Chemistry Education Research
Graduate Student Conference
Miami University
Oxford, OH
June 5-7, 2009
Chemistry Education Research
Graduate Student Conference
Miami University
Oxford, OH
June 5-7, 2009
Plenary Speakers Session Title (Abstract #)
Melanie Cooper Problem Solving and Metacognition (P1)
Maria Oliver-Hoyo Merits of Activity-Based Instruction: From Practical
Issues to Pedagogical Gains (P2)
Workshop Leaders Session Title (Abstract #)
Susan Hixson NSF Mock Proposal Review Panels (W1)
Thomas Holme Testing as Measurement and Sources of Error (W2)
Norbert Pienta Simulated CER Journal Reviews (W3)
Graduate Students Poster Title (Abstract #)
Krista Adams Beginning Chemistry Teachers' Development of Pedagogical Content
Knowledge (B3)
Parichehr Afshani Collaboration and Guided Inquiry in the Physical Chemistry Lab (B17)
Karrie Anderson Enhancing and Assessing Students' Scale Perception and Atomic Unitizing
with Inquiry-Based Activities Using Live or Remote-Access
Instrumentation (B15)
Seth Anthony Investigations Towards Understanding and Improving Student
Metacognition within MORE Laboratory Instruction (A11)
Nicole Becker Shared Mathematical Understandings in Upper-Level POGIL Physical
Chemistry (A20)
Derek Behmke In-Time Interventions: An Attempt to Improve Student Performance in Large
Lecture General Chemistry Courses (A5)
Michael Bindis Misconceptions about Intermolecular Forces in Chromatography (B10)
Colin Blair Design, Implementation, and Assessment of the Exploring Gold
Nanoparticles Laboratory Module (A8)
Sarah Boesdorfer Inquiry Use and Teacher Thoughts on Inquiry Use in the Advanced
Placement Chemistry (B4)
Aaron Bruck Faculty Perspectives of Undergraduate Laboratory Goals (A12)
Adessa Butler Effectiveness of Inquiry on Students' Comprehension and Retention of
Chemistry Concepts (B7)
Christine Cardillo Online Cross-Course Group Work between General Chemistry Students and
Senior Pharmacy Students (B6)
Heather Caruthers Building a Template to Organize the Undergraduate Organic Chemistry
Curriculum (A16)
Caroline Christian Development of a Chemistry Specific Visual-Spatial Assessment (A14)
Karen Christian The Use of Study Groups and their Affect on the Learning Process (A6)
Stephanie Cunningham Ryan Student Understandings of Solutions (B9)
Michelle Dean Assessment of Stereochemistry: Findings and New Directions (A17)
Elisabeth Goei Using Green Chemistry Experiments to Engage Sophomore Organic
Chemistry (B14)
Alma Gonzales Capturing Misconceptions in Chemistry with the Aid of Technology (B11)
Cara Hale-Hanes High School Student Construction of Categories for Chemical Change,
Physical Change and Matter (A3)
Dustin Hillman Examination of Active and Critical Learning with Difference Media Learning
Environments (A15)
Jana Jensen Misconceptions about Acid-Base Reactions (B12)
Kimberly Linenberger Methodological Musings on Using Multiple Representations to Probe Student
Misconceptions of Enzyme Catalysis (B18)
Cynthia Luxford Misconceptions about Lewis Dot Structures - Beyond the Octet Rule (B8)
LaKeisha McClary Organic Chemistry Students' Use of Heuristics When Ranking Compounds
Based on Acid Strength (A18)
Bethany Melroe Lehrman Inquiry in the Chemistry Classroom: An Age Comparative Study of Higher
Order Thinking Skills (A1)
John Moody Dispelling Misconceptions by Self Directed Laboratories or Mini Projects
(A10)
Erin O’Connell Rapid Knowledge Assessment: Correlating Student Reported Immediate First
Steps and Problem Solving Efficiency (B19)
Mary O’Donnell Investigating Children's Ideas about Chemicals (B1)
Matthew Pilarz Examining the Effects of a Research Based Curriculum Module on High
School Chemistry Students' Perceptions of School Science and
Professional Science (A2)
Nahyr Rovira-Figueroa Assessing the Factors that affect the Ways High School Chemistry
Students Write Effective Laboratory Reports (A4)
Erin Holland Saitta Learning Dimensional Analysis Through Cooperatively Working with
Manipulatives (B13)
David Sanabria-Rios Is There Any Relationship between Faculty Expectation about Learning
Chemistry and the Construction of Non-ACS Exam Questions? (B20)
Cynthia Stanich Undergraduate Chemistry Students' Attitudes about Math and Proficiency in
Math (A19)
Gabriela Szteinberg Long-Term Impact of an Authentic Research-Based Laboratory on Students'
Retention and Performance in the Sciences (A9)
Forrest Towne An Investigation of the Effectiveness of Thinking Skill Training with Middle
School and High School Students (B2)
Sonia Underwood Investigating the Construction and Perceived Utility of Lewis Structures: A
Mixed-Methods Approach (A7)
Ana Vasquez Murata Misconceptions in UV-Vis Energy Diagrams (B5)
Andrea Verdan Raising the Red Curtain: The Ethics and Norms of Chemistry Graduate
Students (A13)
Ashley Warren Using Analogies to Illicit Biochemistry Misconceptions (B16)
This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 0733642.
Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those
of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.