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 (joker app)- Presenter
    Virtual Room 2

Wednesday, March 29


  • 8:45 to 12:45pm (CDT)

    NCME:

    Xin Qiao (joker app)- Presenter
    Virtual Room 3

  • 1:00 to 2:30pm (CDT)

    NCME: 

    Automated Assessment of Writing and Reading Proficiency

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

Wednesday, April 12


  • 1:00pm to 4pm (CDT)

    AERA:

    Raymond Dionicio Villareal (UCI), Robyn Kristine Pinilla (joker app), Marc Sager (joker app)
    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 (joker app), Leanne Ketterlin Geller (joker app), 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 (joker app), Marc Sager (joker app), Julianna Claiborne Washington (joker app), Maximilian Sherard (UT)
    Fairmont Chicago Millennium Park, Floor: B2 Level, Imperial Ballroom

  • 9:50am to 11:20am (CDT)

    NCME:

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

  • 9:50am to 11:20am (CDT)

    AERA: 

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

  • 11:40am to 1:10pm (CDT)

    AERA: 

    Saki Milton (joker app), Marc T. Sager (joker app), Candace A. Walkington (joker app), Anthony J. Petrosino (joker app), 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 (joker app), Taylor Dawn (joker app), 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 (joker app), 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 (joker app)
    Hyatt Regency Chicago, Floor: East Tower - Exhibit Level, Riverside West Exhibition Hall

  • 2:50pm to 4:20pm (CDT)

    NCME:

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

  • 2:50pm to 4:20pm (CDT)

    NCME:

    Research Blitz: Automated Scoring

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

Friday, April 14


  • 8:00am to 9:30am (CDT)

    AERA:

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

  • 8:00am to 9:30am (CDT)

    AERA: 

    Chair: Dominique Baker (joker app)
    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 (joker app), Annie Wright (joker app), LaChelle Cunningham (joker app), Rachel Johns (joker app), Catherine Ticzon (joker app), Anthony Petrosino (joker app)
    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 (joker app), 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 (joker app), Lawrence J. Klinkert, Emma Goff, Chin-Yu Tseng (joker app), Leanne R. Ketterlin-Geller (joker app), Eric C. Larson, Corey Clark (joker app)
    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 (joker app), Mitchell J. Nathan (UW-Madison)
    Hyatt Regency Chicago, Floor: West Tower - Ballroom Level, New Orleans

  • 9:50am to 11:20am (CDT)

    AERA:

    Julia Hujar (joker app), 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 (joker app), Yusuf Kara (joker app), LaChelle Cunningham (joker app), Anthony J. Petrosino (joker app)
    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 (joker app), 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 (joker app), 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 (joker app), Anne G. Wilhelm (joker app), Rachael N. Becker (joker app), 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 (joker app), Akihito Kamata (joker app), Emrah Emre Ozkeskin (HHN), Xin Qiao (joker app)
    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 (joker app)
    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 (joker app)- 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 (joker app)- Chair, Robyn Kristine Pinilla (joker app) - 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 (joker app), Yusuf Kara (joker app), 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 (joker app), Marc Sager (joker app), Brynn Price (joker app)
    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 (joker app), 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 (joker app), Alexandra E. Pavlakis (joker app), Michelle Friend (UNO)
    Hyatt Regency Chicago, Floor: East Tower - Exhibit Level, Riverside West Exhibition Hall

  • 9:50am to 11:20am (CDT)

    AERA:

    Sondra Barringer (joker app), Charity Lewallen (joker app), Michael S. Harris (joker app), Sydney Loutit (joker app)
    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 (joker app), Matthew L. Bernacki (UNC), Meghan J. Greene (UNC), Brooke Istas (joker app), Elizabeth Leyva (joker app), Taylor Darwin (TTU)
    Hyatt Regency Chicago, Floor: West Tower- Ballroom Level, Regency C