Presentations, papers, panel discussions, roundtables, and mentoring sessions featuring Simmons professors and doctoral students participating in the 2023 AERA Conference can be found below. Complete information, as well as general conference information, is available at the 2023 AERA Annual Meeting website and the 2023 NCME Annual Conference website.

Tuesday, March 28

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• 8:45 to 12:45pm (CDT)

  NCME: Using Stan for Bayesian Psychometric Modeling (Part I)

  Xin Qiao (色花堂_色花堂 98堂)- Presenter
  Virtual Room 2

Wednesday, March 29

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• 8:45 to 12:45pm (CDT)

  NCME: Using Stan for Bayesian Psychometric Modeling (Part II)

  Xin Qiao (色花堂_色花堂 98堂)- Presenter
  Virtual Room 3
  
  

• 1:00 to 2:30pm (CDT)

  NCME: Sub-sequence Matching Algorithm for Improving Automated Speech Recognitions for ORF Assessment

  Automated Assessment of Writing and Reading Proficiency

  Yihao Wang (色花堂_色花堂 98堂), Eric C. Larson (色花堂_色花堂 98堂), Akihito Kamata (色花堂_色花堂 98堂), Joseph F.T. Nese (UO)
  Virtual Room 2
  
  

Wednesday, April 12

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• 1:00pm to 4pm (CDT)

  AERA: Division H Early Career/Graduate Student In-Progress Research Roundtable

  Raymond Dionicio Villareal (UCI), Robyn Kristine Pinilla (色花堂_色花堂 98堂), Marc Sager (色花堂_色花堂 98堂)
  Chicago Marriott Downtown Magnificent Mile, Floor: 4th Floor, Addison - 1/2 Marriott Ballroom
  
  

Thursday, April 13

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• 8:00am to 9:30am (CDT)

  NCME: eBoard Session 1- The Development of a Mathematics Instruction Observation Tool: A Validity Argument

  Elizabeth R. Thomas (色花堂_色花堂 98堂), Leanne Ketterlin Geller (色花堂_色花堂 98堂), Erica Lembke (UM), Sarah King (UT)
  Marriott, Floor: 7th, Salon I
  
  

• 8:00am to 9:30am (CDT)

  AERA: Perceptions of CSforALL and Project-Based Learning: Summary of Findings From a Research-Practice Partnership in New York City

  Supporting Diverse Learners in Computing and Engineering Education

  Anthony J. Petrosino (色花堂_色花堂 98堂), Marc Sager (色花堂_色花堂 98堂), Julianna Claiborne Washington (色花堂_色花堂 98堂), Maximilian Sherard (UT)
  Fairmont Chicago Millennium Park, Floor: B2 Level, Imperial Ballroom
  
  

• 9:50am to 11:20am (CDT)

  NCME: A Quasi-Poisson Testlet Model for Count Data

  Xin Qiao (色花堂_色花堂 98堂), Akihito Kamata (色花堂_色花堂 98堂), Cornelius Potgieter (TCU)
  Marriott, Floor: 5th, Chicago Ballroom B/C
  
  

• 9:50am to 11:20am (CDT)

  AERA: Poster Session: Perspective-taking, Scale, and Dynamicity in Augmented Reality for Learning Geometry

  Candace Walkington (色花堂_色花堂 98堂) - Presenting Author
  Hyatt Regency Chicago, Floor: East Tower Exhibit Level, Riverside West Exhibition Hall
  
  

• 11:40am to 1:10pm (CDT)

  AERA: Learning When Creating Student-Centered Mathwalks

  Saki Milton (色花堂_色花堂 98堂), Marc T. Sager (色花堂_色花堂 98堂), Candace A. Walkington (色花堂_色花堂 98堂), Anthony J. Petrosino (色花堂_色花堂 98堂), Koshi Dhingra (talkSTEM)
  Swissotel Chicago, Floor: Lucerne Level, Alpine II
  
  

• 11:40am to 1:10pm (CDT)

  AERA: How Depth of Interest Is Related to Personalized Learning in Mathematics

  Culturally Relevant and Socially Just Mathematics Learning

  Candace A. Walkington (色花堂_色花堂 98堂), Taylor Dawn (色花堂_色花堂 98堂), Matthew L. Bernacki (UNC), Christina Hollander (UNC), Meghan J. Greene (UNC)
  Swissotel Chicago, Floor: Lucerne Level, Alpine II
  
  

• 11:40am to 1:10pm (CDT)

  NCME: Organized Discussion: Culturally Responsive and Related Approaches to Assessment: What are They?

