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Past Speakers

Dr. Clark Chinn
Promoting reasoning and epistemic growth in middle-school science classes
April 27, 2012
1:00pm-2:30pm, SEL 2087

Dr. Kylie Peppler
Evidence of Interest-Driven Learning in a Digital Age
March 9, 2012
1:00pm-2:30pm, SEL 2087

Dr. Maria Varelas
Young Children and Science: Learning and Identity Construction in Urban Elementary School Classrooms
February 10, 2012
1:00pm-2:30pm, SEL 2087

Dr. David Rapp
Problematic Learning from Inaccurate, Inconsistent, and Incredible Texts
December 2, 2011
1:00pm-2:30pm, SEL 2087

Dr. Nichole Pinkard, Depaul University
Digital Youth Network: Developing 21st Century Learners Through the Integration of Overlapping Affinity Spaces
November 11, 2011
1:00pm-2:30pm, SEL 2087

Dr. Chris Quintana, University of Michigan
Zydeco: Mobile Computing for Science Inquiry Across Classroom and Museums
October 28, 2011
1:00pm-2:30pm, SEL 2087

Dr. Tobin White, UC-Davis
Studying Collaborative Learning Processes in Classroom Networks
October 7, 2011
1:00pm-2:30pm, SEL 2087

Dr. Kevin Leander and Dr. Rogers Hall; Vanderbilt University
Scale & Modality in Spatial Analysis & Modeling 
April 15, 2011
12:00pm -1:00pm; CUPPA Hall 4th Floor (412 S. Peoria Street)

Kathryn Chval; University of Missouri
Studying Elementary Mathematics Classrooms Using Student Cams: Viewing Classrooms through Students’ Eyes
March 11, 2011
1 - 2:30 PM; 2087 SEL

Dr. Neil Heffernan and Dr. Cristina Heffernan; Worcester Polytechnic Institute

February 25, 2011
1 - 2:30 PM

Dr. Elizabeth Moje; University of Michigan
Teaching Youth to Navigate the Literate Contexts and Practices of Life
February 11, 2011
1 – 2:30 PM; SEL 2087

Ivar Bråten and Helge Strømsø
Topic-Specific Epistemic Beliefs and Multiple-Documents Literacy
December 6, 2010
1:00PM – 2:30 PM, Location: 2019 BSB

Cheryl Ann Cohen
Training spatial visualization skill with interactive animation
December 3, 2010
2:30 – 4:00; 2101 SEL

Michelle Williams (Michigan State)
The Impact of Technology-Enhanced Instruction on Upper-Elementary and Middle Grade Students’ Understanding of Genetic Inheritance
March 18, 2010
2 – 3:30 PM; 2087 SEL (950 S. Halsted St.)

Reed Stevens (School of Education and Social Policy Northwestern University)
The Future of Outdoor Psychology: New Directions for the Learning Sciences
February 11, 2010
2 – 3:30 PM; 2087 SEL (950 S. Halsted St.)

Dr.Melissa Gresalfi, Indiana University
Curriculum & Instruction and LSRI Sponsoring
January 28, 2010
2 – 3:30 PM; 3233 EPASW

Michael Muller and Robert Malchow
“Scientific Teaching”: Experience at the National Academies Summer Research Institute
November 12, 2009
2 – 3:30 PM; 2087 SEL (950 S. Halsted St.)

Jim Pellegrino, Co-Director of the Learning Sciences Research Institute
Identifying the Practices of Scientific Reasoning for Purposes of Instruction and Instantiating them in Specific Disciplines
April 10, 2009
12 - 1 PM; SEL 2087

Bettina Pedemonte
Argumentation and Proof: Continuity or distance?
April 3, 2009
12:00 - 1:00 PM ; Location: 2087 SEL

Susan Goldman, Co-Director of LSRI; Distinguished Professor in Psychology and Education
Literacy in the 21st Century: Recognizing the Challenges, Creating Solutions
March 16, 2009
3:00 - 4:30 PM; Cardinal Room, SCE

Gyorgy Turan, UIC Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science
Commonsense Knowledge, Commonsense Reasoning
March 13, 2009
12-1 PM; 2087 SEL

Pierre Dillenbourg; Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
I See What You Know
February 25, 2009
11 AM – 12 PM; 1076 BSB

Ricki Goldman; CREATE Lab, New York University
Design In-Sites for Digital Video Research in the Learning Sciences: The Points of Viewing Theory,
February 20, 2009
12 – 1:30 PM; 2087 SEL (via video-conference)

Janice Gobert, Dept. of Social Sciences and Policy Studies, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Learning with visualizations: Some implications for students' learning and some directions for Learning Sciences research.
February 13, 2009
12 – 1 PM; 2087 SEL

