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Poster 7
Exploring the Impact of Extracurricular Experiences in General Science Courses -
Nastassia N. Jones and Michele Guannel, University of the Virgin Islands
Poster 8
A Case Study Describing The Transformation Process of Faculty Members
Adopting Learner-Centered Teaching Methods -
Gili Marbach-Ad, University of
Maryland
Poster 9
Evolution of interdisciplinary CUREs: all about the independent research project -
Martina Ederer and Trish Hartzell, University of Idaho
Poster 10
Promoting the Success of Students with Disabilities in STEM Majors - Christopher
Andersen, Ohio University
Poster 11
Promoting Active Learning in an Introductory Chemistry Course: Challenges and
Opportunities - David Pugalee and Alisa Wickliff, UNC Charlotte
Poster 12
Making Connections: How a Small Learning and Teaching Center Has a Big Impact
- Kristin O'Connell, Carleton College
Poster 13
Center for Science Teaching and Learning: STEM Education and Research across
the Teacher Learning Continuum
- Pradeep (Max) Dass, Northern Arizona
University
Poster 14
Undergraduate STEM Students Learn More, Fail Less, and Have Decreased
Achievement Gaps With Active Learning Strategies, Even from Novice Instructors
- Shanna Shaked, University of California Los Angeles
Poster 15
Designing Educational Innovations for Sustained Adoption - Charles Henderson,
Western Michigan University
Poster 16
The Role of Peer Leaders in STEM Education - Dabney Dixon, Georgia State
University
Poster 17
Education in the Food-Energy-Water-Nexus: A Collaborative DBER Network
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Cory Forbes, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Research Action Clusters and Significant Interest Groups (SIGs)
Orleans
GaSTEMC - Zipangani Vokhiwa, Co-PI, Mercer University
Bonnet Carre
The Nebraska Collaborative for Food, Energy, & Water Education: Opportunities
and Strategic Visioning - Cory Forbes, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Iberville
Collaborative Around Research Experiences for Teachers (CARET) - John Keller,
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo; Jessica Dwyer, University of Utah; Willie Burgess,
Purdue University; Bruce Johnson, University of Arizona; Jessica S. Krim, Southern
Illinois University Edwardsville; Bryan Rebar, University of Oregon; and Renee
Schwartz, Georgia State University
Queen Anne Parlor
Hawai‘i Teaching and Research Action Clusters in STEM (TRACS) - John Rand,
University of Hawaii System
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Saturday, June 24, 2017
7:00 AM - 8:30 AM
Breakfast + Birds of a Feather in Queen Anne Ballroom
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
Plenary: Using Data to Make Your Case Effectively in East/West Ballroom
Angela Bell, Associate Vice Chancellor, University System of Georgia,
will discuss how to use data to make compelling arguments for
administrators.
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM
Interactive Session with Centers on Telling Your Story
9:50 AM - 10:30 AM
Concurrent Sessions III
Orleans
Linking National and Institutional Efforts to Prepare Future STEM Faculty as
Effective Teachers: Lessons Learned from the Center for the Integration of
Research, Teaching, and Learning (CIRTL) - Ann E. Austin, Michigan State
University; Lucas Hill, University of Wisconsin Madison; Jessica Schein,
Michigan State University
Iberville
STEM Education Centers as a Framework to Sustain Systemic Change of
Undergraduate STEM Education
- Alejandro de la Puente, National Science
Foundation
Bonnet Carre
A Unique STEM Initiative: Research Experiences for Secondary Math and
Science Teachers (RET) Paired with Classroom Support from Senior
Undergraduate Engineering Students
- Debora Liberi, University of Cincinnati
Queen Anne Parlor
Establishment and Expansion of the Alabama Alliance for Students with
Disabilities in STEM - Overtoun Jenda and Brittany McCullough, Auburn
University
10:30 AM - 10:55 AM
Break
10:55 AM - 11:35 AM
Roundtables IV
Roundtable 1
Patience, Persistence, and Perseverance: Creating Lasting and Meaningful
Internal and External Partnerships in K-12 STEM Education - Allison Grabert,
University of Southern Indiana
Roundtable 2
Re-engaging Teachers in their Craft through Action Research
- Michele Guannel
and Nastassia Jones, University of the Virgin Islands
Roundtable 3
The Nebraska Collaborative for Food, Energy, & Water Education: Opportunities
and Strategic Visioning - Cory Forbes, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Roundtable 4
Biology Teaching Assistant Project (BioTAP 2.0): A Network to Build a Capacity for
Collaborative Research on Biology Graduate Teaching Assistant Teaching
Professional Development (GTA TPD) - Gili Marbach-Ad, University of Maryland