1998. [Invited].

American Association of Physics Teachers, "Preparing PreCollege Teachers to Teach Physics by Inquiry-A Workshop for College and University Faculty," New Orleans, LA, January 1998.

Maine Department of Education and Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance, Prism with a Twist, "Physics Education Research and Professional Development of K-12 Teachers," Poster Session, December 1997.

Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance, "Integrated tutorials and laboratory experiments for students in a large lecture course for non-science majors," Bates College, Maine, November 1997. [Invited].

Old Town High School Professional Development Workshop, "Using Technology to Enhance Science Instruction," October 1997.

American Association of Physics Teachers, "Using Physics Education Research to Improve Instruction in an Introductory Physics Course for Non-Science Majors," Denver CO, August 1997. [Invited].

National Writing Project, "Workshop on Using Writing to Teach Science: An Example from Light and Shadow," University of Maine, July 1977.

Technology as a Learning Tool Summer Institute, Keynote Address, MBL and HTML workshops, June 1997.

Conference on Revitalizing Undergraduate Science and Mathematics Education: A National Dialogue, "Improving Understanding using Cooperative Groups," Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, May 1997.

Middle Level Technology Conference, "Redesigning Education: A look at the Education Reform Movement," Newport Elementary and Junior High School, February 4-7, 1997.

American Association of Physics Teachers, "Investigation into student understanding of radiation and radioactivity," Phoenix, Arizona, January 1997.

American Association of Physics Teachers, "Helping K-12 teachers meet the new science standards: An example from a collaboration between a University and a local Middle School," Phoenix , Arizona, January 1997.

American Association of Physics Teachers, New England Section Meeting, "Interactive Lecture-Tutorials in the introductory physics course for non-science majors at the University of Maine," Amherst, Massachusetts, November 1996.

International Conference on University Physics Education, "A New Model for a Physics Course for Non-Science majors: Using an introductory physics course as a laboratory for training pre-service and in-service teachers to teach physics." University of Maryland, College Park, MD, August 1996.

Technology as a Learning Tool Summer Institute, Keynote Address, "A Guided Tour of the Internet: Samples from the Technology Buffet," University of Maine, July 1996.

Annual Meeting of High School Physics Teachers, "New Technologies and Teaching Physics," University of Maine, May 1996.

American Physical Society/American Association of Physics Teachers, New England Section Joint Meeting, "Helping K-12 teachers meet the new science standards: results from a pilot project," MIT, Massachusetts, April 1996.

American Association of Physics Teachers, New England Section Meeting, "Student Difficulties with Electric Field, Superposition and Gauss’ Laws," Bates College, Maine, October 1995.

American Association of Physics Teachers, "Investigation of student of understanding of electric concepts," Spokane, Washington, August 1995.

Beacon College Spring Meeting, University of Maine, "Research on the Teaching and Learning of Physics: Identifying and Addressing Student Difficulties," May 1995.

American Association of Physics Teachers, "Investigating conceptual difficulties with coordinated demonstrations and laboratory experiments," San Diego, California, January 1994.

American Association of Physics Teachers, "Identifying and addressing student difficulties with concepts in electricity and magnetism," Boise, Idaho, August 1993.

Pacific Northwest Association of College Physics, "Student difficulties with electrical measuring devices," Oregon City, Oregon, April 1993.