Need a reason to visit Southern California in January? Marcy Towns of our community is a plenary speaker. Check it out! Abstracts close in 6 weeks (Oct. 15).
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We are excited to announce an **interdisciplinary** conference on advancing research on quantitative reasoning (QR) in STEM education! The conference will be held at Chapman University on January 15-16, 2026, and will have three fantastic guest speakers (Anita Schuhardt, bio education; Marcy Towns, chemistry education; Lindsey Engle Richland, math education). The conference has the following goals:
- Provide a forum for sharing research about the teaching and learning of QR in STEM
- Facilitate conversations between different STEM education research disciplines
- Synthesize current research on QR in STEM, exploring key themes across STEM education disciplines
- Identify opportunities for future research and collaboration among different STEM education research disciplines related to QR
- Generate a meeting report or white paper that summarizes the state of research on QR in STEM
Early bird registration and abstract submission (short talks and posters) are now open; abstracts are due by October 15. Please visit our conference website for more information, registration, and abstract submission: https://sites.chapman.edu/qrstemeducationconference/ Works in progress are welcome, and we particularly encourage submissions from trainees. The conference is also being held immediately prior to the Society for Advancement of Biology Education Research – West (SABER West) regional meeting, so that you can attend both the QR conference and SABER West conferences in one trip to Southern California!