Dear colleagues,
This is a call for abstracts for the symposium Designing and Evaluating Curricula to Incorporate Scientific Research Skills which will take place this summer at the 2020 Biennial Conference on Chemical Education (BCCE) at Oregon State University (Corvallis, Oregon) from July 18th-23rd. Abstracts must be submitted by February 24th, 2020 for full consideration (https://bcce2020.org/call-for-abstracts/).
Symposium Description: Symposium Description: Inclusion and development of scientific research skills in the classroom has been a major focus of K-16 curriculum development in recent years. This has been pursued through the adoption of teaching strategies, such as inquiry-oriented laboratories or pedagogical techniques (e.g. POGIL), and the re-design of lab curricula around authentic research (e.g. CUREs). Scientific literature and authentic data have also been incorporated into classroom science to develop support the development of scientific research skills like data analysis, experimental design, etc. However, the learning goals associated with these skills are often too generic to adequately assess. This is likely due in part to the distinct lack of data-driven research specifically focused on the process of designing and evaluating curricula that support the development and assessment of specific scientific skills.
This symposium is open to researchers and practitioners who are interested in the use of student data to inform the design and evaluation of curriculum to develop scientific research skills. Abstracts submitted to this symposium should focus on either the design and implementation of these teaching formats, evaluation of these types of teaching formats, or assessment of student learning within these teaching formats. Presentations should include how literature or data was used to inform design, evaluation, and/or assessment decisions.
Thanks for the consideration,
Stefan Irby, University of Central Florida (stefan.irby@ucf.edu)
Kathleen Jeffery, University of New Hampshire (kathleen.jeffery@unh.edu)
Dr. Stefan Irby, Ph.D. | He, Him, His
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Department of Chemistry, University of Central Florida
