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Eastern Kentucky University's Program Of Distinction: Highlighting Research Within The Colege Of Justice And Safety, Naomi M. Sigler, Kayla Tunajek
Eastern Kentucky University's Program Of Distinction: Highlighting Research Within The Colege Of Justice And Safety, Naomi M. Sigler, Kayla Tunajek
Posters-at-the-Capitol
Posters at the Capitol 2016-2017 Abstract
University: Eastern Kentucky University – College of Justice & Safety
Program: Fire, Arson, and Explosion Investigation
Student Presenters: Kayla Tunajek and Naomi Sigler
Faculty Mentor: Paul Grant
Title: Eastern Kentucky University’s Program of Distinction: Highlighting Research within the College of Justice and Safety
Keywords: Program of Distinction; Eastern Kentucky University; fire programs; research projects; student opportunities.
ABSTRACT
This project is intended to represent the Program of Distinction at EKU. The fire program at Eastern provides students several unique majors and encourages students to do research within their respective fields. This research is then presented …
The Emerging Genetics Workforce: A Study Of Physician Geneticists' Professional Lives, Heather Gosnell
The Emerging Genetics Workforce: A Study Of Physician Geneticists' Professional Lives, Heather Gosnell
Posters-at-the-Capitol
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study is to explore the current practice and geographic location trends of physicians certified in clinical genetics, clinical biochemical genetics, and medical biochemical genetics during the 2011, 2013, and 2015 certification cycles.
METHODS: Physicians’ personal data was collected from public internet domains including the American Board of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ABMGG) provider database, the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System, publically available professional-biographies, and university affiliations. The search results were cross-referenced for the greatest accuracy. Geographic location data was plotted onto maps.
RESULTS: Approximately 27% (n=69) physicians board-certified in genetics are currently practicing …
Quantitative Reasoning - Mathematical Modeling In The Sciences, Robert L. Mayes Dr.
Quantitative Reasoning - Mathematical Modeling In The Sciences, Robert L. Mayes Dr.
Annual Symposium on Biomathematics and Ecology Education and Research
No abstract provided.
Quantifying Life: A Computational Approach To Teaching Mathematics To Biology Students, Dmitry Kondrashov
Quantifying Life: A Computational Approach To Teaching Mathematics To Biology Students, Dmitry Kondrashov
Annual Symposium on Biomathematics and Ecology Education and Research
No abstract provided.
Designing And Mentoring In A Research Experience For Undergraduates, Alex Capaldi
Designing And Mentoring In A Research Experience For Undergraduates, Alex Capaldi
Annual Symposium on Biomathematics and Ecology Education and Research
No abstract provided.
Teaching Nonlinear Dynamics To Biology Freshmen Improves Math Interest And Physics Performance, Jane Shevtsov, Alan Garfinkel, William Conley, Kevin Eagan, Erin Sanders, Blaire Van Valkenburgh
Teaching Nonlinear Dynamics To Biology Freshmen Improves Math Interest And Physics Performance, Jane Shevtsov, Alan Garfinkel, William Conley, Kevin Eagan, Erin Sanders, Blaire Van Valkenburgh
Annual Symposium on Biomathematics and Ecology Education and Research
No abstract provided.
Traversing Stem: Creating Pathways For Social Justice In The United States, Remy Dou
Traversing Stem: Creating Pathways For Social Justice In The United States, Remy Dou
South Florida Education Research Conference
The system that once motivated Americans to pursue science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) careers now presents obstacles to racial and ethnic minorities, women, and the poor. This paper highlights both the advantages and hindrances inherent in STEM professions while advocating for improved access to these pathways.
