American Eductional Research Association (AERA) and National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME) 2023

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 website and the website.

Tuesday, March 28

  • 8:45 to 12:45pm (CDT)

    NCME:

    Xin Qiao (SMU)- Presenter
    Virtual Room 2

Wednesday, March 29

  • 8:45 to 12:45pm (CDT)

    NCME:

    Xin Qiao (SMU)- Presenter
    Virtual Room 3

  • 1:00 to 2:30pm (CDT)

    NCME: 

    Automated Assessment of Writing and Reading Proficiency

    Yihao Wang (SMU), Eric C. Larson (SMU), Akihito Kamata (SMU), Joseph F.T. Nese (UO)
    Virtual Room 2

Wednesday, April 12

  • 1:00pm to 4pm (CDT)

    AERA:

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

Thursday, April 13

  • 8:00am to 9:30am (CDT)

    NCME:

    Elizabeth R. Thomas (SMU), Leanne Ketterlin Geller (SMU), Erica Lembke (UM), Sarah King (UT)
    Marriott, Floor: 7th, Salon I

  • 8:00am to 9:30am (CDT)

    AERA: 

    Supporting Diverse Learners in Computing and Engineering Education

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

  • 9:50am to 11:20am (CDT)

    NCME:

    Xin Qiao (SMU), Akihito Kamata (SMU), Cornelius Potgieter (TCU)
    Marriott, Floor: 5th, Chicago Ballroom B/C

  • 9:50am to 11:20am (CDT)

    AERA: 

    Candace Walkington (SMU) - Presenting Author
    Hyatt Regency Chicago, Floor: East Tower Exhibit Level, Riverside West Exhibition Hall

  • 11:40am to 1:10pm (CDT)

    AERA: 

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

  • 11:40am to 1:10pm (CDT)

    AERA:

    Culturally Relevant and Socially Just Mathematics Learning

    Candace A. Walkington (SMU), Taylor Dawn (SMU), 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:

    Leanne Ketterlin Geller (SMU), 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:

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

    Robyn Kristine Pinilla (SMU)
    Hyatt Regency Chicago, Floor: East Tower - Exhibit Level, Riverside West Exhibition Hall

  • 2:50pm to 4:20pm (CDT)

    NCME:

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

  • 2:50pm to 4:20pm (CDT)

    NCME:

    Research Blitz: Automated Scoring

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

Friday, April 14

  • 8:00am to 9:30am (CDT)

    AERA:

    Candace A. Walkington (SMU)
    Hyatt Regency Chicago, Floor: West Tower- Ballroom Level, Regency D

  • 8:00am to 9:30am (CDT)

    AERA: 

    Chair: Dominique Baker (SMU)
    Sheraton Grand Chicago Riverwalk Floor: Level 2, Missouri

  • 8:00am to 9:30am (CDT)

    AERA: 

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

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

  • 8:00am to 9:30am (CDT)

    AERA: 

    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 (SMU), Jeremy Zelkowski (UA)
    Hyatt Regency Chicago Floor: West Tower- Ballroom Level, Regency C

  • 8:00am to 9:30am (CDT)

    AERA:

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

  • 9:50am to 11:20pm (CDT)

    AERA: 

    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 (SMU), Mitchell J. Nathan (UW-Madison)
    Hyatt Regency Chicago, Floor: West Tower - Ballroom Level, New Orleans

  • 9:50am to 11:20am (CDT)

    AERA:

    Julia Hujar (SMU), 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: 

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

    Annie Wright (SMU), Yusuf Kara (SMU), LaChelle Cunningham (SMU), Anthony J. Petrosino (SMU)
    Sheraton Grand Chicago Riverwalk, Floor : Level 2, Colorado

  • 11:40am to 1:10pm (CDT)

    AERA: 

    Innovative Interventions in Social and Cultural Contexts

    Matthew L. Bernacki (UNNC), Candace A. Walkington (SMU), 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:

    Critical Race Theory and Other Critical Theoretical Perspectives for Racial Justice

    Meredith Paige Richards (SMU), 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:

    Rater Effect Evaluation and Mitigation

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

  • 2:50pm to 4:20pm (CDT)

    NCME:

    Advances in Language Assessment

    Yusuf Kara (SMU), Akihito Kamata (SMU), Emrah Emre Ozkeskin (HHN), Xin Qiao (SMU)
    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

  • 8:00am to 9:30am (CDT)

    AERA: 

    Learning and Motivations in Social and Cultural Contexts 2

    Mai Zaru (SMU)
    Hyatt Regency Chicago, Floor : East Tower - Exhibit Level, Riverside West Exhibition Hall

  • 9:50am - 11:20am (CDT)

    AERA:

    Student Cognition and Reasoning in Mathematics

    Robyn Kristine Pinilla (SMU)- Presenting Author
    Sheraton Grand Chicago Riverwalk, Floor: Level 4, Sheraton Ballroom IV and V

  • 11:40am to 1:10pm (CDT)

    AERA: 

    Graduate Student Council Division H Fireside Chat

    Marc Sager (SMU)- Chair, Robyn Kristine Pinilla (SMU) - Chair
    InterContinental Chicago Magnificent Mile, Floor: 7th Floor, Empire Ballroom

  • 11:40am to 1:10pm (CDT)

    AERA: 

    Reimagining OST Evaluation and Measurement Amid Educational Inequality

    Annie Wright (SMU), Yusuf Kara (SMU), Bonny L. Gildin (ASP)
    Fairmont Chicago Millennium Park, Floor: B2 Level, Imperial Ballroom

  • 2:50pm to 4:20pm (CDT)

    AERA:

    Teachers Using PBL: Scaffolding, Technology, Curriculum

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

  • 2:50pm to 4:20pm (CDT)

    AERA:

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

    Quentin Sedlacek (SMU), Nickolaus Alexander Ortiz (GSU)
    Sheraton Grand Chicago Riverwalk, Floor: Level 2, Ontario

Sunday, April 16

  • 9:50am to 11:20am (CDT)

    AERA: Poster Session 13-40: 

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

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

  • 9:50am to 11:20am (CDT)

    AERA:

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

  • 9:50am to 11:20am (CDT)

    AERA:

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

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