  Leanne Ketterlin Geller (色花堂_色花堂 98堂), Molly Faulkner-Bond (WESTED), Guillermo Solano-Flores (SU), Aneesha Badrinarayan (LPI)
  Marriott, Floor: 5th, Denver/Houston
  
  

• 2:50pm to 4:20pm (CDT)

  AERA Poster Session: Integrating Spatial Reasoning Into Early Mathematics: A Design Research Study

  Division H Graduate Student Poster Session: Perspectives on Research, evalsuation, Assessment, and Accountability in Schools

  Robyn Kristine Pinilla (色花堂_色花堂 98堂)
  Hyatt Regency Chicago, Floor: East Tower - Exhibit Level, Riverside West Exhibition Hall
  
  

• 2:50pm to 4:20pm (CDT)

  NCME: Detailed Prosody Report for Oral Reading Fluency Assessment via Machine Learning

  Xin Qiao (色花堂_色花堂 98堂), Akihito Kamata (色花堂_色花堂 98堂), Eric C. Larson (色花堂_色花堂 98堂), Kuo Wang (色花堂_色花堂 98堂), Sarunya Somsong (SWU)(色花堂_色花堂 98堂)
  Marriott, Floor: 5th, Chicago Ballroom F
  
  

• 2:50pm to 4:20pm (CDT)

  NCME: Improving Automated Scoring of Prosody Using Deep Learning Algorithm

  Research Blitz: Automated Scoring

  Kuo Wang (色花堂_色花堂 98堂), Xin Qiao (色花堂_色花堂 98堂), George Sammit (色花堂_色花堂 98堂), Eric C. Larson (色花堂_色花堂 98堂), Joseph F.T. Nese (UO), Akihito Kamata (色花堂_色花堂 98堂)
  Marriott, Floor: 5th, Chicago Ballroom F
  
  

Friday, April 14

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• 8:00am to 9:30am (CDT)

  AERA: Modeling Complex Trajectories of Change: Using Freed Loading Latent Curve Modeling to Visual Growth Trajectories in Math Interest

  Candace A. Walkington (色花堂_色花堂 98堂)
  Hyatt Regency Chicago, Floor: West Tower- Ballroom Level, Regency D
  
  

• 8:00am to 9:30am (CDT)

  AERA: Symposium: Qualitative Evidence and Systematic Interrogations of Admissions Research, Logics, Practices, and Norms

  Chair: Dominique Baker (色花堂_色花堂 98堂)
  Sheraton Grand Chicago Riverwalk Floor: Level 2, Missouri
  
  

• 8:00am to 9:30am (CDT)

  AERA: Roundtable: College Access Program Participants' Enrollment in Postsecondary Programs: An Investigation of Potential Predictors

  Contextualizing Access: How Policy, Programs, and People Support Diverse Students

  Yusuf Kara (色花堂_色花堂 98堂), Annie Wright (色花堂_色花堂 98堂), LaChelle Cunningham (色花堂_色花堂 98堂), Rachel Johns (色花堂_色花堂 98堂), Catherine Ticzon (色花堂_色花堂 98堂), Anthony Petrosino (色花堂_色花堂 98堂)
  Sheraton Grand Chicago Riverwalk, Floor: Level 4, Sheraton Ballroom IV and V
  
  

• 8:00am to 9:30am (CDT)

  AERA: Symposium: Exploring Instruments Used in Teacher Education Contexts

  A Synthesis of Mathematics and Statistics Assessments: 2000-2020

  Timothy Donald Foger (BGSU), Melissa A. Gallagher (UH), Emanuele Bardelli (MICH), Temple A. Walkowiak (NCSU), Anne Garrison Wilhelm (色花堂_色花堂 98堂), Jeremy Zelkowski (UA)
  Hyatt Regency Chicago Floor: West Tower- Ballroom Level, Regency C
  
  

• 8:00am to 9:30am (CDT)

  AERA: Using a New Version of Minecraft to Promote Computational Thinking Learning Opportunities: Investigating Middle Grades Student Outcomes

