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==Spring 2016 Meetings==

Mondays from 11:30 - 1:00 pm in Lilly Hall G456

[https://www.bio.purdue.edu/piberg/GraduateStudents.html Current PIBERG Affiliates and Former Members]

==Semester Theme==

'''The scaffold in learning environments'''

==Spring 2016 Events==

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!width="75"|Date
!width="120"|Presenter
!width="300"|Presentation Title 
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|January 25
|Matthew Lira
|Plan the Spring 2016 Calendar of Events; administrivia and (1) re-cap last semester's meetings in an effort to close lose ends and (2) provide an overview of this semester's meetings.
|-
|Feb 1
|Dr. Robert Goldstone, Indiana University, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences 
|Learning about learning about complex systems
|-
|Feb 8
|Matthew Lira 
|Concreteness fading and scaffolding student learning in the (STEM) disciplines
         Fyfe et al (2014); Davis & Miyake (2004) readings.
|-
|Feb 15
|Rebecca Lindell, Purdue University, Department of Physics
|Exploring the Design Methodologies of STEM Concept Inventories
        No readings.  
|-
|Feb 22
|Roy Tasker, Purdue University, Department of Chemistry
|Translational Research and Visualization in Chemistry Education 
        No readings. 
|-
|Feb 29
|Chandan Dasgupta, Purdue University, College of Technology
|Topic:  
          No readings.
|-
|Mar 7
|Matthew Lira
|Reflecting upon scaffolding: Moving from metaphors to operational definitions
         Sherin et al (2004)
|-
|Mar 14
|SPRING BREAK
|NO MEETING
|-
|Mar 21
|Erica Zahanle, Field Museum
|Topic: Museum Education
|-
|Mar 28
|Presenter: N/A
|Topic: N/A
|-
|Apr 4
|Presenter: Brian Reiser, Northwestern University, Learning Sciences & Iris Tabak, Ben Gurion University, Education Department (webinar video)
|Topic:  Scaffolding
         Reiser (2004); Tabak (2004) readings.
|-
|Apr 11
|Presenter: Matthew Lira
|Topic: Scaffolding Analysis Example & Semester Recap
|-
|Apr 18
|Presenter: Mozhu Li
|Topic: Graphing in Biology* 
|-
|Apr 15
|Presenter: Matthew Lira - election of officers for fall 2016
|Topic: Semester closure celebration
.
|}

==Spring 2016 Officers==

Webmaster: Kathleen Jeffery kjeffery@purdue.edu

Meeting Coordinator: Matthew Lira melira42@gmail.com

News Anchor: Aakanksha Angra aangra@purdue.edu

==Fall 2015 Meetings==

Mondays from 11:45 am - 12:45 pm in Lilly Hall G456

[https://www.bio.purdue.edu/piberg/GraduateStudents.html Current PIBERG Affiliates and Former Members]

==Semester Theme==

How can we structure education research knowledge to make it accessible and useful for writing?

[[Media:SciCARDDatabaseSchema082715.pdf]] links directly to the SciCARD Schema file.

==Fall 2015 Events==

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!width="120"|Presenter
!width="300"|Presentation Title 
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|August 31
|ALL
|Organizational meeting
|-
|September 14
|Kathleen Jeffery
|Topic: [https://www.bio.purdue.edu/piberg/GraduateStudents.html PIBERG Web Pages] (send Kathleen your content).
|-
|September 21
|Nancy Pelaez
|How can the [https://wiki.bio.purdue.edu/piberg/images/5/5b/SciCARDDatabaseSchema082715.pdf SciCARD Schema] be used to guide  annotation and cataloging of the education research literature reviewed in reports on the [http://www.lifescied.org/content/13/2/265.short RED],  [http://bioscience.oxfordjournals.org/content/64/2/125.abstract?ijkey=a2355a79a9b970d77199a6f5c8b2172dbe336df4&keytype2=tf_ipsecsha E-EDAT] and the [http://www.lifescied.org/content/14/3/ar34.short Critical Analysis of Primary Literature in a Master’s-Level Class]?
|-
|September 28
|Stephanie Gutierrez
|NSF graduate research fellowship proposal (NSF GRFP) feedback discussion RE: how instructors’ research experience contributes to the NGSS-recommended shift from concept-focus to practice-focused or concept-practice-integrated pedagogy.
|-
|October 5
|Richard Lie
|What is an appropriate Theoretical Framework and lit to review for molecular visualization research?
|-
|October 12
|FALL BREAK
|NO MEETING
|-
|October 19
|Stefan Irby and Richard Lie
|NSF GRFP feedback RE: Using protein function prediction to promote hypothesis-driven thinking in undergraduate biochemistry education (Irby) and Using Problem Based Learning to Teach Experimental Design in the Context of Western Blots (Lie)
|-
|October 26
|Stephanie Gardner
|Topic: Meeting discussion.  Integrating Cognitive Science with Innovating Teaching in STEM Disciplines:  Spatial Learning in STEM, September 18-19, 2015.
|-
|November 2
|Aaron Rogat
|[http://concord.org/stem-resources/geniverse GeniConnect: Game-based learning, mentoring and laboratory experiences – a model for industry/after school partnerships.] This project seeks to help middle school students learn genetics through a computer-based game, make connections to real world research and development in the biotech industry and raise interest in STEM careers.
|-
|November 9
|Alberto Rodriguez  
|What about a dimension of engagement, equity, and diversity practices? A [http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/tea.21232/abstract critique of the next generation science standards (NGSS)] J Res Sci Teach 52: 1031–1051, 2015.
|-
|November 16
|ALL present their own work
|Topic: one-page PIBERG research summaries to upload to the web as pdfs
|-
|November 23
|Thanksgiving
|NO MEETING
|-
|November 30
|Aakanksha Angra
|Topic: From Novice to Expert: What is the reasoning used for graph choice and construction by novice students and expert professors in the biological sciences? 
|-
|December 7
|Matthew Lira
|Topic: Coordinating Literature in DBER: An effort to synthesize mechanistic reasoning in biology and physics education
|-
|January 25
|Presenter: Matthew Lira
|Topic: Plan the Spring 2016 Calendar of Events; administrivia and (1) re-cap last semester's meetings in an effort to close lose ends and (2) provide an overview of this semester's meetings.
|}

==Fall 2015 Officers==

Webmaster: Kathleen Jeffery kjeffery@purdue.edu

Meeting Coordinator: Nancy Pelaez npelaez@purdue.edu

News Anchor: Aakanksha Angra aangra@purdue.edu

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