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, Ƶ18

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, Ƶ18

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

Andrew Sturner, Erica Ellingson, Courtney Peck & Addi Fyhrie

Astrophysical and Planetary Science, Ƶ18

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), Ƶ18

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, Ƶ18

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

Melissa Dancy

Physics, Ƶ18

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, Ƶ18

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

Ƶ18 & 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 Ƶ18 Experimental Physics with Laboratory Course Success

Bethany Wilcox

Physics, Ƶ18

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

Kathryn Goodman, Jean Hertzberg, Tim Curran & Noah Finkelstein

ATLAS, Ƶ18

12A. TIGER Research on Academic Retention in Statistics

Laura Border, Adam J. Blanford & Trevor DiMartino

Graduate Teacher Program & TIGER, Ƶ18

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, Ƶ18

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, Ƶ18

9B. Understanding Blended Ontologies: A Case of Student Reasoning Ƶ18 Photons

Jessica Hoy

Physics, Ƶ18

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, Ƶ18

17A. Identifying and Analyzing Actions of Effective Group Work

Rebecca Strober, Jenni Keil, Bridget Molloy & Nicholas Hooker

Streamline & Noyce Scholars, Ƶ18

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

Amy Hanson & Amy Rouinfar

PhET, Ƶ18

19A. STEM Literacy through Infographics

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

School of Education, Ƶ18

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, Ƶ18 & 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, Ƶ18

15B. Elementary Students Learning Computer Science

Ian Her Many Horses

School of Education, Ƶ18

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

Rebecca Swanson & Erin Furtak

School of Education, Ƶ18

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, Ƶ18

Colorado Boulder

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

Stacy Forsythe, Brian Jernigan, Hester Nadel & Anjali Maus

CU Science Ƶ18y, Ƶ18

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, Ƶ18