Department Colloquia and Events
Sixth Annual Subway Summit on Cognition and Education Research
January 25, 2013
Location: Teachers College
Hosted by the Provost and the Department of Human Development
Teachers College Session Chair: John Black
Social and Cultural Knowledge Influence Motivation to Learn
Xiaodong Lin
Learning World History through Role-play: A Comparison of Surrogate Embodiment and Physical Embodiment
Saadia Khan and John Black
The Effect of Explicit Teaching of Comprehension Strategies on Reading Comprehension in Elementary School
J. Grant Atkins and Joanna Williams
Cognitive and Metacognitive Dimensions of Adolescents' Developing Argumentation Skill
Nicole Zillmer and Deanna Kuhn
Human Department Colloquium Series Spring 2013
Nathan A. Fox, University of Maryland
The Effects of Early Psychosocial Deprivation on Children's Brain and Behavioral Development: Lessons from the Bucharest Early Intervention Study
February 19, 2013 at 11:15 a.m.
449 Grace Dodge Hall
Richard Gerrig, Stony Brook University
A Participatory Perspective on the Experience of Narrative Worlds
February 26, 2013 at 11:15 a.m.
449 Grace Dodge Hall
Deanna Kuhn, Teachers College
Scientific Thinking: What Develops and What Needs to Develop?
March 26, 2013 at 11:15 a.m.
449 Grace Dodge Hall
Arthur Graesser, University of Memphis
Two Technological Approaches to Improving Comprehension: Analyzing Text with CohMetrix and Scaffolding Strategies with Scaffolding Agents.
April 9, 2013 at 11:15 a.m.
449 Grace Dodge Hall
L. Elizabeth Tipton, Teachers College
Generalization Issues in Experiments: How We Can Select Better Samples
April 23, 2013 at 11:15 a.m.
449 Grace Dodge Hall
Student Presentations
May 7, 2013 at 11:15 a.m.
449 Grace Dodge Hall
SPECIAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT COLLOQUIUM
Michael J. Jacobson, University of Sydney
Beyond Serious Games: Computational Scientific Inquiry with Agent-Based Virtual Learning Environments for Learning
May 20, 2013 at 12 noon
449 Grace Dodge Hall
Speakers at the Academic Festival 2013
April 13 , 2013
There's a New TA in Town: Learning with Robots & Avatars
Concurrent Sessions II 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Moderated by John Black.
Featuring specialists in Robots: David VanEsselstyn (PhD '01) and Carol Lu (MA '07)
Featuring specialists in Avatars: Xin Bai (EdD '08) and Saadia Khan (EdD '12)
Explore how robots, virtual world avatars and animated agents assist teachers and help students learn in a variety of content areas.
All the Right Moves: Learning with Gestural Mobile Devices
Concurrent Sessions III 4:45 PM - 5:45 PM
Moderated by John Black.
Featuring: Nabeel Ahmad (EdD '09), Ayelet Segal (PhD '01), Michael Swart (MA '01) and Ilya Lyashevsky
Keyboards and touchscreens are fast becoming a thing of the past. Explore how innovative interfaces on mobile devices like tablets and smartphones can be used to increase student learning, understanding and motivation.
January 25, 2013
Location: Teachers College
Hosted by the Provost and the Department of Human Development
Teachers College Session Chair: John Black
Social and Cultural Knowledge Influence Motivation to Learn
Xiaodong Lin
Learning World History through Role-play: A Comparison of Surrogate Embodiment and Physical Embodiment
Saadia Khan and John Black
The Effect of Explicit Teaching of Comprehension Strategies on Reading Comprehension in Elementary School
J. Grant Atkins and Joanna Williams
Cognitive and Metacognitive Dimensions of Adolescents' Developing Argumentation Skill
Nicole Zillmer and Deanna Kuhn
(Photo by Na Li, Human Development Tech Fellow)
Human Department Colloquium Series Spring 2013
Nathan A. Fox, University of Maryland
The Effects of Early Psychosocial Deprivation on Children's Brain and Behavioral Development: Lessons from the Bucharest Early Intervention Study
February 19, 2013 at 11:15 a.m.
449 Grace Dodge Hall
Richard Gerrig, Stony Brook University
A Participatory Perspective on the Experience of Narrative Worlds
February 26, 2013 at 11:15 a.m.
449 Grace Dodge Hall
Deanna Kuhn, Teachers College
Scientific Thinking: What Develops and What Needs to Develop?
March 26, 2013 at 11:15 a.m.
449 Grace Dodge Hall
Arthur Graesser, University of Memphis
Two Technological Approaches to Improving Comprehension: Analyzing Text with CohMetrix and Scaffolding Strategies with Scaffolding Agents.
April 9, 2013 at 11:15 a.m.
449 Grace Dodge Hall
L. Elizabeth Tipton, Teachers College
Generalization Issues in Experiments: How We Can Select Better Samples
April 23, 2013 at 11:15 a.m.
449 Grace Dodge Hall
Student Presentations
May 7, 2013 at 11:15 a.m.
449 Grace Dodge Hall
SPECIAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT COLLOQUIUM
Michael J. Jacobson, University of Sydney
Beyond Serious Games: Computational Scientific Inquiry with Agent-Based Virtual Learning Environments for Learning
May 20, 2013 at 12 noon
449 Grace Dodge Hall
Speakers at the Academic Festival 2013
April 13 , 2013
There's a New TA in Town: Learning with Robots & Avatars
Concurrent Sessions II 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Moderated by John Black.
Featuring specialists in Robots: David VanEsselstyn (PhD '01) and Carol Lu (MA '07)
Featuring specialists in Avatars: Xin Bai (EdD '08) and Saadia Khan (EdD '12)
Explore how robots, virtual world avatars and animated agents assist teachers and help students learn in a variety of content areas.
All the Right Moves: Learning with Gestural Mobile Devices
Concurrent Sessions III 4:45 PM - 5:45 PM
Moderated by John Black.
Featuring: Nabeel Ahmad (EdD '09), Ayelet Segal (PhD '01), Michael Swart (MA '01) and Ilya Lyashevsky
Keyboards and touchscreens are fast becoming a thing of the past. Explore how innovative interfaces on mobile devices like tablets and smartphones can be used to increase student learning, understanding and motivation.