Proceedings of The Australian Conference on Science and Mathematics Education (2022)

• Editorial

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• Sponsors

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• Committee Members

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• Keynote Speakers

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• Plenary: Les Kirkup Memorial Presentations

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• Invited Speakers: Accessibility and Neurodiversity Panel

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Keynote Presentations (Abstract)

• Promoting equity in STEM classrooms

  Lisa Harvey-Smith

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• Facilitating opportunity and inclusion through STEM

  Joanne Jamie

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Abstracts

• Using Gagne’s model of instructional design to develop an engaging general education course for fully online delivery

  Dhanushi Abeygunawardena

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• Introducing learning workshops into the biosciences: A student-staff partnership

  Louise Ainscough, Sarah Brown, Yumeng Cai, James Cuffe, Madison Jones, Danijel Tosovic

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• Embedding art in histology teaching: Visual thinking strategies (VTS) to enhance visual literacy

  Lisa K. Akison, Jordon Patti, Louise Ainscough, Kay Colthorpe

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• Self-Regulation Learning Theory: The effects of metacognitive scaffolding on student metacognition and motivation

  Alina Batool Ali, Reyne Pullen

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• Where does meaningful learning occur in BioSciences courses?

  Daniel Andrews, Emile van Lieshout, Bhawana Bhatta Kaudal

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• Advanced Organic Chemistry laboratory curricula in Australian universities: Investigating the major topics and approaches to learning

  William R. M. Atkinson, Chris Hyland, Stephen George-Williams, Reyne Pullen

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• Exploring the relationship between mental imagistic ability and students’ representational competence and fluency in chemistry

  Lauren Baade, Gwendolyn Lawrie, Effie Kartsonaki, Hassan Khosravi

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• Equitability factors impacting attitudes relating to digital assessment

  Jeffrey J. Black, Siobhán S. Wills

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• Practices and perspectives of science instructors in response to the COVID-induced move online

  Elisa K. Bone, Sarah French, Raoul Mulder

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• An investigation of the place of inquiry-based learning in chemistry laboratories in senior secondary school and first-year university

  Michael G. S. Calarese, Alexandra Yeung, Mauro Mocerino, David Treagust

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• Understanding how industry conceptualises a valuable science graduate

  Lauren J. Carpenter, Susan Rowland

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• Assessing the quality of peer feedback in an online peer learning community

  Liwei Chen, Susan Howitt, Denise Higgins, Sara Murray

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• Is citizen science a tool for public engagement?

  Stephanie Collins, Miriam Sullivan, Heather Bray

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• Learning gains of students in differing delivery modes of physiology laboratory classes

  Kay Colthorpe, Yit Chiun Lim, Louise Ainscough, Stephen Todd Anderson

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• Removing the fear from teaching Traditional Ways of Knowing in science

  Sofie Costin, Karen Burke da Silva

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• Senior scientists: Engaging the elderly in National Science Week activities

  Monica Danilevicz, Shannon Algar, Lucy L. Furfaro, Kieran Mulroney, Catriona Stevens

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• Enjoying physics undergraduate labs in a pandemic

  Jacinta L. den Besten, Srividya D. Kota, Manjula D. Sharma

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• Chemistry in your KITchen: At home chemistry practicals for first year health science students

  Christine Devine, Joshua Wang, Dana Burfeind

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• Quadratic equations with absolute values: An example of developing proof in mathematics students

  Serena Dipierro, R. Nazim Khan, Enrico Valdinoci

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• Does the proportion of marks for wet laboratories affect overall performance? Results from a biochemistry course

  Sheila A. Doggrell

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• Absent but still engaged: Connecting with diverse student cohorts using self-paced, online physiology modules

  Sarah Etherington, Tamara Hourani, Shu Hui Koh, Marnie Nolton

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• Core concepts: A means to revolutionise first year biology education?

