Presentations, papers, panel discussions, roundtables, and mentoring sessions featuring Simmons professors and doctoral students participating in the 2023 AERA Conference can be found below. Complete information, as well as general conference information, is available at the 2023 AERA Annual Meeting website and the 2023 NCME Annual Conference website.
Tuesday, March 28
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8:45 to 12:45pm (CDT)
NCME: Using Stan for Bayesian Psychometric Modeling (Part I)
Xin Qiao (SMU)- Presenter
Virtual Room 2
Wednesday, March 29
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8:45 to 12:45pm (CDT)
NCME: Using Stan for Bayesian Psychometric Modeling (Part II)
Xin Qiao (SMU)- Presenter
Virtual Room 3
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1:00 to 2:30pm (CDT)
NCME: Sub-sequence Matching Algorithm for Improving Automated Speech Recognitions for ORF Assessment
Automated Assessment of Writing and Reading Proficiency
Yihao Wang (SMU), Eric C. Larson (SMU), Akihito Kamata (SMU), Joseph F.T. Nese (UO)
Virtual Room 2
Wednesday, April 12
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1:00pm to 4pm (CDT)
AERA: Division H Early Career/Graduate Student In-Progress Research Roundtable
Raymond Dionicio Villareal (UCI), Robyn Kristine Pinilla (SMU), Marc Sager (SMU)
Chicago Marriott Downtown Magnificent Mile, Floor: 4th Floor, Addison - 1/2 Marriott Ballroom
Thursday, April 13
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8:00am to 9:30am (CDT)
NCME: eBoard Session 1- The Development of a Mathematics Instruction Observation Tool: A Validity Argument
Elizabeth R. Thomas (SMU), Leanne Ketterlin Geller (SMU), Erica Lembke (UM), Sarah King (UT)
Marriott, Floor: 7th, Salon I
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8:00am to 9:30am (CDT)
AERA: Perceptions of CSforALL and Project-Based Learning: Summary of Findings From a Research-Practice Partnership in New York City
Supporting Diverse Learners in Computing and Engineering Education
Anthony J. Petrosino (SMU), Marc Sager (SMU), Julianna Claiborne Washington (SMU), Maximilian Sherard (UT)
Fairmont Chicago Millennium Park, Floor: B2 Level, Imperial Ballroom
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9:50am to 11:20am (CDT)
NCME: A Quasi-Poisson Testlet Model for Count Data
Xin Qiao (SMU), Akihito Kamata (SMU), Cornelius Potgieter (TCU)
Marriott, Floor: 5th, Chicago Ballroom B/C
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9:50am to 11:20am (CDT)
AERA: Poster Session: Perspective-taking, Scale, and Dynamicity in Augmented Reality for Learning Geometry
Candace Walkington (SMU) - Presenting Author
Hyatt Regency Chicago, Floor: East Tower Exhibit Level, Riverside West Exhibition Hall
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11:40am to 1:10pm (CDT)
AERA: Learning When Creating Student-Centered Mathwalks
Saki Milton (SMU), Marc T. Sager (SMU), Candace A. Walkington (SMU), Anthony J. Petrosino (SMU), Koshi Dhingra (talkSTEM)
Swissotel Chicago, Floor: Lucerne Level, Alpine II
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11:40am to 1:10pm (CDT)
AERA: How Depth of Interest Is Related to Personalized Learning in Mathematics
Culturally Relevant and Socially Just Mathematics Learning
Candace A. Walkington (SMU), Taylor Dawn (SMU), Matthew L. Bernacki (UNC), Christina Hollander (UNC), Meghan J. Greene (UNC)
Swissotel Chicago, Floor: Lucerne Level, Alpine II
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11:40am to 1:10pm (CDT)
NCME: Organized Discussion: Culturally Responsive and Related Approaches to Assessment: What are They?
