Thursday, July 7 | Western Conference on Science Education 2011

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Thursday, July 7

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Thursday, July 7th
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2011
9:00 AM	Transforming science education at a large research university; progress report from the Carl Wieman Science Education Initiative at the University of British Columbia Sarah Gilbert, University of British Columbia Labatt Health Sciences Building Room 236 9:00 AM
10:30 AM	Presentation Considering the Student Perspective: Factors that Undergraduates Perceive as Influential to their Academic Performance in Science Ashley J. Welsh, University of British Columbia 10:30 AM
10:30 AM	Presentation Evaluating student learning in large introductory biology courses: predictors of student success and lessons for course redesign Cindy M. Graham, University of Calgary Heather D. Addy, University of Calgary William R. Huddleston, University of Calgary James Stallard, University of Calgary 10:30 AM
10:30 AM	Presentation Evaluating Teaching: Re-visiting the Use of Chemistry Concept Inventories Noel A. George, Ryerson University Andrew McWilliams, Ryerson University Kinjal Naik, Ryerson University 10:30 AM
10:30 AM	Presentation Explaining science: integrating science literacy into a research-based undergraduate program Andrew Colgoni, McMaster University Sarah L. Symons, McMaster University Chad T. Harvey, McMaster University Carolyn H. Eyles, McMaster University 10:30 AM
10:30 AM	Presentation Strengthening Our Measurement Instruments in Science Education Dan Thomas, University of Guelph 10:30 AM
10:30 AM	Presentation Student Success and the High School–University Transition David C. Stone, University of Toronto Chemisry 10:30 AM
10:30 AM	Presentation Teaching, learning and assessing generic scientific skills early in an undergraduate degree Francis H.M. Jones, University of British Columbia 10:30 AM
10:30 AM	Presentation The Elephant in the First-Year Science Classroom I: Are Ontario High Schools Equally and Adequately Preparing Their Students for University Science? Scott Browning, University of Toronto 10:30 AM
2:30 PM	Presentation Assessing student engagement in a multi-media teaching tool in Pharmacy Andrea N. Edginton PhD, University of Waterloo Jane Holbrook, University of Waterloo Mary Power PhD, University of Waterloo Angela Stark, University of Waterloo 2:30 PM
2:30 PM	Presentation Classification of the frequency and types of errors students make during organic chemistry problem solving. Jaclyn J. Stewart, University of British Columbia 2:30 PM
2:30 PM	Presentation Engaging Students in a Deeper Understanding of Calculus Concepts: Oral Reviews mary farrell nelson, university of colorado, boulder Julia Ratcliff, University of Colorado at Boulder 2:30 PM
2:30 PM	Workshop HOW TO DEVELOP AND USE CONCEPT INVENTORIES IN BIOLOGY Carol Pollock, University of British Columbia Joan C. Sharp, Simon Fraser University Angie E. O'Neill, University of British Columbia Greg M. Bole, University of British Columbia 2:30 PM
2:30 PM	Presentation Immersive learning through educational gaming Jeremy N. Friedberg, Spongelab Interactive 2:30 PM
2:30 PM	Presentation Inspiring Rich Clicker Question Discussions Sarah Bliss Wise, U. of Colorado, Boulder 2:30 PM
2:30 PM	Presentation When the question is the answer: proposed developmental model for questioning in the undergraduate years Anne Marie O'Beirne-Ryan Dr, Dalhousie University 2:30 PM
4:30 PM	Complexity science and math education Brent Davis, University of Calgary Labatt Health Sciences Building Room 236 4:30 PM