Dear colleagues,
This is a call for abstracts from both practitioners and researchers for the symposium Writing to Promote Learning and Disciplinary Thinking in Chemistry, which will take place this summer at the 2022 Biennial Conference on Chemical Education (BCCE) at Purdue University (West Lafayette, Indiana) from July 31st-August 4th. Abstracts must be submitted by February 28th, 2022 for full consideration ( https://www.bcce2022.org/abstracts).
Symposium Description: The National Research Council recently called for increased incorporation of writing in STEM classrooms because of its ability to support conceptual learning and student development of disciplinary practices. Current writing pedagogies utilized in chemistry courses range from tasks focused on conceptual learning and critical thinking to genre assignments that support discipline-specific writing skills and practices. Additionally, there are moves to incorporate instructional scaffolds that support both the efficacy of writing assignments and their instructional use. The purpose of this symposium is to bring together instructors that use writing and researchers that study writing in chemistry classrooms at the college and/or high school level. Both instructors and researchers are encouraged to submit abstracts related to the implementation of or research on writing of any form (long-from, short-form, disciplinary genres, writing-to-learn, etc.) in chemistry classrooms. Abstracts should clearly indicate a research or practice focus.
Thank you for the consideration,
Symposium Organizers:
Dr. Solaire Finkenstaedt-Quinn (she/her/hers), MWrite Program Manager, University of Michigan (quinnsa@umich.edu)
Field Watts (he/him/his), Ph.D. Candidate, University of Michigan ( fieldmw@umich.edu)
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Solaire Finkenstaedt-Quinn, Ph.D.
she/her/hers
MWrite Program Manager
Department of Chemistry
Sweetland Center for Writing
University of Michigan