Spring 2009 Chicago Symposium Series - National Louis University
Excellence in Teaching Mathematics and Science: Research and Practice
February 6, 2009
11:00 AM

Ann Feldman
How Reflection Undoes Service Learning
January 30, 2009
12 – 1 PM; 2087 SEL

Hyman Bass and Mark Thames
The Role of Definitions in Teaching, Learning, and Doing Mathematics: An Example of MKT
January 14, 2009
3:00pm in 636 SEO

Angela Calabrese Barton, Michigan State University
Where da heat go? Agency, Identity, and Science
December 2, 2008
3:00 - 4:30 PM; Room 3233 EPASW (College of Education)

Learning Sciences Ph.D. Program Informational Booth
UIC Student Center East, 1st floor lobby; 750 South Halsted Street
November 18, 2008
11:30 AM - 1:30 PM

James Pellegrino, Co-director, LSRI
To Test or Not to Test: That is NOT the Question!
November 17, 2008
2:00 PM; UIC Student Center East, Cardinal Room; 750 South Halsted Street

Nancy Butler Songer, The University of Michigan
All I Ever Needed to Know About Learning Science I Learned From Being Halfway There
October 31, 2008
1:00 - 2:30; Room 2087 SEL

Kara Jackson, Vanderbilt University
Learning Mathematics Within and Across School and Home Contexts
October 28, 2008
3:00-5:00 PM, Rm. 3233 EPASW

Guershon Harel, University of California, San Diego
Intellectual Need and Its Application in Mathematics Instruction
October 24, 2008
3:00 PM,SEO Rm.636;

851 S. Morgan Street

Jonathan Kozol
One of America’s most tireless and influential advocates for public education
October 20, 2008
Columbia College - Reserve your ticket at no charge: 312-369-6600.

Jim Pellegrino, Co-Director LSRI, UIC
From Research to Practice: Redesigning AP Science Courses to Promote Advanced Learning and Conceptual Understanding
September 17, 2008
11-12; 1007 W. Harrison, Room 1076 BSB

Vicente Talanquer, Ph.D.; University of Arizona
Constrained Thinking in Chemistry
September 16, 2008
4:00 PM; 845 W. Taylor Street, Room 238 SES

Mathematics Education Seminar Kaye Stacey
636 SEO
May 7, 2008
4:00 PM

Dr. Bryan Brown
Language, Identity, & Classroom Learning: Understanding how language and Science learning intersect.
April 21, 2008
Room 3233 (Commons) EPASW, 2:00 - 4:00 PM

Bryan A. Brown
Language, Identity, & Classroom Learning: Understanding how language and science learning intersect
April 21, 2008
2:00 - 4:00pm; Room 3233 EPASW

Norb Pienta, Department of Chemistry and Center for Teaching and Learning, University of Iowa
Examining the Role of Cognitive Load and Problem Difficulty in Introductory Chemistry Problems
April 15, 2008
4:00-5:00 PM, 238 Science and Engineering South

Santiago Sandi-Ureña, Clemson University
“What you do when you don’t know what to do: Metacognition in Chemistry Problem Solving”
March 19, 2008
4:00 PM, Rm. 130 Science and Engineering South

Noah Feinstein
Public engagement with science – new perspective, new approach
March 11, 2008
4:00 PM, Rm. 230 Science and Engineering South

Nick Stroud
Learning and teaching science across contexts: Bridging the informal and formal
March 6, 2008
4:00 PM, Rm. 130 Science and Engineering South

Megan Bang
Improving Science Teaching and Learning for Native American Children through Community Based Design: Investigating Impacts of Relational Epistemologies.
March 3, 2008
2:00 - 4:00 p.m, Room 3233, EPASW

David Brookes, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
The Role of Language in Learning Physics
March 3, 2008
4:00 PM, Rm. 130 Science and Engineering South

Shawn Stevens
Joint LS / Chemistry Seminar
February 25, 2008
04:00 PM, 130 Science and Engineering South

Julia Aguirre, University of Washington - Tacoma
Privileging mathematics and equity in teacher preparation: rethinking mathematics methods courses to advance marginalized youth in mathematics education
February 9, 2008
3:00 – 4:30 p.m.; 2433 EPASW

Leilah Lyons, Univ of Michigan
Playing Together at the Museum: Preliminary Results on Factors Affecting Participation in a Multi-User Software-Based Exhibit
December 6, 2007
2:00 - 3:30 PM, 851 S. Morgan Street, Room 1000 SEO

Ben Shapiro, Northwestern University
Design Research from the Bottom Up: New Infrastructure for School Reform
December 3, 2007
2:00 - 3:30 PM, 851 S. Morgan Street, Room 1000 SEO

