Topic: The Learning Assistant Model as a Catalyst for Instructional Improvement and Institutional Change Abstract: The learning assistant model began at CU Boulder in 2001 with 4 LAs to support… Read More »
CREATE Science Seminar: Dr. Valerie Otero
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CREATE Science Seminar: Dr. Matthew Kloser
Title: “Is biology education evolving?: Critiquing three cases of high school and undergraduate biology education reform.” Abstract: Questions are at the heart of biological inquiry. The discipline is shaped by… Read More »
CREATE Science Seminar: Dr. Kevin Haudek, MSU
Title: Using Automated Analysis to Reveal Student Thinking in STEM Abstract: In the Automated Analysis of Constructed Response (AACR) Research Group, we develop constructed response assessment items and associated predictive… Read More »
CREATE Science Seminar-Dr. Marilyne Stains, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Title: Importance of characterizing STEM faculty members’ instructional mindsets and practices in an era of instructional transformation Abstract: Local and national initiatives to improve the learning experiences of students enrolled… Read More »
CREATE Science Seminar-Dr. Louise Mead and Dr. Alexa Warwick, BEACON Center, MSU
Title: ConnectedBio curriculum: three-dimensional learning from molecules to populations Abstract: Students are often taught evolution isolated from genetic and cellular mechanisms. In reality, a complete understanding of evolution requires knowledge… Read More »
Special Presentation by Dr. Regina Soobard, University of Tartu, Estonia
Title: Research in science education – experiences from University of Tartu Science Education Centre Abstract: Estonia has competence-based curriculum since 2011 and Estonian 15-year old students have high overall scores… Read More »
CREATE Science Seminar Speaker: Dr. Barbara Hug, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Title: Using ecosystem models to examine students’ developing understanding of vector-borne disease. Abstract: The Next Generation Science Standards emphasize the interconnected nature of scientific practices, crosscutting concepts, and disciplinary core… Read More »
CREATE Science Seminar: Kristen St. John, James Madison University
Title: Building a Stronger DBER Community: Disciplinary and Cross-Disciplinary Examples Abstract: An effective DBER community of practice is one that builds competency and capacity in DBER and generates results that… Read More »
CREATE Science Seminar Speaker: Dr. Mary Besterfield-Sacre, University of Pittsburgh
Title: GenZ and STEM Education Today – How to Capitalize on the Crossroads Abstract: Freeman and colleagues (2015) provided substantial proof what we have intuitively known for quite some time… Read More »
CREATE Science Seminar Speaker: Dr. Leona Schauble, Vanderbilt University
Title: Should we teach young students domain general scientific thinking skills? Abstract: It is worthwhile to reconsider the relative advantages of regarding scientific thinking in young children through a domain… Read More »