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Smith, P.S. and Banilower, E. R. (2006) Measuring middle grades students’ understanding of force and motion concepts: insights into the structure of student ideas.<\/em>\u00a0 Presented at the 2006 NARST Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA<\/a>.<\/p>\n Smith, P.S. and Banilower, E. R. (2006) Measuring teacher’s knowledge for teaching force and motion concepts<\/em> Presented at the 2006 NARST Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA.<\/a><\/p>\n Smith, P. S. (2009)\u00a0 Exploring the relationship between teacher content knowledge and student<\/em> learning. <\/em><\/em>Presented at the 2009 NARST Annual Conference, Garden Grove, CA.<\/a><\/p>\n Smith, P.S. (2010) New Tools for Investigating the Rela<\/em>tionship between Teacher Content Knowledge and Student Learning.\u00a0 <\/em>Presented at the 2010 NARST Annual Conference, Philadelphia, PA.<\/a><\/p>\n Smith, P.S. and Esch, R.K. (2010) Identifying and Measuring Factors Related to Student Learning: the Promise and Pitfalls of Teacher Instructional Logs<\/em>. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Smith, P.S. (2004) Assessing Teacher Learning in Science<\/em>.\u00a0 Presented at the 2004 Mathematics and Science Partnership Principle Investigators Meeting, <\/a><\/p>\n Ford, B., Smith, P.S., Taylor, M. and\u00a0Wood, K. \u00a0(2005) Assessing science content knowledge of middle school teachers<\/em>.\u00a0 Presented at the 2005 Mathematics and Science Partnership Learning Network Conference,<\/a><\/p>\n Smith, P.S.\u00a0(2005)\u00a0Evaluating Professional Development: New tools for assessing impacts on teacher knowledge for science teaching<\/em>\u00a0 Presented at the Mathematics and Science Partnership State Director’s Meeting, Wasington D.C<\/a>.<\/p>\n Smith, P.S. (2006) Evaluating Professional Development: New tools for assessing impacts on teacher knowledge for science teaching<\/em>\u00a0 Presented at the Mathematics and Science Partnership Program Regional Conference III: Boston, MA<\/a>.<\/p>\n Heck, D. and Smith, P.S. (2007) Tools for assessing impacts on teacher knowledge for mathematics and science teaching.<\/em>\u00a0 Presented at the STEM Summit,<\/a><\/p>\n Smith, P.S.\u00a0(2008) The importance of teacher content knowledge for student learning<\/em>.\u00a0 Presented at the 2008 Mathematics and Science Partnership Learning Network Conference, Washington D.C<\/a>.<\/p>\n Smith, P.S. (2008) Assessing Teacher Learning About Science Teaching: How do you know whether they are learning what you want them to learn?<\/em> Presented at the National Science Foundation Science Education and Workforce Development Conference, Washington D.C<\/a>.<\/p>\n Smith, P.S. (2008) How do you know if they are getting it?\u00a0 Writing assessment items that reveal student understanding.<\/em>\u00a0 Presented at the 2008 Conference on Preparation of Physics and Physical Science Teachers, Austin TX<\/a><\/p>\n Smith, P.S.\u00a0 (2008) Development and use of content-specific assessments of teacher knowledge.\u00a0 Presented at the Council of Chief State School Officers\u00a02008 Workshop for State Leaders and Evaluators of Professional Development, Washington D.C.<\/a><\/p>\n Smith, P.S. (2009)\u00a0\u00a0Measuring Content Knowledge of Middle Grades Teachers<\/em>.\u00a0 Presented at the 2009 American Association of Physics Teachers Summer Meeting, Ann Arbor, MI.<\/a><\/p>\n Smith, P.S.\u00a0(2010) Using ATLAST instruments to study the relationships among teacher knowledge, classroom instruction and student learning.\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0Presented at the 2010 Mathematics and Science Partnership Learning Network Conference, Washington D.C<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\nConference Presentations (slides only)<\/h3>\n