Mary Beth Rosson
When Users Do the Programming: Challenges and Opportunities for End User Software Engineering
November 15, 2007
11:00 - 12:30 PM, 851 S. Morgan Street, Room 1000 SEO

Daniel Schwartz, Professor, Stanford University
Learning in Social Interaction
October 26, 2007
1:00 - 2:30 PM, 1007 W. Harrison Street, Room 2019 BSB

Ann Feldman, Department of English (UIC)
Connecting Writing and Learning as Situated Practice
October 22, 2007
12 - 1 PM, 1007 W. Harrison Street, Room 2019 BSB

Nathalie Sinclair, Professor, Simon Fraser University
Modeling Practices with The Geometer's Sketchpad
October 19, 2007
1:00 - 2:30 PM, 1007 W. Harrison Street, Room 2019 BSB

Nicholas Jackiw, Chief Technology Officer, KCP Technologies
External and Internal Perspectives on Dynamic Geometry Software
October 18, 2007
3:30 - 5:00 PM, 851 S. Morgan Street, Room 1000 SEO

Melanie Cooper, Professor, Clemson University
Using Multiple Methods to Assess and Improve Problem Solving
October 9, 2007
4:00 - 5:30 PM, 845 W. Taylor Street, Room 138 SES

Chris Quintana, University of Michigan
Designing for Learning: Learning about Design, the Interplay between HCI and the Learning Sciences
February 7, 2007
1:30-3:00 PM Room 1000 SEO (Science and Engineering Offices)

Deborah Tatar, Virginia Tech
Practice into Theory: From serious work about learning in classroom environments to serious questions about the playful nature of control and coordination in computing
January 29, 2007
1:30-3:00 PM Room 1000 SEO (Science and Engineering Offices)

Dylan Williams, Deputy Director of the Institute of Education, University of London
Developing assessment for learning with teacher learning communities
January 26, 2007
Chicago Symposium

Ryan S.J.d. Baker, Ph.D, University of Nottingham
Detecting and Adapting to When Students Game the System
January 23, 2007
3:00-4:30 Room 1000 SEO (Science & Engineering Offices)

Brian K. Smith, Ph.D.
Acts into Artifacts: Computational Tools to Support Experience Capture and Reflection
January 16, 2007
3:00-4:30 Room 1000 SEO (Science & Engineering Offices)

Anne Britt, Northern Illinois University
Supporting the Development of Argumentative Skills
November 17, 2006
BSB 2019 1:00-2:30pm

Al Bertani, Senior Researcher
Field Instructor Research Project - ST2 Debriefing
May 11, 2006
LITD

Eleni Katsarou
Creating an Assessment of TC Dispositions
May 11, 2006
LITD

Alison Castro
Understanding the teacher-text relationship: Using mathematics curriculum materials to support teacher learning
March 27, 2006
SEO 636

Nicole Pinkard
Closing the Participation Gap
March 17, 2006
BSB 2019 1:00-2:30pm

Mike Stieff, University of California - Davis
Enhancing Science Education with Novel Approaches to the Design of Visualization Tools
February 28, 2006
BSB 2019

Josh Radinsky, University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Education
Learning to reason with visual data
February 22, 2006
EPASW 3008

Andrew Brantlinger, Northwestern University
Problems with Context: The Curricular Effects of Infusing Sociopolitical Themes into Secondary Mathematics
February 21, 2006
SEO 636

Marcelle Siegel, UC San Francisco
Decisions, Decisions: Assessing Students' and Preservice Teachers' Use of Scientific Evidence
February 20, 2006
BSB2019

Eva Thanheiser, San Diego State University
Preservice Elementary School Teachers' Conceptions of Multidigit Whole Numbers
February 14, 2006
SEO 636

Flavio Azevedo, University of California Santa Cruz
Serious play: A comparative study of engagement and learning in hobby practices
February 13, 2006
BSB 2019

Joe Krajcik, University of Michigan
Scaffolding Students in Writing Evidence-Based Scientific Explanations
January 27, 2006
1:00-2:30pm LOCATION: BSB 2019

Danny Martin
Race, Identity, and Mathematics Literacy: African American Counternarratives
January 12, 2006
EPASW

Yvonne Rogers
Design of learning environments and roles for technology
October 20, 2005
3:30-5:00pm LOCATION: SEO Room 1000

Richard Halverson
The New Instructional Leadership: Creating Data-Driven Instructional Systems in Schools
September 16, 2005
TIME: 1:00-2:30 LOCATION: 3312 EPASW

Erica Halverson
Telling, adapting, and performing stories: How literacy meets identity
September 15, 2005
4:00-4:50pm LOCATION: EPASW L285

