PhysTEC

Cornell University Project Report 2009

Demographics

PhysTEC Definitions

PhysTEC Teachers
  Grade Band  Baseline  Project
Yr 1
2004-
2005		 Yr 2
2005-
2006		 Yr 3
2006-
2007		 Yr 1
2007-
2008		 Yr 2
2008-
2009		 Yr 3
2009-
2010		 Yr 4
2010-
2011		 Yr 5
2011-
2012
PhysTEC Secondary Graduate’ 7-12 2 men 3 men
1 woman		 1 man 1 woman 0      
PhysTEC Future Teachers         0 0      

Commentary on PhysTEC Teachers data: These numbers reflect individuals who were formally recommended for certification by the Cornell Teacher Education (CTE) program.  They may then have applied to NY State or another state for their actual certificate. The State of New York does not recognize certification for physical science. All of our pre-service teachers complete a physics major and an education minor as undergraduates, and then complete a one-year Master of Arts in Teaching Consequently, the earliest that students recruited at the freshman and sophomore level into our PhysTEC UTA program could appear in our teacher data is 2011-2012.

PhysTEC Mentors & Mentees
  Baseline Project
  Yr 1
2004-
2005		 Yr 2
2005-
2006		 Yr 3
2006-
2007		 Yr 1
2007-
2008		 Yr 2
2008-
2009		 Yr 3
2009-
2010		 Yr 4
2010-
2011		 Yr 5
2011-
2012
PhysTEC Mentors
(Current and Prior TIRs)		 0 0 0 1 1 2    
PhysTEC Mentees 0 0 0 48 26      
Mentored PhysTEC Teachers 0 0 0 0 1      
Mentored Non-PhysTEC Teachers 0 0 0 7 8      

Under PhysTEC Mentees, the number includes Graduate TAs, Undergraduate TAs, and students in Education courses with which the TIR assisted. The mentoring standard applied was a minimum of one personal contact per month plus regular availability of email contact.

PhysTEC Enrollment
Course Type   Baseline Project
  Yr 1
2004-
2005		 Yr 2
2005-
2006		 Yr 3
2006-
2007		 Yr 1
2007-
2008		 Yr 2
2008-
2009		 Yr 3
2009-
2010		 Yr 4
2010-
2011		 Yr 5
2011-
2012
Introductory calculus-based mechanics* Phys1112 513 508 583 441 528      
Introductory calculus-based mechanics* Phys2207 173 204 294 303 317      
Teaching and Learning Physics (TIR is the instructor) Phys4484/7684 xxx xxx xxx 17 24      
Secondary science teaching methods* EDUC 4050 24 14 18 131 16      
Total   710 726 895 774 885      

*TIR assisted in course instruction