Indiana Evaluation Association Quarterly Meeting

Jennifer Borland will be attending and serving as a small group discussion facilitator at the Indiana Evaluation Association’s quarterly meeting on July 17th from 9:30A-12:30P EDT, featuring a presentation by Dr. William Cox on “Bias Habit-Breaking Training.” This program is built on more than 30 years of research on the prejudice habit model and has been experimentally shown to produce long-term changes in bias. Click here for more info, or to register.

Rethinking the High School Internship in a Digital World

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Education organizations are quickly adapting to school closures, distance learning, and remote work schedules. While school buildings are closed, many industries remain active. As the summer approaches, internship programs that prepare students for the workforce are shifting to accommodate job placements online when they cannot take place on-site.

On Wednesday, April 29, 2020, 3:00 – 4:30 PM PST, join a panel of educators and STEM industry partners discussing strategies to implement STEM internships while sheltering-in-place. The discussion will be moderated by the CEO of PilotCity and joined by representatives from Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, Bayer, Biotech Partners, Typeform, and San Mateo County.

REA’s Alex Gurn will present with Biotech Partners on the opportunities and challenges of recreating laboratory-based experiences through digital internships.

The meeting is hosted by Alignment Bay Area, a group of education, industry, workforce development boards, and community-based organizations focusing on strategies that lead youth through college and to careers. Register in advance for this meeting.

American Educational Research Association Conference 2020

Prior to cancellation of the virtual American Educational Research Association (AERA) 2020 conference, REA was slated for two presentations

Kristin was co-presenting “Next Generation Science Standards Evolution Unit Efficacy: Student Results From Multiple-Choice and Constructed-Response Items,” a roundtable discussion in the Methodological Innovations in Researching Science Learning session. Her co-authors include Dina Drits-Esser, Louisa A. Stark, Sheila Homburger, and Molly Malone, University of Utah; Joseph Hardcastle, Jo Ellen Roseman, and George E. DeBoer, American Association for the Advancement of Science

Kristin was presenting “Learning Through Storybooks and Planetarium Shows: A Pilot Study of Two Elementary Instructional Sequences” a roundtable discussion in the Supporting Early Childhood and Elementary Science Learning session. Her co-authors include Alison Allen, Rockman et al; Brian Kruse, Linda Shore, Astronomical Society of the Pacific.

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