Leanne Ketterlin Geller (SMU), Molly Faulkner-Bond (WESTED), Guillermo Solano-Flores (SU), Aneesha Badrinarayan (LPI)
Marriott, Floor: 5th, Denver/Houston
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2:50pm to 4:20pm (CDT)
AERA Poster Session: Integrating Spatial Reasoning Into Early Mathematics: A Design Research Study
Division H Graduate Student Poster Session: Perspectives on Research, Evaluation, Assessment, and Accountability in Schools
Robyn Kristine Pinilla (SMU)
Hyatt Regency Chicago, Floor: East Tower - Exhibit Level, Riverside West Exhibition Hall
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2:50pm to 4:20pm (CDT)
NCME: Detailed Prosody Report for Oral Reading Fluency Assessment via Machine Learning
Xin Qiao (SMU), Akihito Kamata (SMU), Eric C. Larson (SMU), Kuo Wang (SMU), Sarunya Somsong (SWU)(SMU)
Marriott, Floor: 5th, Chicago Ballroom F
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2:50pm to 4:20pm (CDT)
NCME: Improving Automated Scoring of Prosody Using Deep Learning Algorithm
Research Blitz: Automated Scoring
Kuo Wang (SMU), Xin Qiao (SMU), George Sammit (SMU), Eric C. Larson (SMU), Joseph F.T. Nese (UO), Akihito Kamata (SMU)
Marriott, Floor: 5th, Chicago Ballroom F
Friday, April 14
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8:00am to 9:30am (CDT)
AERA: Modeling Complex Trajectories of Change: Using Freed Loading Latent Curve Modeling to Visual Growth Trajectories in Math Interest
Candace A. Walkington (SMU)
Hyatt Regency Chicago, Floor: West Tower- Ballroom Level, Regency D
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8:00am to 9:30am (CDT)
AERA: Symposium: Qualitative Evidence and Systematic Interrogations of Admissions Research, Logics, Practices, and Norms
Chair: Dominique Baker (SMU)
Sheraton Grand Chicago Riverwalk Floor: Level 2, Missouri
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8:00am to 9:30am (CDT)
AERA: Roundtable: College Access Program Participants' Enrollment in Postsecondary Programs: An Investigation of Potential Predictors
Contextualizing Access: How Policy, Programs, and People Support Diverse Students
Yusuf Kara (SMU), Annie Wright (SMU), LaChelle Cunningham (SMU), Rachel Johns (SMU), Catherine Ticzon (SMU), Anthony Petrosino (SMU)
Sheraton Grand Chicago Riverwalk, Floor: Level 4, Sheraton Ballroom IV and V
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8:00am to 9:30am (CDT)
AERA: Symposium: Exploring Instruments Used in Teacher Education Contexts
A Synthesis of Mathematics and Statistics Assessments: 2000-2020
Timothy Donald Foger (BGSU), Melissa A. Gallagher (UH), Emanuele Bardelli (MICH), Temple A. Walkowiak (NCSU), Anne Garrison Wilhelm (SMU), Jeremy Zelkowski (UA)
Hyatt Regency Chicago Floor: West Tower- Ballroom Level, Regency C
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8:00am to 9:30am (CDT)
AERA: Using a New Version of Minecraft to Promote Computational Thinking Learning Opportunities: Investigating Middle Grades Student Outcomes
Elizabeth L. Adams (AIR), Paul David Foster (SMU), Lawrence J. Klinkert, Emma Goff, Chin-Yu Tseng (SMU), Leanne R. Ketterlin-Geller (SMU), Eric C. Larson, Corey Clark (SMU)
Fairmont Chicago Millennium Park, Floor: B2 Level, Imperial Ballroom
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9:50am to 11:20pm (CDT)
AERA: Embodying Students' Geometric Thinking in an Interactive Narrative Game
Motivation and Cognition STEM
Michael I. Swart (UW-Madison), Kelsey E. Schenck (UW-Madison), Fangli Xia (UW), Doy Kim (UW-Madison), Matthew M. Grondin (UW-Madison), Candace A. Walkington (SMU), Mitchell J. Nathan (UW-Madison)
Hyatt Regency Chicago, Floor: West Tower - Ballroom Level, New Orleans
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9:50am to 11:20am (CDT)
AERA: Combating Ceiling Effects: Modeling High- Ability Student Growth Using Multilevel Tobit Regression
Julia Hujar (SMU), Richard G. Lambert (UNC), Michael S. Matthews (UNC), Kyle T. Cox (UNC), Stella Yun Kim (UNC)
Sheraton Grand Chicago Riverwalk, Floor: Level 4, Chicago Ballroom VIII
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11:40am to 1:10pm (CDT)
AERA: Examining the Effectiveness of the Upward Bound Programs
Transitions and Trajectories: The Nexus of Moving in and out of Higher Education
Annie Wright (SMU), Yusuf Kara (SMU), LaChelle Cunningham (SMU), Anthony J. Petrosino (SMU)
Sheraton Grand Chicago Riverwalk, Floor : Level 2, Colorado
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11:40am to 1:10pm (CDT)
AERA: The Effect Intervention Personalizing Mathematics to Students' Career Interests
Innovative Interventions in Social and Cultural Contexts
Matthew L. Bernacki (UNNC), Candace A. Walkington (SMU), Vanessa Wanchanit Vongkulluksn (UNLV), Meghan J. Greene (UNNC), Taylor Darwin (TTU)
Hyatt Regency Chicago, Floor: West Tower - Ballroom Level, Atlanta