Deanna Kuhn, Professor of Psychology and Education at Teachers College, Columbia University
Does Learning Develop?
April 1, 2005
2019 BSB, 1007 W. Harrison Street

Richard Anderson, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Collarborative Reasoning in Asia
February 18, 2005
1:00PM : 1040 W. Harrison Street, Room 3427

Hilda Borko, University of Colorado - Boulder
Preparing Teachers to Foster Algebraic Thinking: Conducting and Studying Development within the STAAR Project
November 12, 2004
EPASW 3427, 1040 W. Harrison Street

Janet Kolodner, Georgia Institute of Technology
From Case-Based Reasoning to Learning by Design to Design of Technology for Learning
October 12, 2004
ERF Room 1043

Janet Kolodner, Georgia Institute of Technology
Using Culture to Boost Cognition in Middle School Science Classrooms
October 11, 2004
BSB 2019, 1007 W. Harrison Street

Jay L. Lemke, University of Michigan
Learning Across Space and Time: From GameWorlds to Learning Environments
October 1, 2004
BSB 2019, 1007 W. Harrison Street

Ron Stevens, University of California, Los Angeles, Director of the IMMEX Project
Probabilities and Predictions: Modeling the Development of Scientific Competence
August 5, 2004
BSB 2019, 1007 W. Harrison Street

Jim Minstrell, FACET Innovations
Tools to Assist in Identifying and Monitoring Student Thinking in Science and Mathematics
June 17, 2004
BSB 2019, 1007 W. Harrison Street

Louis Gomez, Northwestern University
What Is This Thing called Learning Sciences?
March 30, 2004
3233 EPASW (COE), 1040 West Harrison Street

Mark Guzdial, Georgia Institute of Technology
Constructing Media as a Context for Teaching Computing and Motivating Women and Non-Majors
March 10, 2004
BSB 2019, 1007 W. Harrison Street

Mark Guzdial, Georgia Institute of Technology
Collaborative Dynabooks: A Research Agenda on Building Systems to Support Learning through Multimedia
March 9, 2004
Room 1000, SEO, 851 South Morgan Street

Barry Fishman, University of Michigan
Present at the Creation: Conducting Research that Fosters the Usability of Innovations in Educational Reform
January 30, 2004
EPASW RM 3233

Barry Fishman, University of Michigan
Designing Comprehensive Professional Development Systems that Support Standards-Based Curriculum Reform and Student Learning
January 29, 2004
SEL RM 2087

Denny Borsboom (Univeristy of Amsterdam)
The Concept of Psychological Measurement
November 11, 2003
Room 315 BSB

Eva Thanheiser (San Diego State University)
Pre-service Teachers' Conceptions of Whole Numbers
November 7, 2003
Room 2087 SEL

Morton Gernsbacher (University of Wisconsin, Madison)
Watching the Brain Comprehend
October 24, 2003
Room 331 BSB

Marta Civil (University of Arizona)
Using community knowledge for curriculum and learning in math; Bringing parents into standards-based math
October 16, 2003
Room 2087 SEL

Jim Spillane, Northwestern University
Framing School Leadership: A Distributed Perspective
April 11, 2003
4013 EPASW

Danny Bernard Martin, Contra Costa College
Situating Mathematics: Socialization, Meaning-Making, and Mathematics Identity Among African American Adults and Adolescents
March 31, 2003
3427 EPASW

Sharon J. Derry, University of Wisconsin, Madison
A STELLAR Course? Teacher Education Within a Socio-Technical Environment For Learning & Learning-Activity Research
March 28, 2003
Commons Area (3233 EPASW)

Martha Alibali, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Understanding Change in Children's Mathematical Reasoning: Evidence from Gesture and Speech
March 7, 2003
Room 145 BSB

Martha Alibali, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Multimodal Signals in Instructional Communication: The Importance of Gesture for Teachers and Students
March 6, 2003
Room 2087 (SEL),

Carol Lee, Northwestern University
The Design Challenges of Modeling Reading Comprehension Across School Subject Matters for Struggling Secondary School Readers: Cultural Modeling's Response
February 28, 2003
BSB Rm. 145

Ken Koedinger, Carnegie Mellon University
Cognitive Models and Instructional Design
October 4, 2002
Room 140 BSB

Ken Koedinger, Carnegie Mellon University
Cognitive Tutors: Bringing Learning Research to the Classroom
October 3, 2002
Room 2087 SEL

Annemarie Palincsar, University of Michigan
The Role of Teacher, Text, and Experience Mediating Young Children's Engagement & Learning in Inquiry-based Science Instruction
September 19, 2002
Room 2087 SEL

Lee S. Shulman, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
A Taxonomic Trek: From Student Learning to Faculty Scholarship
April 25, 2002
Lecture Center D-1

 
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