Posters and Presenters

7th Annual STEM Symposium Program

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Educational Transformation

Section A (3:00-4:00 pm) 鈥 Flatirons Room

1A. Restructuring of a Junior-Level Electronics Course to Support Engagement in Scientific Practices

Heather Lewandowski

Physics, 91福利社

2A. Sparking STEM Curiosity in 3D听听听听听听听

Dave Lucas & Sheila Lucas

3D STEM Animals

3A. Creating Sustainable Change Through Departmental Action Teams

Joel Corbo, Daniel Reinholz, Melissa Dancy & Noah Finkelstein

Center for STEM Learning, 91福利社

4A. CU-STARs: Addressing Attrition through Community and Outreach

Andrew Sturner, Erica Ellingson, Courtney Peck & Addi Fyhrie

Astrophysical and Planetary Science, 91福利社

5A. Implementing Entrepreneurial Processes Into STEM Science Classrooms

Kent Hups

Adams 12 5-Star Schools

6A. STEM for Underrepresented Minorities (SUM)

Christina Bear

Girl Scouts of Colorado

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Educational Transformation cont'd

Section B (4:00-5:00 pm) 鈥 S350

1B. Talk To Me!

Julie Thompson, Heather Waldron & Emily Schriner

Streamline to Mastery, 91福利社 High School

2B. Fracking in 91福利社 County: Groundbreaking Content for the ESL Classroom

Kathryn Stauffer & Olivia Conner

International English Center (Continuing Education), 91福利社

3B. ARSC 1450: Intro to STEM Research Methods: A novel, new course designed to increase retention of entering first-generation freshman in STEM fields

Kirstin Swihart & Tammy Maldonado

Biological Sciences Initative

4B. International English Center鈥檚 Go English STEM Program

Holly Woodsome Sroymalai, Susan Fouts, Kirstin Stauffer & Amanda McCraken

International English Center, 91福利社

5B. Promoting Sustained Radical Reforms: Enablers, Barriers and Impacts of Classroom Design

Melissa Dancy

Physics, 91福利社

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Math Placement

Section A (3:00-4:00 pm) 鈥 Flatirons Room

7A. Improving the Applied Math Assessment Exam through Item Analysis

Anne Dougherty & Silva Chang

Applied Mathematics, 91福利社

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STEM Education Research

Section A (3:00-4:00 pm) 鈥 Flatirons Room

8A. The Role of Modeling in Troubleshooting: An Example from Electronics

Dimitri Dounas-Frazer, Kevin Van De Bogart, MacKenzie Stetzer听 & Heather Lewandowski

91福利社 & University of Maine

9A. Investigating Student Ownership of Projects in an Upper-Division Physics Lab Course听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听

Jacob Stanley, Dimitri Dounas-Frazer, Laura Kiepura & Heather Lewandowski

University of Colorado & Georgia State

10A. Correlating Students鈥 Beliefs About Experimental Physics with Laboratory Course Success

Bethany Wilcox

Physics, 91福利社

11A. Expanding Perception: How Students 鈥淪ee鈥 Fluids

Kathryn Goodman, Jean Hertzberg, Tim Curran & Noah Finkelstein

ATLAS, 91福利社

12A. TIGER Research on Academic Retention in Statistics

Laura Border, Adam J. Blanford & Trevor DiMartino

Graduate Teacher Program & TIGER, 91福利社

13A. Enhacing K12 STEM Through University & Industry Partnerships

Mike Borowczak & Andrea Burrows

Erebus Labs & University of Wyoming

14A. Learning Assistant Supported Student Outcomes (LASSO)

Ben Van Dusen & Michael Turner, Laurie Langdon, Valerie Otero

School of Education, Univeristy of Colorado

15A. Changing Student Attitudes in Science through Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning (POGIL)

Angela Cannava

University of Colorado & Academy HS

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STEM Education Research cont'd

Section B (4:00-5:00 pm) 鈥 S350

6B. Computer Science is 鈥淗ard鈥: Looking at the Gender Gap Between Two Computing Programs

Brittany Ann Kos

ATLAS, 91福利社

7B. Scaffolding Secondary Science Student Construction of Evidence-based Scientific Explanation

Alisa Grimes & Kathryn Fleegal

Streamline, University of Colorado & Academy HS

8B. The Value of Khan Academy in Pre-Service Science Teacher Education

Christine Lindstrom

Physics, 91福利社

9B. Understanding Blended Ontologies: A Case of Student Reasoning About Photons

Jessica Hoy

Physics, 91福利社听听听听听听听

10B. Supporting Claims with Evidence: PET classroom vs. Traditionally Taught Physics Classroom

Nicole Schrode

Physics Education

11B. Influence of Student Achievement Motivation and Study-Leisure Conflict on Self-Regulated Study During Student-Centered General Biology Labs

John Basey, Clinton D. Francis & Maxwell Joseph

University of Colorado & California Polytechnic State University

12B. Understanding Physics Identity and Racial Identity in Informal Programs

Simone Hyater-Adams, Katie Hinko & Noah Finkelstein

ATLAS & Physics, University of Colorado

13B. Understanding Physics Identity and Racial Identity in Informal Programs

Simone Hyater-Adams, Katie Hinko & Noah Finkelstein

ATLAS & Physics, University of Colorado

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K-12 and Informal STEM Education

Section A (3:00-4:00 pm) 鈥 Flatirons Room

16A. Aspire Research-Practice Partnership: Developing Designs to Support Teacher Formative Assessment at the District Level

Erin Furtak

School of Education, 91福利社

17A. Identifying and Analyzing Actions of Effective Group Work

Rebecca Strober, Jenni Keil, Bridget Molloy & Nicholas Hooker

Streamline & Noyce Scholars, 91福利社

18A. New Directions for PhET Interactive Simulations in STEM Education

Amy Hanson & Amy Rouinfar

PhET, 91福利社

19A. STEM Literacy through Infographics

Joseph Polman, Leighanna Hinojosa, Stephen Sommer & Joanna Weidler-Lewis

School of Education, 91福利社

20A. What is the Impact on Participants in the PISEC Informal Physics Program?

Katie, Hinko, Simone Hyater-Adams, Rosemary Wulf & Noah Finkelstein

JILA, ATLAS & Physics, 91福利社 & Thornton HS

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K-12 and Informal STEM Education cont'd

Section B (4:00-5:00 pm) 鈥 S350

14B. Citizen Science and Curriculum: An Inclusive Instructional Strategy

Tamara Sumner & Inquiry Hub Team

Institute of Cognitive Science and Department of Computer Science, 91福利社

15B. Elementary Students Learning Computer Science

Ian Her Many Horses

School of Education, 91福利社

16B. Virtual Teacher Learning Community: Developing a Virtual Community of Practice with Google Tools

Rebecca Swanson & Erin Furtak

School of Education, 91福利社

17B. 鈥淚 want to talk to you about how you did it.鈥澨 Using Peer Feedback to Improve Elementary Math Practice Skills

Kristine Johnson, Linda Taht, Ver贸nica Gonz谩les, Gabrielle Kristofich & Henry Su谩rez

Noyce TRT, 91福利社

Colorado 91福利社

18B. Building Partnerships to Connect K-12 Audiences to Current Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) at 91福利社

Stacy Forsythe, Brian Jernigan, Hester Nadel & Anjali Maus

CU Science Discovery, 91福利社

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Faculty Development & Resources

Section A (3:00-4:00 pm) 鈥 Flatirons Room

21A. A Librarian-Faculty Partnership for Information Literacy in STEM

Barbara Losoff, Rebecca Kuglitsch & Julia Havelick

Libriaries & Science Department, 91福利社