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2:50pm to 4:20pm (CDT)
AERA: Roundtable: A Descriptive Analysis of Public Schools Names After Enslavers, Confederates, and Segregationists
Critical Race Theory and Other Critical Theoretical Perspectives for Racial Justice
Meredith Paige Richards (SMU), Kori James Stroub (RU/Kinder Institute), Courtney Thrash (RU), Caroline Bartlett (UMICH), Annie Gensterblum (UMICH)
Sheraton Grand Chicago Riverwalk, Floor: Level 4, Sheraton Ballroom IV and V
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2:50pm to 4:20pm (CDT)
NCME: Using Iterative Generalizability Studies in the Context of Measuring Equitable Mathematics Instruction
Rater Effect Evaluation and Mitigation
Elizabeth L. Adams (SMU), Anne G. Wilhelm (SMU), Rachael N. Becker (SMU), Jonee Wilson (NCU), Templ A. Walkowiak (NCU)
Marriott, Floor: 5th, Chicago Ballroom F
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2:50pm to 4:20pm (CDT)
NCME: Predicting Oral Reading Fluency Scores by Silence Time with Natural Language Processing
Advances in Language Assessment
Yusuf Kara (SMU), Akihito Kamata (SMU), Emrah Emre Ozkeskin (HHN), Xin Qiao (SMU)
Marriot, Floor: 5th, Denver/Houston -
6:00pm to 8:00pm (CDT)
Simmons AERA Reception
Entry with RSVP
Chicago Marriot Downtown Magnificent Mile
Saturday, April 15
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8:00am to 9:30am (CDT)
AERA: Poster Session: Graffiti Storytelling: A Pedagogical Tool to Promote Cultural Understanding of Palestinians in the Diaspora
Learning and Motivations in Social and Cultural Contexts 2
Mai Zaru (SMU)
Hyatt Regency Chicago, Floor : East Tower - Exhibit Level, Riverside West Exhibition Hall
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9:50am - 11:20am (CDT)
AERA: Roundtable Session: Early Childhood Teachers' Spatial Reasoning Teaching Practices: A Review of Research
Student Cognition and Reasoning in Mathematics
Robyn Kristine Pinilla (SMU)- Presenting Author
Sheraton Grand Chicago Riverwalk, Floor: Level 4, Sheraton Ballroom IV and V
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11:40am to 1:10pm (CDT)
AERA: Invited Speaker Session Developing and Nurturing Research-Practice Partnerships and School-University Partnerships: Advice for Graduate Students and Early Career Researchers
Graduate Student Council Division H Fireside Chat
Marc Sager (SMU)- Chair, Robyn Kristine Pinilla (SMU) - Chair
InterContinental Chicago Magnificent Mile, Floor: 7th Floor, Empire Ballroom
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11:40am to 1:10pm (CDT)
AERA: Roundtable Session Co-Creation of a Youth Development Scale:
Expanding Possibilities for Development and Equity in Community Education SpacesReimagining OST Evaluation and Measurement Amid Educational Inequality
Annie Wright (SMU), Yusuf Kara (SMU), Bonny L. Gildin (ASP)
Fairmont Chicago Millennium Park, Floor: B2 Level, Imperial Ballroom
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2:50pm to 4:20pm (CDT)
AERA: A Marriage of Two Minds: Integrating STEM and PBI Elements in Teacher-Developed Curriculum Units
Teachers Using PBL: Scaffolding, Technology, Curriculum
Jeanna R. Wieselmann (SMU), Marc Sager (SMU), Brynn Price (SMU)
Hyatt Regency Chicago, Floor: East Tower- Concourse Level, Michigan 1C
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2:50pm to 4:20pm (CDT)
AERA: Why Would I Not? Exploring the Sense-Making Around African American Language Among Two STEM Teachers
Teachers' Sense-Making About Black Language and Linguistic Justice Pedagogy
Quentin Sedlacek (SMU), Nickolaus Alexander Ortiz (GSU)
Sheraton Grand Chicago Riverwalk, Floor: Level 2, Ontario
Sunday, April 16
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9:50am to 11:20am (CDT)
AERA: Poster Session 13-40: Coded Language and the Geek Gene: Who Belongs in Computing?
Poster Session 1 Games, Embodiment, Design, and Computational Thinking
Mai Zaru (SMU), Alexandra E. Pavlakis (SMU), Michelle Friend (UNO)
Hyatt Regency Chicago, Floor: East Tower - Exhibit Level, Riverside West Exhibition Hall
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9:50am to 11:20am (CDT)
AERA: The Impossible Job? An examination of presidents and trustees using latent profile analysis
Sondra Barringer (SMU), Charity Lewallen (SMU), Michael S. Harris (SMU), Sydney Loutit (SMU)
Hyatt Regency Chicago, Floor: East Tower- Exhibit Level, Riverside West Exhibition Hall
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9:50am to 11:20am (CDT)
AERA: Personalizing Mathematics to Students' Career Interests Using the "Stories of Algebra" Online Environment
Leveling the Playing Field: Utilizing Interest and/or Value for Engagement and Learning
Candace A. Walkington (SMU), Matthew L. Bernacki (UNC), Meghan J. Greene (UNC), Brooke Istas (SMU), Elizabeth Leyva (SMU), Taylor Darwin (TTU)
Hyatt Regency Chicago, Floor: West Tower- Ballroom Level, Regency C