Second Annual UK STEM Education Symposium

"Connecting STEM Education across the Bluegrass State"


Schedule of Events

Friday, April 29, 2011
8:00-9:00

Check-in Table outside of Grand Ballroom
Breakfast in Small Ballroom

9:00-10:15
Grand Ballroom, UK Student Center

Introduction

Jennifer Wilhelm, College of Education, Dept. of STEM Education
Bruce Walcott, College of Engineering

Guest Speaker

David Couch, Associate Commissioner of Knowledge, Information and Data Services at Kentucky Department of Education

Keynote Address

David Burns, "The Role of Networks in STEM Innovation"
Ohio STEM Learning Network Education Director of Operations, Battelle

10:30-12:00 Presentations of Papers

Room 206

Central Kentucky Mathematics Circles: Benjamin Braun, Russell Brown, Jakayla Robbins (Roundtable)

Preservice Teacher Preparation (PTP) Collaboratives: Building Multi- Institutional Partnerships: Edna Schack, Sara Eisenhardt, Molly Fisher, Sarah Kasten (Roundtable)

From Experience to Practice: Effect of Distance Learning Institute on Teachers' Instructional Practice of Science: Rebecca Krall

Motivating STEM Faculty In Postsecondary STEM Education Reform: Jana Bouwma-Gearhart

Room 211

The Kentucky Center for Mathematics: Kirsten Fleming

Web-based organic chemistry homework: Robert Grossman, Raphael Finkel

Teaching Chemistry with Laboratory Online to Non-science Majors as part of Eastern Kentucky University's eCampus Distance Learning Program: Lori Wilson

Using Computer-Based Algebra for Visualization in the Physical Sciences: Jason Fuller

Room 249

Striving for equitable K-12 engineering education: A case study of one teacher's approach: Christine Schnittka

I'm just a boy with girl parts: Understanding gender identity and negotiation in an undergraduate engineering program: Jennifer Skaggs

Teachers Knowledge of Equity: Christa Jackson (Roundtable)

Formative Assessment Strategies Designed to Scaffold Student Learning in K-12 Science: Christine Rich, Thomas Tretter, Lee Ann Nickerson, Amy Strite, Beth Sanders, Lacey Eckels, Sarah Milliner, Katherine Sellers, Kristen Magness (Roundtable)

12:00 - 1:00 Small Ballroom
Lunch provided for all registered participants

 

1:15-2:45 Presentations of Papers

Room 203

UK Pilot Mini-Bridge in the Spring for the Sciences: Randolph Hollingsworth, Carol Hanley (Roundtable)

Room 206

Black Males Working STEM Academy: Carol Hanley, Brian Radcliffe, Kelly Taylor, Christa Jackson, Christine Schnittka

Noticing Numeracy Now (N3): A Collaborative Research Project to Develop Pre-service: Molly Fisher, Jonathan Thomas, Edna Schack, Sara Eisenhardt, Margaret Yoder

From Our Students' Perspective: Expectations and Goals for "Physics for Teachers": Jon Gaffney

Developing Scientific Reasoning in K-12 Teacher Education: Jing Wang

Room 211

Science fairs, Kentucky students, and an enhanced Kentucky economy: Edward DeMoll

Partnerships and Experience in Building a STEM Pipeline: Jeffrey Hieb, Patricia A. S. Ralston

Science Literacy Project: Carol Hanley, Laurie A. Henry, Teddie Phillipson Mower

Rural STEM Initiatives: Reaching and Learning from the Commonwealth and Beyond: Barbara Shoemaker, John H. Yopp, Wimberly Royster

Room 249

Involving Undergraduate Education Majors in Summer Science Research: Joseph Brill, Kwok-wai Ng

Project Lead The Way: Dianne Leveridge, Mike Crowhurst

The Cardboard Boat Project - Designing Successful Outcomes: Jean Porter

UK Mathematics Clinic: Christa Jackson (Roundtable)

Coffee Break
2:45-3:15 Small Ballroom
 
3:15-4:45 Roundtables

Room 206

Scott County High School - PLTW Model School of the Year: Jean Porter

The UK STEM Education Lab: An Invitation To Inform Future Direction Through New Collaborations: Jana Bouwma-Gearhart, Molly Fisher, Christine Schnittka

Room 249

Progress Toward a New Anatomy Course for Undergraduates in Second Life™: April Richardson, Matt Hazzard, Christopher Bentley, Jennifer Brueckner-Collins

Green School Learning Laboratory Instructional Design and Research Plan: Joe Chavez, Steve Kerlin, Billy Bennett

Room 363

Experiential Entrepreneurship Education for Engineering Students: Nick Such, Brian Raney

Transitions: Developing Information Literacy Skills Among STEM Students: Susan Smith, Valerie Perry, Jan Carver

Room 359

The Teacher/Scientist: Bringing the Scientific Method to the Classroom: Scott Diamond

What are the Differences between Teaching Math Traditionally and Online?: Antoinette Davis

Room 357

Implementation of a Project-Enhanced, Introductory Solar System Class within a large Lecture Hall Setting: Ronald Wilhelm, Jennifer Wilhelm

Poster Session
4:45-6:00 Grand Ballroom
  • UK College of Medicine Ambassadors Program: Matthew Hensley, Joe Thomas, Carol Elam, Shea Poynter, James Ballard, Carlos Marin Wallis and Gregory-Leibniz Formulae: Jiwhan Hong, Eungchun Cho
  • Teach Engineering Website - curriculum review: Jennifer Ferguson, Shabnam Haghishahir
  • Evaluating Building Math: Lauren Schwartz, Shannon Faulkner
  • eGFI Website and Instructional Curriculum Review: Steven Vogel, Matt Beaulieu
  • Improving Student Understanding of Temperature and Heat through Distance Learning-Professional Development for Teachers: Tim Bradshaw, Rebecca Krall, William Rayens, Jessica Cunningham, Sally Shafer, Joseph Straley, Kelly Bradley, Jeffrey Osborn
  • A Movement To Improve Undergraduate STEM Education: Jennifer Collins, Jana Bouwma-Gearhart, Stephen Schmid
  • Kentucky Girls STEM Collaborative: Carol D. Hanley, Sue M. Scheff
  • NSF ITEST: Carol D. Hanley, Brian Radcliffe, Kelly Taylor
  • MRI Analysis of the Correlation Between Iron Levels in the Brain's Putamen and Alzheimer's Disease with Relation to Motor Skills: Sandy Huang, Peter Hardy
  • Jungle Mathematics: Unifying Mathematics and Biology Curriculum: David Little
  • Quantitative Course Bias: Implications for the Preparation of Future
  • STEM Education Researchers: David Little, Kenny Royal
  • University of Kentucky's Partnership Institute for Mathematics and Science Education Reform (PIMSER): John Yopp, Wimberly Royster, Barbara Shoemaker
  • Size-Effects on Correlated Etching of Few-Layered Graphene Nanoribbons: Arunita Kar, Stephen L. Johnson, David Patrick Hunley, Douglas R. Strachan
  • Developing Phage-Based Biomarkers to Detect Alzheimer's Disease in Biofluids: Stephen Steinmetz
  • RNA Interference as an Effective and Environmentally-Friendly Method of Insect Population Contro: Roshan Palli
  • A Semi-Autonomous Lego Ground Vehicle: Matthew Russell
Hor d'oeuvres will be served in the Small Ballroom during the poster display session.

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