Keynote research presentations will last approximately 30 minutes, followed by extended (15 minute) question-and-answer sessions. Parallel sessions with shorter contributed research presentations (15 minutes) will allow attendees to share their own STEM education research and practices. Attendees will also have the opportunity to disseminate and discuss each other’s ideas during a poster session.

Thursday, September 6

Time Event Location
8:45 – 9:10 am Registration and Breakfast Room 200
9:10 – 9:20 am Welcome
9:20 – 10:05 am

Spatial Thinking for STEM Success

Nora Newcombe

10:05 – 10:50 am

Metacognitive Regulation: How Undergraduate Students Evaluate and Adjust their Approaches to Learning in Biology

Julie Stanton

10:50 – 11:00 am Break 2nd Floor
11:00 – 11:45 am

Using Big Data to Understand Factors that Affect Student Success in STEM

Tim Nokes-Malach

Room 200
11:40 am – 1:25 pm Lunch Anheuser-Busch Dining Hall, 3rd Floor
1:25 – 2:10 pm

Good Ideas and Evidence are not Sufficient to Change Teaching Practices

Charles Henderson

Room 200
2:10 – 2:55 pm

A Pilot Study Investigating Average Students’ Learning on General Chemistry Problems from Cognitive Psychology and DBER Perspectives

Diane Bunce

2:55 – 3:50 pm 2 Parallel Sessions of Contributed Presentations (3 talks per session) TBA
3:50 – 4:05 pm Break 2nd Floor
4:05 – 4:35 pm Roundtable Discussions with Keynote Presenters TBA
4:45 – 6:15 pm Reception O’Donnell Lounge, 2ndFloor
Poster Session Room 211 & 2nd Floor Hallway
6:15 pm Shuttles Back to Hotel 1st Floor Lobby
Dinner (on your own)  

Friday, September 7

Time Event Location
8:30 – 9:00 am Registration and Breakfast Room 200
9:00 – 9:45 am Keynote Presentation 6:Andy Butler
9:45 – 10:30 am

What Should We Attribute to Individual Minds?

David Hammer

10:30 – 10:45 am Break 2nd Floor
10:45 – 11:15 am 2 Parallel Session of Contributed Presentations (3 talks per session) TBA
11:15 – 11:30 am Close of Conference TBA
11:30 am – 1:00 pm Lunch Anheuser-Busch Dining Hall, 3rd Floor