Second Annual UK STEM Education Symposium
"Connecting STEM Education across the Bluegrass State"
Schedule of Events
| Friday, April 29, 2011 8:00-9:00 |
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Check-in
Table outside of Grand Ballroom |
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| 9:00-10:15 Grand Ballroom, UK Student Center |
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Introduction |
Jennifer Wilhelm, College of Education, Dept. of STEM Education |
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" |
| 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) |
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| 12:00 - 1:00 Small Ballroom Lunch provided for all registered participants |
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| 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) |
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| Coffee Break 2:45-3:15 Small Ballroom |
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| 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 |
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| Poster Session 4:45-6:00 Grand Ballroom |
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| Hor d'oeuvres will be served in the Small Ballroom during the poster display session. | |

