Published on 3/12/2012 4:15:00 AM
The Council for Graduate Students in Education (CGSE) will be holding its spring colloquium this Thursday, March 15. The event will feature two workshops (one on grant writing and one on publishing), paper presentations, and a poster reception. All presentations will be held in the Posvar Colloquium Room (room 5604). Please feel free to stop by and see the work that students are doing throughout the School of Education.
For more information or any questions, email CGSE at
cgse@pitt.edu.
Council of Graduate Students in Education
1st Annual Spring Colloquium
Thursday, March 15, 2012
5604 WWPH
12:00–12:45 p.m. Workshop 1
Practical Advice for Writing & Getting Grants
-Presented by Dr. Chris Lemons and Dr. Jennifer Lin Russell
Refreshments provided
1:00–1:45 p.m. Workshop 2
Turning Your Manuscripts into Articles
-Presented by Dr. Ellice Forman and Dr. Najeeb Shafiq
Refreshments provided
2:00–2:45 p.m. Group 1: The Power of Language
Discussant: Michelle Sobolak
Fostering Constructive Criticism In A High School Biology Classroom: Understanding the Social Dynamics of Argumentation
Presenter: Barbara J. Barnhart
Improving Language Performance through Feedback
Presenter: Frank Troyan
3:00–3:45 p.m. Group 2: Admissions and Evaluation
Discussant: Frank Troyan
The Legitimacy of Using High School GPA for Admission to Colleges
Presenter: Abdulghani Al-Hattami
Managing Multiple Needs in Evaluation: A Look at Alice and Activate
Presenter: Bryan Stephany and Dana Winters
4:00–4:30 p.m. Group 3: Exploring Education and Culture
Discussant: Heather Cunningham
Looking Closely at the Ordinary Opens the Possibility of Something Extraordinary: What Students Say Changed for Them from Their Study of Commonplace Cultural Occurrences
Presenter: Linda Deafenbaugh
Is Proximity Access? Access to Education in Urban Kenya
Presenter: Jamie Clearfield
4:45–5:45 p.m. Group 4: Research on Health and Physical Activity
Discussant: Bethany Barone Gibbs
Response Normalized Affect, Enjoyment, and RPE at the Ventilatory Breakpoint in Recreationally Active Young Adults
Presenter: Alex Shafer
Perception of Exercise Intensity Level in Recreationally Active Young Adults
Presenter: Kris Wisniewski
Effects of Capillary Load Sampling on Physiological Responses During a Load Incremented Cycle Ergometer Protocol
Presenter: Monica Taylor
5:45–6:30 p.m. Panel Presentation
Effect of Capillary Blood Sampling On Psychological and Perceptual Responses during Load Incremented Cycle Ergometry
Authors: Anthony Deldin, Alex Schafer, Kris Wisniewski, Amanda Haile, Robert Robertson, Elizabeth Nagle, Fredric Goss
6:45–8:00 p.m. Poster Session and Reception
Teacher’s Talk: Assessing the Depth of Interactions in a Teacher-Initiated PLC
Presenter: Sam Eskelson
Function Transformations on the AP Calculus Exam
Presenter: Adam Vrabel
The Efficacy of Video Self-Modeling on Promoting Social Initiation Skills for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)
Presenter: Lema Kabashi
Beer, wine, and hors d'oeuvres served during reception.