Coding In The Curriculum : Fad Or Foundational?, Leon Sterling
Coding In The Curriculum : Fad Or Foundational?, Leon Sterling
2009 - 2019 ACER Research Conferences
There has been an unprecedented push to revitalise interest in STEM education. Much of the discussion of the ’T’ in STEM education has been whether coding should be a central element of school education. This talk investigates the arguments for and against ‘coding in the curriculum.’ No sensible person thinks that teaching coding in the classroom will produce master programmers’, any more than teaching music in the school curriculum will produce master musicians. However the teaching of music can encourage some students to become musicians and the same would be true for coding. The issue is more what concepts are …
Why Is A Steam Curriculum Perspective Crucial To The 21st Century?, Peter Charles Taylor
Why Is A Steam Curriculum Perspective Crucial To The 21st Century?, Peter Charles Taylor
2009 - 2019 ACER Research Conferences
Well-recognised as a powerful driver of national economic growth, STEM lies at the heart of calls worldwide for educational reform. In Australia, Chief Scientists are calling for STEM education to better engage students on STEM-related career pathways. In the USA, STEM educators are being urged to produce graduates with creative and innovative abilities required of an increasingly high-tech workforce. However, an equally important challenge for STEM education is to prepare young people with general capabilities for active participation in community and professional forums for addressing ethical issues associated with the global impact of science and technology. Education for sustainable development …
Activating Teachers’ Creativity And Moral Purpose In Science Education, Martin Westwell, Sonia Cooke
Activating Teachers’ Creativity And Moral Purpose In Science Education, Martin Westwell, Sonia Cooke
2009 - 2019 ACER Research Conferences
Over the last three years, the Scientist in Residence program (a collaboration between the Department of Education and Child Development, and Flinders University) investigated a model of professional learning in science education that capitalised upon teachers’ moral purpose and drove their creativity. Insight into how teachers transformed their science classrooms is provided through examples of activities, work samples and clips of teachers describing how they changed their practice and how that, in turn, changed the engagement and achievement of the children. These resources will serve to illustrate some of the principles of practice that the teachers drew upon. In particular, …
Addressing The Stem Challenge Through Targeted Teaching : What’S The Evidence?, Dianne Siemon
Addressing The Stem Challenge Through Targeted Teaching : What’S The Evidence?, Dianne Siemon
2009 - 2019 ACER Research Conferences
Numerous public reports are pointing to the critical importance of STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) to Australia’s future, but the number of students studying STEM subjects in senior years is declining, and many students in the primary and middle years of schooling do not have access to the ways of thinking and learning needed to succeed in school mathematics. Research over the past 10 years has established the critical role of multiplicative thinking in building student knowledge and confidence at this level of schooling, but there is a need for an expanded, evidence-based learning and teaching framework to support …
Are Australian Mathematical Foundations Solid Enough For The 21st Century?, Ross Turner, Dave Tout
Are Australian Mathematical Foundations Solid Enough For The 21st Century?, Ross Turner, Dave Tout
2009 - 2019 ACER Research Conferences
This presentation will look at some key messages from the Australian results of both the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) and the Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC). PISA assesses the mathematical literacy of 15-year-old students around Australia, whilst PIAAC assesses the numeracy proficiency of adults aged 15–74. What do the two surveys assess and are they telling a similar story? How solid are Australia’s mathematical foundations and what do they say about teaching and learning? How do Australia’s results compare internationally with those leading the field? What are some of the research outcomes and implications …
Enhancing Students’ Mathematical Aspirations And Mathematical Literacy As The Foundation For Improving Stem Learning, Merrilyn Goos
Enhancing Students’ Mathematical Aspirations And Mathematical Literacy As The Foundation For Improving Stem Learning, Merrilyn Goos
2009 - 2019 ACER Research Conferences
Mathematics is the foundational enabling discipline that underpins STEM and its other constituent disciplines of science, technology and engineering. Central to Australia’s mathematical vitality is universal access to high-quality mathematics education. Without this, young people are at risk of early school leaving, low participation in post-school education and training, poor employment outcomes, and social isolation (COAG, 2008; Parsons & Bynner, 2005). But Australia faces significant problems in ensuring that all young people are successfully engaged in learning mathematics at school, and in providing them with teachers who can inspire their learning. This paper explores approaches to addressing two problems that …
Stem And Indigenous Learners, Elizabeth Mckinley
Stem And Indigenous Learners, Elizabeth Mckinley
2009 - 2019 ACER Research Conferences
Achievement disparities between Indigenous students and their non-Indigenous peers in education continue to be documented across the globe. Over the past three decades, there has been a significant amount of writing on Indigenous methodologies, epistemology and, to a lesser extent, pedagogies. All are crucial in the lifelong process of teaching and learning – the nature of knowledge, how it is gained, and the transmission of it. However, much of this work is contested or seen as inappropriate or irrelevant in STEM education. Indigenous students do not perceive STEM subjects as being welcoming. As STEM educators, we need to take a …
