8:30
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Registration and Continental Breakfast
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Chesapeake
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9:00
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Opening Plenary Session
Welcome,
Purpose, and Introductions
Shirley
McBay, President, QEM Network
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9:15
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Plenary Session: Research in STEM Education
(Background and Context (Its
origins, development, and guiding principles);
Educational Research Standards)
Presenter: Cheryl Leggon, Associate Professor, School of Public Policy
Georgia Institute of
Technology, and QEM Consultant
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10:00
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Break
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10:15
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Plenary Session: Research Design – Asking the Right Question
(What
is meant by Research Design? What attributes should a research
question satisfy so that the question is deemed important
to ask? What are some
of the common forms/types of research questions?)
Presenter: Emorcia Hill, Director, Research and Evaluation
Converge, Office for Diversity and
Community Partnership
Harvard Medical School, and QEM
Consultant
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11:00
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Four Concurrent Follow-up Working Group
Sessions on Asking the Right Question
Participants
assigned to four Working Group Tables [see Assignment Sheet]
identify/formulate
significant research question(s) for assigned case studies
Working Group I (Case Study I - Kimberley Freeman)
Working Group II (Case Study II
- Gerunda Hughes)
Working Group III (Case Study
III -Emorcia Hill)
Working Group IV (Case Study IV - Cheryl Leggon)
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Carlton
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Scott
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Chesapeake
II
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Chesapeake I
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NOON
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12:00
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Working Luncheon Buffet
Working Groups Report and
Wrap-up Discussion on Asking the Right Question
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Chesapeake
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1:30
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Plenary Session - Methods
of Educational Research
(Most
common methods in educational research; purpose and review of various
methods: quantitative, qualitative,
and mixed-methods; controversies and
ethical considerations related to
methods; and research instruments)
Presenter: Kimberley Freeman, Associate Professor, School of Education
Howard
University, and QEM Consultant
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Chesapeake
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2:15
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Four Concurrent Working Group Sessions - Methodology
(Working Groups outline methods and instruments to be used, based on
Case Studies)
Working Group I (Case Study I - Kimberley Freeman)
Working Group II (Case Study II
- Gerunda Hughes)
Working Group III (Case Study
III -Emorcia Hill)
Working Group IV (Case Study IV
- Cheryl Leggon)
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Carlton
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Scott
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Chesapeake
II
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Chesapeake I
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3:15
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Break
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3:30
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Plenary Session: Data Collection and Data Analysis
Presenter: Gerunda Hughes, Associate Professor,
School of Education, and
Director, Office of Institutional Assessment and
Evaluation
Howard University, and QEM Consultant
Data Collection and Data Analysis
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Chesapeake
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4:15
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Four Concurrent Working Group Sessions: Utilizing Appropriate Methods
(Working groups reconvene and
identify appropriate methodology and data
collection and analytical strategies
for investigating the research question(s)
formulated during the morning
session. Must provide justification for selecting
agreed upon methodology as well as
identify specific data collection concerns
and ethical considerations)
Working Group I (Case Study I - Kimberley Freeman)
Working Group II (Case Study II
- Gerunda Hughes)
Working Group III (Case Study
III -Emorcia Hill)
Working Group IV (Case Study IV
- Cheryl Leggon)
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Carlton
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Scott
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Chesapeake
II
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Chesapeake I
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5:15
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Break
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6:00
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Working Dinner
Working Groups Report on Appropriate Methodology, Wrap-up
Summary of Research
Methods
and Day’s Work
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Chesapeake
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7:30
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Adjournment
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Saturday, October 1
– Issues in Educational Research
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AM
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8:00
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Buffet Breakfast
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Chesapeake
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8:30
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Plenary Session: Research
at the K-12 Level – Considerations and Challenges
Presenter: Gerunda Hughes, QEM Consultant
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Chesapeake
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9:15
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Plenary Session: Implementation, Research, and Evaluation
(Is
there unavoidable tension and/or conflict? What is the role of research in
implementation? What is the role of evaluation in
research? What is the role of
evaluation in implementation? Can a researcher wear both hats?)
Presenter: Emorcia Hill, QEM Consultant
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Chesapeake
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10:15
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Break
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10:30
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Four
Concurrent Working Group Sessions:
Implementation, Research, and Evaluation
(Using
assigned case studies from Day One, Working Groups are to develop
evaluation questions and distinguish
between the research and evaluation
questions formulated)
Working Group I (Case Study I - Kimberley Freeman)
Working Group II (Case Study II
- Gerunda Hughes)
Working Group III (Case Study
III -Emorcia Hill)
Working Group IV (Case Study IV
- Cheryl Leggon)
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Carlton
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R2101
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Chesapeake
II
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Chesapeake I
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11:30
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Plenary Session: Working Groups Report on Implementation,
Research, and Evaluation
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NOON
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Working Lunch and Plenary Session
Plenary
Session – The Socio-cultural
Context of Research in STEM Education
Presenter: Cheryl Leggon, QEM Consultant
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Chesapeake
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1:00
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Plenary Session – Research in Undergraduate STEM Education
(Student Learning and
Motivation, Program Intervention, and
Instructional Methodologies)
Presenter: Kimberley Freeman, QEM
Consultant
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Chesapeake
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1:30
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Plenary Session: Staying Current in the Field
Presenter: Emorcia Hill, QEM Consultant
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Chesapeake
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2:00
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Break
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2:15
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Plenary Session: Dissemination of Research Findings
(The Role
of Peer Review; Getting Published)
Presenter: Gerunda Hughes, QEM Consultant
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Chesapeake
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2:45
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Plenary Session: Potential Funding Sources
Presenter: J. Arthur Jones, Senior Associate, QEM Network
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Chesapeake
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3:15
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Closing Comments from
Participants, QEM Consultants, and QEM Staff
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Chesapeake
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3:30
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Adjournment
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