Selected recent conference presentations are listed below. To request a presentation, please email us at RUPRACCIS@gmail.com, clark.chinn@gse.rutgers.edu, or ravit.duncan@gse.rutgers.edu.
2017
Chinn, C. A., & Duncan, R. G. (2017, August). What is the value of general knowledge of scientific reasoning? Paper presented at the biennial meeting of the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction, Tampere, Finland.
Mauclair-Augustin, B., Cavera, V., Chinn, C. A., & Duncan, R. G. (2017, August). Middle school students engage in a pre-instruction model revision task: Ideals for good models. Paper presented at the biennial meeting of the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction, Tampere, Finland.
Rinehart, R. W., Chinn, C. A, & Duncan, R. G. (2017, August). The body of evidence: The role of evidence evaluation in science classes. Paper presented at the biennial meeting of the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction, Tampere, Finland.
El-Moslimany, H., Av-Shalom, H., Duncan, R. G., & Chinn, C. A. (2017, August). Evidence-based Model Evaluation: Students’ Interpretation of Multiple Pieces of Evidence. Paper presented at the biennial meeting of the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction, Tampere, Finland.
Zimmerman, R. M., Av-Shalom, N., Chinn, C. A., & Duncan, R.G. (2017, August). Disagreement Discourse Processes and Strategies in the Middle School Science Inquiry Classroom. Paper presented at the biennial meeting of the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction, Tampere, Finland.
Barzilai, S., & Chinn, C. A. (2017, April). Rethinking the goals of epistemic education. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Antonio, TX.
Zimmerman, R., Av-Shalom, N., Chinn, C. A., & Duncan, R. G., (2017, April). Disagreement discourse processes and strategies in middle-school science inquiry classrooms. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, San Antonio, TX.
El-Moslimany, H., Av-Shalom, H., Duncan, R. G., & Chinn, C. A. (2017, April). Choosing among competing models: Students’ evidence-based arguments. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, San Antonio, TX.
2016
Chinn, C. A., Rinehart, R. W., & Duncan, R. G. (2015, August). Conceptual change through inquiry and argumentation: Successes and challenges. Paper presented at the biennial meeting of the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction, Limassol, Cyprus.
Chinn, C. A., Duncan, R. G., Hung, Leah C.-C., & Rinehart, R. W. (2016, April). Epistemic criteria and reliable processes as indicators of argument quality in science students’ argumentation. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Washington, DC.
Zimmerman, R. M., Chinn, C. A., & Duncan, R.G. (2016, April). Disagreement resolution strategies during student inquiry: Applying the AIR model of epistemic cognition. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Washington, DC.
Mauclair-Augustin, B., Chinn, C.A., & Duncan, R.G. (2016, April). Meta-epistemic discourse in middle-school science inquiry classes. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Washington, DC.
2015
Chinn, C. A. (2015, August). Epistemic design: Creating learning environments to foster epistemic growth. Keynote address at the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction, Limassol, Cyprus.
Rinehart, R. W., Chinn, C.A., & Duncan, R. G. (2015, August). Bad evidence makes for good learning: An analysis of science students’ argumentation. Paper presented at the 16th meeting of the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction, Limassol, Cyprus.
Rinehart, R. W., Castro-Faix, M., Duncan, R. G., & Chinn, C. A. (2015, April). Learning inheritance through modeling in middle school life science classes. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association of Research on Science Teaching, Chicago, IL.
2014
Chinn, C. A. (2014, August). Promoting reasoning and conceptual change through argumentation: Challenges and responses. Plenary address at the meeting of the Conceptual Change SIG of the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction, Bologna, Italy.
Chinn, C. A., Duncan, R. G., Rinehart, R. W., & Dianovsky, M. (2014, November). Learning to reason through epistemic criteria. Presentation at the Japanese Association of Educational Psychology.
Rinehart, R. W., Chinn, C. A., Duncan, R. G., & Castro-Faix, M. (2014, August). Conceptual change through model-based inquiry in genetics for middle school science students. Paper presented at the 9th International Conference on Conceptual Change, a SIG of the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction, Bologna, Italy.
Rinehart, R. W., Duncan, R. G., & Chinn, C. A. (2014, April). Emphasizing evidence evaluation in model-based inquiry. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Philadelphia, PA.
2013
Chinn, C. A., & Duncan, R. G. (2013, April). PRACCIS: Promoting reasoning and conceptual change in science. Invited paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco.
Dianovsky, M., Chinn, C. A., Duncan, R. G., & Rinehart, R. (2013, May). Middle school students’ reasoning about the relations between models and evidence. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco.
Dianovsky, M., Duncan, R. G., Rinehart, R., & Chinn, C. A. (2013, April). Using evidence to evaluate multiple competing models. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, Puerto Rico.