High-Altitude Ballooning In 3rd Grade, Emily L. Mathews, Brianna Marszalek, Bernhard Beck-Winchatz
High-Altitude Ballooning In 3rd Grade, Emily L. Mathews, Brianna Marszalek, Bernhard Beck-Winchatz
2017 Academic High Altitude Conference
In this poster presentation we report on a high altitude balloon project conducted with third-graders from Gower West Elementary School in Willowbrook, IL in spring 2016. In the weeks before the launch students used a vacuum jar to investigate the effects of pressure changes on different objects, substances and sounds in the classroom and conducted pressure, temperature and wind measurements inside and outside of their school using Vernier probeware. To learn how to use the balloon tracking equipment and how to fill a balloon and prepare it for launch, students simulated a flight with a tethered balloon outside of their …
The Stem Teacher Enrichment Academy : Evaluating Teachers’ Approaches To Implementing Stem Education In Secondary School Contexts, Judy Anderson
The Stem Teacher Enrichment Academy : Evaluating Teachers’ Approaches To Implementing Stem Education In Secondary School Contexts, Judy Anderson
2009 - 2019 ACER Research Conferences
Amidst calls for a greater focus on STEM education in schools, attention is inevitably drawn to the quality of teaching and to appropriate means of supporting the teaching workforce so that more young people are engaged and interested in STEM subjects. This presentation describes the development and implementation of a STEM Teacher Enrichment Academy at the University of Sydney, and presents some of the outcomes from teachers’ efforts to implement STEM education across a variety of school systems. The findings draw on survey and interview data from two cohorts of participant teachers and their STEM mentors as they progressed through …
Lifting Australian Performance In Mathematics, Sue Thomson
Lifting Australian Performance In Mathematics, Sue Thomson
2009 - 2019 ACER Research Conferences
One in five Australian 15-year-old students was found to be failing to achieve what the OECD describes as a basic level of mathematical literacy to enable students to actively participate in 21st century life. In many cases, these students are also unmotivated and disengaged with schooling, perceive their school experience in a negative light, and have low aspirations for the future. In a disproportionate number of cases, low-achieving students come from low socio-economic backgrounds, have an Indigenous background, and live in rural areas. This paper investigates the relationship of these and other demographic and educational background variables with being a …
Drawing To Learn In Stem, Russell Tytler
Drawing To Learn In Stem, Russell Tytler
2009 - 2019 ACER Research Conferences
Scientists, mathematicians and engineers draw and model to create knowledge. This presentation will describe a guided inquiry approach to teaching and learning science that involves students actively creating visual and other representations to reason and explain as they explore the material world. The approach has been successfully used in a number of major professional learning initiatives in Victoria and NSW. Evidence will be presented of increased student engagement and quality learning flowing from the approach, which aligns classroom processes more authentically with processes of imaginative scientific discovery. Examples of activities and student drawings and model construction will be used to …
Must Try Harder : An Evaluation Of The Uk Government’S Policy Directions In Stem Education, Pauline Hoyle
Must Try Harder : An Evaluation Of The Uk Government’S Policy Directions In Stem Education, Pauline Hoyle
2009 - 2019 ACER Research Conferences
There is a common issue across Europe and the UK that vexes governments, employers and educationalists: the need for more young people to choose to study STEM subjects, become graduates in STEM subjects and then take up STEM careers. In addition, there is an urgent need for more STEM skills in the total workforce. For decades, the UK government has been committed to addressing this issue with a range of activities and strategies. Since the influential UK Government report conducted by Sir Gareth Roberts (2002), there have been policy and funding commitments by the various UK governments to improve outcomes …
Abstracts From The 2016 Ahac Conference, Erick Agrimson
Abstracts From The 2016 Ahac Conference, Erick Agrimson
2017 Academic High Altitude Conference
This is a listing of Abstracts from AHAC 2016
Acer Research Conference Proceedings (2016), Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)
Acer Research Conference Proceedings (2016), Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)
2009 - 2019 ACER Research Conferences
The focus of ACER’s Research Conference 2016 will be on what we are learning from research about ways of improving levels of STEM learning. Australia faces significant challenges in promoting improved science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) learning in our schools. Research Conference 2016 will showcase research into what it will take to address these challenges, which include: the decline in Australian students’ mathematical and scientific ‘literacy’; the decline in STEM study in senior school; a shortage of highly qualified STEM subject teachers, and curriculum challenges. You will hear from researchers who work with teachers to engage students in studying …
Raise Your Cards - A Look At Plickers In An Adult Learning Environment, Megan Taylor
Raise Your Cards - A Look At Plickers In An Adult Learning Environment, Megan Taylor
SIDLIT Conference
At SIDLIT 2015, the session on the free Plickers polling system dazzled many of us. Members of the National Weather Service Training Center immediately began integrating this tool into their classes. In this session, we will review our successful integration of Plickers. We will also examine the results of using this technique with adult learners with a predominately introverted, scientific mindset. This session will also include information about what has and has not worked. Are you unfamiliar with Plickers? No worries, we will do a quick overview of this tool at the beginning of the presentation.