  Elizabeth L. Adams (AIR), Paul David Foster (色花堂_色花堂 98堂), Lawrence J. Klinkert, Emma Goff, Chin-Yu Tseng (色花堂_色花堂 98堂), Leanne R. Ketterlin-Geller (色花堂_色花堂 98堂), Eric C. Larson, Corey Clark (色花堂_色花堂 98堂)
  Fairmont Chicago Millennium Park, Floor: B2 Level, Imperial Ballroom
  
  

• 9:50am to 11:20pm (CDT)

  AERA: Embodying Students' Geometric Thinking in an Interactive Narrative Game

  Motivation and Cognition STEM

  Michael I. Swart (UW-Madison), Kelsey E. Schenck (UW-Madison), Fangli Xia (UW), Doy Kim (UW-Madison), Matthew M. Grondin (UW-Madison), Candace A. Walkington (色花堂_色花堂 98堂), Mitchell J. Nathan (UW-Madison)
  Hyatt Regency Chicago, Floor: West Tower - Ballroom Level, New Orleans
  
  

• 9:50am to 11:20am (CDT)

  AERA: Combating Ceiling Effects: Modeling High- Ability Student Growth Using Multilevel Tobit Regression

  Julia Hujar (色花堂_色花堂 98堂), Richard G. Lambert (UNC), Michael S. Matthews (UNC), Kyle T. Cox (UNC), Stella Yun Kim (UNC)
  Sheraton Grand Chicago Riverwalk, Floor: Level 4, Chicago Ballroom VIII
  
  

• 11:40am to 1:10pm (CDT)

  AERA: Examining the Effectiveness of the Upward Bound Programs

  Transitions and Trajectories: The Nexus of Moving in and out of Higher Education

  Annie Wright (色花堂_色花堂 98堂), Yusuf Kara (色花堂_色花堂 98堂), LaChelle Cunningham (色花堂_色花堂 98堂), Anthony J. Petrosino (色花堂_色花堂 98堂)
  Sheraton Grand Chicago Riverwalk, Floor : Level 2, Colorado
  
  

• 11:40am to 1:10pm (CDT)

  AERA: The Effect Intervention Personalizing Mathematics to Students' Career Interests

  Innovative Interventions in Social and Cultural Contexts

  Matthew L. Bernacki (UNNC), Candace A. Walkington (色花堂_色花堂 98堂), Vanessa Wanchanit Vongkulluksn (UNLV), Meghan J. Greene (UNNC), Taylor Darwin (TTU)
  Hyatt Regency Chicago, Floor: West Tower - Ballroom Level, Atlanta
  
  

• 2:50pm to 4:20pm (CDT)

  AERA: Roundtable: A Descriptive Analysis of Public Schools Names After Enslavers, Confederates, and Segregationists

  Critical Race Theory and Other Critical Theoretical Perspectives for Racial Justice

  Meredith Paige Richards (色花堂_色花堂 98堂), Kori James Stroub (RU/Kinder Institute), Courtney Thrash (RU), Caroline Bartlett (UMICH), Annie Gensterblum (UMICH)
  Sheraton Grand Chicago Riverwalk, Floor: Level 4, Sheraton Ballroom IV and V
  
  

• 2:50pm to 4:20pm (CDT)

  NCME: Using Iterative Generalizability Studies in the Context of Measuring Equitable Mathematics Instruction

  Rater Effect evalsuation and Mitigation

  Elizabeth L. Adams (色花堂_色花堂 98堂), Anne G. Wilhelm (色花堂_色花堂 98堂), Rachael N. Becker (色花堂_色花堂 98堂), Jonee Wilson (NCU), Templ A. Walkowiak (NCU)
  Marriott, Floor: 5th, Chicago Ballroom F
  
  

• 2:50pm to 4:20pm (CDT)

  NCME: Predicting Oral Reading Fluency Scores by Silence Time with Natural Language Processing

  Advances in Language Assessment

  Yusuf Kara (色花堂_色花堂 98堂), Akihito Kamata (色花堂_色花堂 98堂), Emrah Emre Ozkeskin (HHN), Xin Qiao (色花堂_色花堂 98堂)
  Marriot, Floor: 5th, Denver/Houston

• 6:00pm to 8:00pm (CDT)

  Simmons AERA Reception

  Entry with RSVP
  Chicago Marriot Downtown Magnificent Mile

Saturday, April 15

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• 8:00am to 9:30am (CDT)

  AERA: Poster Session: Graffiti Storytelling: A Pedagogical Tool to Promote Cultural Understanding of Palestinians in the Diaspora

