Posters and Presenters

7th Annual STEM Symposium Program

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Educational Transformation

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

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

Heather Lewandowski

Physics, ñ

2A. Sparking STEM Curiosity in 3D

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, ñ

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

Andrew Sturner, Erica Ellingson, Courtney Peck & Addi Fyhrie

Astrophysical and Planetary Science, ñ

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

Educational Transformation cont'd

Section B (4:00-5:00 pm) – S350

1B. Talk To Me!

Julie Thompson, Heather Waldron & Emily Schriner

Streamline to Mastery, Boulder High School

2B. Fracking in Boulder County: Groundbreaking Content for the ESL Classroom

Kathryn Stauffer & Olivia Conner

International English Center (Continuing Education), ñ

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’s Go English STEM Program

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

International English Center, ñ

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

Melissa Dancy

Physics, ñ

Math Placement

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

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

Anne Dougherty & Silva Chang

Applied Mathematics, ñ

STEM Education Research

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

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

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

ñ & University of Maine

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

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

University of Colorado & Georgia State

10A. Correlating Students’ Beliefs ñ Experimental Physics with Laboratory Course Success

Bethany Wilcox

Physics, ñ

11A. Expanding Perception: How Students “See” Fluids

Kathryn Goodman, Jean Hertzberg, Tim Curran & Noah Finkelstein

ATLAS, ñ

12A. TIGER Research on Academic Retention in Statistics

Laura Border, Adam J. Blanford & Trevor DiMartino

Graduate Teacher Program & TIGER, ñ

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

STEM Education Research cont'd

Section B (4:00-5:00 pm) – S350

6B. Computer Science is “Hard”: Looking at the Gender Gap Between Two Computing Programs

Brittany Ann Kos

ATLAS, ñ

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, ñ

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

Jessica Hoy

Physics, ñ

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

K-12 and Informal STEM Education

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

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

Erin Furtak

School of Education, ñ

17A. Identifying and Analyzing Actions of Effective Group Work

Rebecca Strober, Jenni Keil, Bridget Molloy & Nicholas Hooker

Streamline & Noyce Scholars, ñ

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

Amy Hanson & Amy Rouinfar

PhET, ñ

19A. STEM Literacy through Infographics

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

School of Education, ñ

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, ñ & Thornton HS

K-12 and Informal STEM Education cont'd

Section B (4:00-5:00 pm) – S350

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

Tamara Sumner & Inquiry Hub Team

Institute of Cognitive Science and Department of Computer Science, ñ

15B. Elementary Students Learning Computer Science

Ian Her Many Horses

School of Education, ñ

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

Rebecca Swanson & Erin Furtak

School of Education, ñ

17B. “I want to talk to you about how you did it.” Using Peer Feedback to Improve Elementary Math Practice Skills

Kristine Johnson, Linda Taht, Verónica Gonzáles, Gabrielle Kristofich & Henry Suárez

Noyce TRT, ñ

Colorado Boulder

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

Stacy Forsythe, Brian Jernigan, Hester Nadel & Anjali Maus

CU Science Discovery, ñ

Faculty Development & Resources

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

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

Barbara Losoff, Rebecca Kuglitsch & Julia Havelick

Libriaries & Science Department, ñ