Engaging The General Public With High Altitude Ballooning, Kendra J. Sibbernsen
Engaging The General Public With High Altitude Ballooning, Kendra J. Sibbernsen
2017 Academic High Altitude Conference
The interest and excitement involved in performing a high altitude balloon (HAB) flight can be used to spark interest in science and engineering among members of the general public. High profile launches can highlight a ballooning program, recruit students, gain supporters, inspire children, and can disseminate scientific information to a broad range of citizens who might not otherwise have access. Using a recent HAB flight to commemorate the Grand Opening of the Do Space in Omaha, NE as an example, anecdotes and suggestions will be given on how to engage a large number of observers and how to effectively use …
The Southwest Minnesota Ballooning Collaboration, Paul Seifert, Ken Murphy
The Southwest Minnesota Ballooning Collaboration, Paul Seifert, Ken Murphy
2017 Academic High Altitude Conference
Southwest Minnesota State University (SMSU) and Minnesota West Community and Technical College (MN West) are starting a collaboration project involving high-altitude ballooning. This partnership will bring together two different populations of students: those attending a four-year university and those at a two-year community college. The initial goals of the program are modest, involving several students from each institution to plan and conduct some simple flights with basic sensor packages as proof-of-concept. It is hoped the collaboration will strengthen ties between the two institutions and give STEM students a chance to participate in a hands-on technical project that will deepen their …
Teaching Science, Technology, Engineering And Mathematics Through Agriculture, Food And Natural Resources, Neil Knobloch, Hui-Hui Wang
Teaching Science, Technology, Engineering And Mathematics Through Agriculture, Food And Natural Resources, Neil Knobloch, Hui-Hui Wang
Purdue P-12 Networking Summit & Poster Session
Teaching Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics through Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources
Promoting Effective Teaching In Science Learning Through Engineering Design [Sled], Brenda Capobianco, James Lehman, Chell Nyquist, Todd Kelley, Nancy Tyrie
Promoting Effective Teaching In Science Learning Through Engineering Design [Sled], Brenda Capobianco, James Lehman, Chell Nyquist, Todd Kelley, Nancy Tyrie
Purdue P-12 Networking Summit & Poster Session
No abstract provided.
Purdue Science K-12 Outreach: Impact For K-12 Schools In Indiana, Bill Walker, Bill Bayley, Isidore Julien, Phil Sands, David Sederberg, Steven Smith
Purdue Science K-12 Outreach: Impact For K-12 Schools In Indiana, Bill Walker, Bill Bayley, Isidore Julien, Phil Sands, David Sederberg, Steven Smith
Purdue P-12 Networking Summit & Poster Session
For over 25 years Purdue Science K-12 Outreach has worked to increase interest and achievement in K-12 science and mathematics. Outreach coordinators, representing the departments in the College of Science, establish cooperative relationships with elementary and secondary schools to bring the latest developments in discipline-based science and mathematics education to the classroom. Programs include translating research into practice and using technology to support K-12 student learning. The Science K-12 Outreach program is actively involved with state education organizations and government agencies. Coordinators regularly participate with the Hoosier Association of Science Teachers, the Indiana Computer Educators, and the Indiana Council of …
Energy3d: Guiding Engineering Design With Science Simulations, Chandan Dasgupta, Alejandra J. Magana, Lisa Kirkham
Energy3d: Guiding Engineering Design With Science Simulations, Chandan Dasgupta, Alejandra J. Magana, Lisa Kirkham
Purdue P-12 Networking Summit & Poster Session
The Purdue P-12 Networking Summit gives Purdue faculty and staff engaged with P-12 schools a forum to interact with each other, share ideas, and develop collaborations that make programs more effective. Faculty and staff are invited to attend.
Conceptual Model-Based Problem Solving: A Response To Intervention Program In Mathematics Problem Solving (Comps-Rti), Yan Ping Xin, Victor Chen, Signe E. Kastberg
Conceptual Model-Based Problem Solving: A Response To Intervention Program In Mathematics Problem Solving (Comps-Rti), Yan Ping Xin, Victor Chen, Signe E. Kastberg
Purdue P-12 Networking Summit & Poster Session
No abstract provided.
Creating A Stem Community Of Practice To Support Stem Teacher Retention, Jennifer Hicks, Brandon Sorge, Jeff Thomas, Jeff Nowak, Deb Vannatter, Joseph Bellina
Creating A Stem Community Of Practice To Support Stem Teacher Retention, Jennifer Hicks, Brandon Sorge, Jeff Thomas, Jeff Nowak, Deb Vannatter, Joseph Bellina
Purdue P-12 Networking Summit & Poster Session
No abstract provided.