PER Conference 2009 Schedule

PERC 2009

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Physics Education Research Conference 2009 Schedule

PERC 2009
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Physics Education Research across Paradigms

The uniqueness of Physics Education Research (PER) partly resides in the diverse traditions and frameworks adopted to study learning: cognitive constructs, social and cultural dynamics and increasingly neural processes. The conference will feature the leading researchers in cognitive psychology, in social and cultural studies and in neuroscience: Kevin Dunbar, Andrea diSessa, Michael Posner and Anna Sfard. These researchers will shed light on how cutting-edge research on learning is conducted within each framework and how different research methodologies apply to PER.

Wednesday, July 29, 2009
3:30pm - 5:30pm	PER Bridging Session, Dennison 170 Three presentations by invited speakers and a discussion Presiding: Lasry 3:30pm Bridging Cognitive and Neural Aspects of Classroom Learning Michael Posner, Sackler Institute for Developmental Psychobiology 4:00pm Causality in Pieces: The Construction of Causal Schemes Andrea diSessa, University of California at Berkeley 4:30pm Moving between discourses: from learning-as-acquisition to learning-as-participation Anna Sfard, Michigan State University 5:00pm Questions to the invited speakers *Contributed Posters can be set up between 5:30 PM and 8 PM
6:00pm - 10:00pm	Banquet and Contributed Poster Session Part I, Michigan League Ballroom Presiding: Milner-Bolotin ticket required 6:00pm The biology of physics: What the brain reveals about our understanding of the physical world Kevin Niall Dunbar, University of Toronto 8:00pm Contributed Poster Session Part I All posters are displayed. (odd - numbered posters are discussed from 8:00pm – 9:00pm and even-numbered posters are discussed from 9:00pm – 10:00pm)

Thursday, July 30, 2009
8:30am - 9:45am	Special Session 1 Targeted Poster Sessions, Roundtable Discussions Dennison 110 (W1) Methods and Experimental Designs in Cognitive Studies Jose P. Mestre, University of Illinois Michael Posner, University of Oregon Dennison 120 (TP-A) Cognitive Issues in Developing Curriculum for Upper-Level Physics Courses Organizer: Chandralekha Singh, University of Pittsburgh Dennison 130 (TP-B) Foundations of Course Reform for Introductory Physics Organizer: David E. Pritchard, MIT Dana 1024 (TP-C) Negotiating Meaning: The Role of Assessment Rubrics and Diagnostic Guidelines Organizer: Edit Yerushalmi Dana 1028 (W-2) Qualitative Research Methods Valerie K. Otero, University of Colorado at Boulder
9:45am - 10:00am	Coffee Break, Michigan League Concourse
10:00am - 10:55am	Contributed Poster Session Part II, Michigan League - Hussey and Vandenbur 10:00am Contributed Poster Session Part II All posters are displayed. (odd - numbered posters are discussed from 10:00am – 10:25am and even-numbered posters are discussed from 10:30am – 10:55am)
11:00am - 12:15pm	Special Invited speaker panel, Dennison 170 Presiding: Antimirova, Lasry, Milner
12:15am - 1:30pm	Luncheon, Michigan League Concourse(Michigan Room) Announcements, etc.
1:30pm - 2:30pm	Special Session 2 Targeted Poster Sessions, Roundtable Discussions Dennison 130 (TP-B) Foundations of Course Reform for Introductory Physics Organizer: David E. Pritchard, MIT Dana 1024 (TP-C) Negotiating Meaning: The Role of Assessment Rubrics and Diagnostic Guidelines Organizer: Edit Yerushalmi Dennison 110 (TP-D) Broadening Our Lens: Socio-Cultural Perspectives in PER (Part I: artifacts and mediation) Organizer: Noah Finkelstein, University of Colorado at Boulder Dennison 120 (RTD-2) Cognition of an Expert Tackling an Unfamiliar Conceptual Physics Problem David Schuster, Western Michigan University Adriana Undreiu, University of Virginia's College at Wise
2:30pm - 2:45pm	Coffee Break, Michigan League Concourse
2:45pm - 3:45pm	Special Session 3 Targeted Poster Sessions, Roundtable Discussions Dennison 120 (TP-A) Cognitive Issues in Developing Curriculum for Upper-Level Physics Courses Organizer: Chandralekha Singh, University of Pittsburgh Dennison 110 (TP-E) Broadening Our Lens: Socio-Cultural Perspectives in PER (Part II: communities & social interaction) Organizer: Noah Finkelstein, University of Colorado at Boulder CANCELLED Dennison 130 (RTD-1) Where do the Student Conceptions Come from? Light and Optics Case Derya Kaltakci, University of Washington Ali Eryilmaz
4:00pm - 5:30pm	Round Table Report, Dennison 170 Presiding: Antimirova, Lasry Discussants & plenary speakers summarize the results of the RT sessions, posters and the entire conference; audience questions are welcome. Led by round table speakers, targeted poster session discussants, and invited speakers