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Physics Education Research Conference 2011 Schedule
Frontiers in Assessment: Instrumentation, Goals & Practices
The conference theme is intended to generate productive dialogues about issues of assessment and to help our field grow by highlighting assessments that go beyond traditional approaches.
The Hixson Lied Auditorium and Ballrooms are located in the Harper Center.
Contributed Posters can be set up starting at about 4:30pm on Wednesday. The posters will be available during breakfast and throughout the day on Thursday. They must be removed by 4:00pm on Thursday.
| Wednesday, August 3, 2011 |
| 3:00pm - 4:30pm |
AAPT/PERC Bridging Session - Hixson Lied Auditorium
Presiding: Elizabeth Gire, University of Memphis
Assessment Lessons from K-12 Education Research: Knowledge Representation, Learning, and Motivation
Lorrie Shepard, University of Colorado at Boulder
Complex Interactions Between Formative Assessment, Technology, and Classroom Practices
Edward Price, California State University San Marcos
Discussion
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| 4:30pm - 5:00pm |
Break
Contributed posters may be set up in Ballroom A/B
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| 5:00pm - 7:00pm |
Banquet and Dinner Speaker - Ballroom C
Presiding: Noah Podolefsky, University of Colorado at Boulder
Standards-based Grading with Voice: Listening for Students' Understanding
Andy Rundquist, Hamline University
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| 7:00pm - 10:00pm |
Contributed Poster Session - Ballroom A/B
Odd-numbered posters are discussed from 7:30pm – 8:30pm and even-numbered posters are discussed from 8:30pm – 10:00pm
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| Thursday, August 4, 2011 |
| 7:30am - 8:30am |
Breakfast - Ballroom A/B
Continuing discussions around contributed posters will continue throughout the day.
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| 8:30am - 10:00am |
Morning Parallel Sessions
Poster Gallery - Room 3023A
Formative and Summative Assessment in Upper-Level Physics
Organizers: C. Singh and G. Zhu
Presenters: B. S. Ambrose, M. Loverude, C. A. Manogue, S. Pollock, C. Singh
Poster Gallery - Room 3028
Fostering Computational Thinking
Organizer: M. D. Caballero
Presenters: M. D. Caballero, M. A. Kohlmyer, M. F. Schatz
Round Table - Room 3027
Homework Systems for Learning
Organizer: S. Godshall
Presenters: S. Godshall, S. Franklin, Y. Lin, R. E. Teodorescu
Round Table - Room 3029
Supporting Scientific Reasoning: From Teachers to Materials to Students
Organizer: B. R. Patton
Presenters: R. Chabay, B. R. Patton, B. A. Pyper
Workshop - Room 3023B
The Group-Administered-Interactive-Questionnaire: A Cost-Effective Alternative to Individual Interviews
Organizer: E. Yerushalmi
Co-organizers: C. Henderson, S. Lin, W. Mamudi, C. Singh
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| 10:00am - 10:20am |
Coffee Break - Ballroom A/B
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| 10:20am - 12:20pm |
Plenary Session - Hixson Lied Auditorium
Presiding: David Brookes, Florida International University
Research and Development of Enhanced Assessment Tools for Chemistry Education
Thomas A. Holme, Iowa State University
Defining and Assessing Competence in Science: Lessons Learned the Hard Way
James W. Pellegrino, University of Illinois at Chicago
Student Engagement in Disciplinary Assessment
Co-presenter: Janet E. Coffey, University of Maryland
Co-author: David Hammer
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| 12:20pm - 1:50pm |
Lunch - Ballroom C
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| 1:50pm - 3:20pm |
Afternoon Parallel Sessions
Poster Gallery - Room 3027
Multiple Assessments of Multiple-Choice Assessments
Organizers: C. Singh and J. Li
Presenters: V. Coletta, J. Li, S. Lin, D. E. Meltzer, N. S. Rebello
Poster Gallery - Room 3029
Proximal Formative Assessment
Organizer: R. E. Scherr
Authors: E. W. Close, S. B. McKagan, B. W. Harrer, E. C. Sayre, R. E. Scherr
Poster Gallery - Room 3023
Representation Issues: Using Mathematics in Upper-Division Physics
Organizers: C. A. Manogue, J. Thompson, and J. Wagner
Authors: C. A. Manogue, E. Price, J. R. Thompson, M. C. Wittmann
Poster Gallery - Room 3028
Moving Beyond Conceptual Inventories
Organizer: B. Thacker
Presenters: D. Demaree, E. Etkina, M. M. Haghanikar, P. B. Kohl, B. Thacker
Workshop - Room 3023B
Redesigning Assessments to Motivate Students for Deeper Learning
Organizers: Y. Lin and D. Brookes
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| 3:20pm - 4:00pm |
Posters may be removed by authors. All posters should be taken down by 4pm.
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Download the conference program (437kb .pdf)
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