SUNDAY |
2:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in (Office Closed 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm) |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Welcome / Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff |
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm | Representational Competence: Student Understanding of Symbols, Lines, and Arrows |
| Discussion Leader: Ellen Yezierski (Miami University) |
7:40 pm - 8:20 pm | Melanie M. Cooper (Clemson University) "Investigating and Improving the Development of Representational Competence" |
8:20 pm - 8:35 pm | Discussion |
8:35 pm - 9:15 pm | Mike Stieff (University of Illinois at Chicago) "Reasoning with Molecular Diagrams in the Mind and in the World" |
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
MONDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
8:30 am | Group Photo |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Student Understanding of Biochemical Processes and Large Molecules: Biochemistry Education Research and Biochemistry Classroom Practices |
| Discussion Leader: Jill Granger (Sweet Briar College) |
9:00 am - 9:45 am | Trevor R. Anderson (University of KwaZulu-Natal (Pietermaritzburg)) "Student difficulties with external representations and symbolic language in biochemistry" |
9:45 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 11:15 am | Konrad Schönborn (Linköpings Universitet) "A Multimodal Literacy in Biochemistry? Uncovering Students' Visuohaptic Representational Interactions with Virtual Biomolecules" |
11:15 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 12:15 pm | Vicky Minderhout (Seattle University) "Assessment of prerequisite knowledge in biochemistry courses and implications for instructional design" |
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Free Time |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Undergraduate Research and Characteristics of Sustained Implementation |
| Discussion Leader: Renee Cole (University of Central Missouri/University of Iowa) |
7:30 pm - 8:15 pm | Sandra Laursen (University of Colorado - Boulder) "Learning, Teaching, and Research: Fundamental Tensions of Undergraduate Research" |
8:15 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 9:15 pm | Charles Henderson (Western Michigan University) "The Challenges of Spreading and Sustaining Research-Based Instruction in Undergraduate STEM" |
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
9:30 pm - 11:00 pm | Poster Session I |
TUESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Curriculum Development at the Upper Division Level: ASDL, VIPEr, and Physical Chemistry Lab |
| Discussion Leader: Patrick Daubenmire (Loyola University of Chicago) |
9:00 am - 9:45 am | Thomas J. Wenzel and Cynthia Larive (Bates College and University of California Riverside) "Development of Contextual E-Learning Modules for Analytical Chemistry" |
9:45 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 11:15 am | Joanne Stewart and Barbara Reisner (Hope College and James Madison University) "The Virtual Inorganic Pedagogical Electronic Resource: Collaboration, community building, and faculty development" |
11:15 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 12:15 pm | Simon North (Texas A&M University) "Building an Undergraduate Physical Chemistry Laboratory Course for the 21st Century: A Case Study at Texas A&M University" |
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Free Time |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Cognitive Science and Geoscience Education Research |
| Discussion Leader: David Yaron (Carnegie Mellon University) |
7:30 pm - 8:15 pm | Daniel Schwartz (Stanford University) "What transfer research has to say about instruction and tests" |
8:15 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 9:15 pm | Julie Libarkin (Michigan State University) "Visual Scientific Literacy and Learning" |
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
9:30 pm - 11:00 pm | Poster Session II |
WEDNESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Participation, Progress, and Success for Teachers, Faculty, and Students |
| Discussion Leader: Jimmy Reeves (University of North Carolina - Wilmington) |
9:00 am - 9:45 am | Donald J. Wink (University of Illinois at Chicago) "An identity trajectory analysis of engagement with a large urban district" |
9:45 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 11:15 am | Saundra McGuire (Louisiana State University) "Get Chemistry Students to Focus on Learning Instead of Grades: Metacognition
is the Key!" |
11:15 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 12:15 pm | Donna J. Nelson (University of Oklahoma) "Faculty Demographics: A Look at Science and Engineering" |
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Free Time |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:00 pm - 7:30 pm | Business Meeting |
| Nominations for the next Vice Chair; Fill out Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss future Site & Scheduling preferences; Election of the next Vice Chair |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Chemistry Education and Science Education for All |
| Discussion Leader: Stacey Lowery Bretz (Miami University)
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7:30 pm - 8:15 pm | Roald Hoffmann (Cornell University) "Good Stories in Teaching Chemistry" |
8:15 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 9:15 pm | Martin Storksdieck (National Academy of Sciences, Board on Science Education) "Chemistry in the public mind: perception, learning and emotion" |
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
9:30 pm - 11:00 pm | Poster Session III |
THURSDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Student Understanding of the Nano World and Getting Biologists Excited About Chemistry |
| Discussion Leader: MaryKay Orgill (University of Nevada - Las Vegas) |
9:00 am - 9:45 am | Leslie Flynn (University of Iowa) "Microscopy Camp: Building Sustainable Collaborations in STEM Education" |
9:45 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 11:15 am | Kristen Murphy (University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee) "Scale literacy of undergraduate chemistry students: Is it really a big problem?" |
11:15 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 12:15 pm | Beth Vogel Taylor (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) "Bringing Biology and Medicine into Introductory Chemistry without Time-Intensive Curriculum Changes." |
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Free Time |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Impacting Student Development and Achievement |
| Discussion Leader: Maria Oliver-Hoyo (North Carolina State University) |
7:30 pm - 8:15 pm | Gautam Bhattacharyya (Clemson University) "Rhyme and reason? Decision-making by scientists" |
8:15 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 9:15 pm | Thomas J. Greenbowe (Iowa State University) "Studying relationships: Human involvement in wet laboratory and computer simulations for general chemistry laboratory assessment tasks" |
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
FRIDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am | Departure |