Undergraduate Differentiated Units of Instruction, Research and Recognition By: Theresa Monaco, Ph.D., Melissa Pierson, Ph.D., Amber Meuth, Ed.D, and Lloyd Bernander Professional background Theresa Monaco is Professor of Curriculum and Instruction and Director of the Center for Gifted and Talented Education at the University of Houston. Her homepage URL is http://www.uh.edu/~tmonaco. She has authored: Monaco, T. (Ed.) 2 nd Edition (2002) Biographical Directory of Leaders in Gifted Education. ISBN# 0-89824-434-X Monaco, T. (Ed.) (1999) Gifted Program Evaluation: Ensuring Equity and Excellence. ISBN# 0-88092-240-0 Monaco, T. (2006) www.the Journal of Online Education (JOE).com Dr. Melissa Pierson speaks with a student about her differentiated unit. She is delighted with her hard work and that of her colleagues.
Dr. Amber Meuth holds the Evaluation Form used to critique the differentiated units created by our teachers Dr. Theresa Monaco discusses the research on the differentiated unit of one of her students.
Our teacher-scholars put on quite a show for us, displaying their knowledge and research to their contemporaries. As the research symposium ended, it left us all saying the same thing: I can't wait to see what's in store for 2011! Photos by Lloyd Bernander, QUEST 1 middle school science student, and freelance photographer
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