Saturday/Sunday

Conference Program • Research Dissemination Conference
Looking Toward the New Framework for the Next Generation Science Standards:
Breakout Sessions
Breakout Block A (8:50–10:20 AM)
Breakout Block B (10:30 AM–12 Noon)
Breakout Block C (12:50–2:20 PM)
(White River Ballroom, JW Marriott)
Breakout Session 2
How Online Science Professional Development
Can Improve Teacher Knowledge,
Practice, and Student Learning
Lauren B. Goldenberg, Marian Pasquale,
Alice Anderson, and Camille Ferguson,
Educational Development Center, Inc., Newton,
Mass.
Larry Gristanti, Aurora (N.Y.) Public Schools
Breakout Session 3
Mathematics Infusion into Science: Making
Connections Across the STEM Curriculum
During Middle School
James Lauckhardt, Center for Advanced
Study in Education, CUNY Graduate Center,
New York, N.Y.
Scott J. McMullen, Retired District Coordinator
for Science and Technology, K–12, New
York, N.Y.
Breakout Session 4
Increasing the Effectiveness of Schoolbased
Professional Development: A Model
for Science Teacher Professional Growth:
Observing for Evidence of Learning (OEL)
Caroline Kiehle, Center for Inquiry Science
at the Institute for Systems Biology, Seattle,
Wash.
Kathryn Kelsey, Seattle (Wash.) Public Schools
Breakout Session 5
Integrating Engineering Design Across
the Curriculum and into Student Collaboration
Skills: A Pedagogical Model
for Classroom Practice
Ann P. McMahon, Engineer Educator and
K–12 PD Provider, St. Louis, Mo.
Virginia Horowitz, Saul Mirowitz Day
School–Reform Jewish Academy, St. Louis, Mo.
Breakout Session 6
Research-based Science Instruction for
Climate Change: A Place-based Culturally
Responsive Approach
Anne L. Kern and Bree J. Reynolds, University
of Idaho, Coeur d’Alene
R. Justin Hougham, NASA–Intermountain
Climate Education Network (ICE–Net), University
of Idaho, Moscow
Gillian H. Roehrig and Devarati Bhattacharya,
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
Breakout Session 7
Situating Secondary Science in a Social
Context
Lisa A. Borgerding (Donnelly), Alicia R.
Crowe, Andrew Hostetler, Rajlakshmi
Ghosh, Diane Smith, and Elizabeth Fein,
Kent State University, Kent, Ohio
Breakout Session 8
SciGames: Integrating Formal and Informal
Science Learning Environments to Improve
All Students’ Motivation and Science
Content Knowledge
David Kanter, New York Hall of Science,
Queens
Thomas McManus, P.S./M.S. 029 Melrose
School, Bronx, N.Y.
Breakout Session 9
Understanding the Role of Questions,
Claims, and Evidence in Assessment
Brian Hand, University of Iowa, Iowa City
Lori Norton-Meier, University of Louisville,
Ky.
Lynn Hockenberry, Green Hills Area Education
Agency, Council Bluffs, Iowa
Josh Steenhoek, Pella Intermediate School,
Pella, Iowa
Breakout Session 10
Beyond the “Gee Whiz” Factor: Evaluating
and Integrating Simulations and Games
for the Science (Chemistry) Classroom
Catherine Milne and Ruth N. Schwartz,
New York University, New York
Susan Price, Manhattan Comprehensive Day
and Night High School, New York, N.Y.
Breakout Session 11
Weaving a Web of Reading and Writing
in Science: Strategies for Science Literacy
That Stick
Jennifer Hope, Angela Kohnen, and Cathy
Farrar, University of Missouri–St. Louis
Rose Davidson, St. Joseph’s Academy, St.
Louis, Mo.
Tonya Barnes, Hazelwood East High School,
St. Louis, Mo.
Breakout Session 12
Problems Worth Solving: Implementing
CLA-Style Performance Tasks in the K–12
Science Classroom
Marc Chun, Council for Aid to Education,
New York, N.Y.
Elizabeth McEneaney, University of Massachusetts
Amherst
Alana MacDonald, ABC Unified School
District, Cerritos, Calif.
12 NSTA Indianapolis National Conference on Science Education