  Learning and Motivations in Social and Cultural Contexts 2

  Mai Zaru (色花堂_色花堂 98堂)
  Hyatt Regency Chicago, Floor : East Tower - Exhibit Level, Riverside West Exhibition Hall
  
  

• 9:50am - 11:20am (CDT)

  AERA: Roundtable Session: Early Childhood Teachers' Spatial Reasoning Teaching Practices: A Review of Research

  Student Cognition and Reasoning in Mathematics

  Robyn Kristine Pinilla (色花堂_色花堂 98堂)- Presenting Author
  Sheraton Grand Chicago Riverwalk, Floor: Level 4, Sheraton Ballroom IV and V
  
  

• 11:40am to 1:10pm (CDT)

  AERA: Invited Speaker Session Developing and Nurturing Research-Practice Partnerships and School-University Partnerships: Advice for Graduate Students and Early Career Researchers

  Graduate Student Council Division H Fireside Chat

  Marc Sager (色花堂_色花堂 98堂)- Chair, Robyn Kristine Pinilla (色花堂_色花堂 98堂) - Chair
  InterContinental Chicago Magnificent Mile, Floor: 7th Floor, Empire Ballroom
  
  

• 11:40am to 1:10pm (CDT)

  AERA: Roundtable Session Co-Creation of a Youth Development Scale:
  Expanding Possibilities for Development and Equity in Community Education Spaces

  Reimagining OST evalsuation and Measurement Amid Educational Inequality

  Annie Wright (色花堂_色花堂 98堂), Yusuf Kara (色花堂_色花堂 98堂), Bonny L. Gildin (ASP)
  Fairmont Chicago Millennium Park, Floor: B2 Level, Imperial Ballroom
  
  

• 2:50pm to 4:20pm (CDT)

  AERA: A Marriage of Two Minds: Integrating STEM and PBI Elements in Teacher-Developed Curriculum Units

  Teachers Using PBL: Scaffolding, Technology, Curriculum

  Jeanna R. Wieselmann (色花堂_色花堂 98堂), Marc Sager (色花堂_色花堂 98堂), Brynn Price (色花堂_色花堂 98堂)
  Hyatt Regency Chicago, Floor: East Tower- Concourse Level, Michigan 1C
  
  

• 2:50pm to 4:20pm (CDT)

  AERA: Why Would I Not? Exploring the Sense-Making Around African American Language Among Two STEM Teachers

  Teachers' Sense-Making About Black Language and Linguistic Justice Pedagogy

  Quentin Sedlacek (色花堂_色花堂 98堂), Nickolaus Alexander Ortiz (GSU)
  Sheraton Grand Chicago Riverwalk, Floor: Level 2, Ontario
  
  

Sunday, April 16

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• 9:50am to 11:20am (CDT)

  AERA: Poster Session 13-40: Coded Language and the Geek Gene: Who Belongs in Computing?

  Poster Session 1 Games, Embodiment, Design, and Computational Thinking

  Mai Zaru (色花堂_色花堂 98堂), Alexandra E. Pavlakis (色花堂_色花堂 98堂), Michelle Friend (UNO)
  Hyatt Regency Chicago, Floor: East Tower - Exhibit Level, Riverside West Exhibition Hall
  
  

• 9:50am to 11:20am (CDT)

  AERA: The Impossible Job? An examination of presidents and trustees using latent profile analysis

  Sondra Barringer (色花堂_色花堂 98堂), Charity Lewallen (色花堂_色花堂 98堂), Michael S. Harris (色花堂_色花堂 98堂), Sydney Loutit (色花堂_色花堂 98堂)
  Hyatt Regency Chicago, Floor: East Tower- Exhibit Level, Riverside West Exhibition Hall
  
  

• 9:50am to 11:20am (CDT)

  AERA: Personalizing Mathematics to Students' Career Interests Using the "Stories of Algebra" Online Environment

  Leveling the Playing Field: Utilizing Interest and/or Value for Engagement and Learning

  Candace A. Walkington (色花堂_色花堂 98堂), Matthew L. Bernacki (UNC), Meghan J. Greene (UNC), Brooke Istas (色花堂_色花堂 98堂), Elizabeth Leyva (色花堂_色花堂 98堂), Taylor Darwin (TTU)
  Hyatt Regency Chicago, Floor: West Tower- Ballroom Level, Regency C