  Sarah Etherington, Shu Hui Koh, Tamara Hourani, Marnie Nolton

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• Diversity in numbers: Connecting students to their world through quantitative skills

  Sarah Etherington, Garth Maker, Rebecca Bennett, Shu Hui Koh, Natalie Warburton

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• What does empathy look like to you? Investigating student and staff opinions

  Stephen George-Williams, Reyne Pullen, Shane Wilkinson, Erica Smith

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• Teachers’ perspectives of the ‘new’ back-to-basics NSW Physics syllabus

  Helen Georgiou, Jessy Abraham, Maree Skillen

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• Academic voices on realising Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for systemic change in Australian STEM higher education

  Lisa Godinho, Reva Ramiah

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• Accidental experiment in mathematics classroom shows how to engage online students

  Karen Hogeboom, Daniel Mathews

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• A process for developing and validating performance assessment rubrics for laboratory techniques

  Stefan G. Huth, Roland P.-T. Chung, Petar P. S. Calic

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• Expanding and transforming the student learning experience through accessible, equitable and sustainable multi-disciplinary support initiatives

  Deborah Jackson

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• A unique assessment to motivate students in astronomy courses

  Kate Jackson

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• Accessible, multi-discipline field excursions

  Myra Keep, Naomi Tucker, Daniel Peyrot

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• Developing a design framework for laboratory videos in molecular biosciences

  Ethan Y. Y. Kok, Amy H. Chan, Jack T.H. Wang

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• Increasing employability in Science graduates through longitudinal course design

  Ingo Köper, Jeanne Young, Narelle Hunter, Liu-Fei Tan, Jenny Barker

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• SSLEQ-Physics: A valid survey to measure student engagement in science laboratories

  Srividya D. Kota, Jacinta den Besten, Jasmina Lazendic-Galloway, Manjula D. Sharma

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• Developing virtual field trips for Agriculture

  Suresh Krishnasamy, Millicent R. Smith, Edward Naravan, Ammar Abdul Aziz, Eleanor W. Hoffman

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• Evaluating the online teaching experience of University of Sydney staff from 2020-2021: What are the lessons learnt?

  Osu Lilje, Alice Huang, Alexander Samarian, Daniel K. Y. Tan, Diana Warren, Francesca van den Berg, Manjula D. Sharma, Maria Ishkova, Prarthana Devi, Reyne Pullen, Stephen George-Williams, Tina Hinton, Vicky Tzioumis, Tsz Wai Rosita Pang

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• Three personal barriers to teaching transformation

  Christine Lindstrom, Adam P. Micolich

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• Towards accessibility in chemistry education using technology

  Ryan E. Lopez, Dino Spagnoli

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• Investigating the shift to online delivery of final exams and how this impacted the student experience

  Alice Lu, Stephen George-Williams, Reyne Pullen

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• Providing accessible and equitable education through MS Teams in COVID-19

  Atif Mansoor

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• Curating student learning in a virtual gallery

  Samuel G. Murray Horwitz, Mohamad Hassan Elzien, Martin Brown, Jane Thogersen, Eve Guerry, Philip Poronnik, Craig R. Campbell

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• Embedding authentic First Nations content within Biomedical Science curriculum

  Sarah Myer, Uncle Wayne Fossey, Raelene Ward, Eliza J. Whiteside

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• Breaking institutional barriers through experiential learning during field excursions

  Daniel Peyrot, Myra Keep, Naomi Tucker

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• Virtual physiology laboratories during a pandemic: Are they effective for student learning compared to in-person laboratories?

  Ari Pinar, Aric Lim, Jessica Gibbons, Scott Clarke, Frances Broomhead, Julia Choate

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• How big is an atom? How small is a light year? Early learning powers of ten

  Anastasia Popkova, David Blair

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• Embedding industrial experience into a physics degree: The impact on students’ professional development

  Samantha Louise Pugh

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• Remote laboratories for undergraduate foundation physics

  Kate Putman, Brendan McGann

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• Weaving Indigenous voices into biology curricula using freely available resources

  Matthew Pye, Francesca van den Berg

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• Online learning in chemistry: Design, development, accessibility, and evaluation

  Charisse T. Reyes, Gwendolyn A. Lawrie, Christopher D. Thompson, Sara H. Kyne

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• Teaching strategies and problem-solving: Integration of Indigenous Science and STEM

  Brenda Rohl, Anibeth Desierto, Emma Pearson, Fred Yasso, Vanessa Corunna

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• Understanding STEM education focussed academics' capacity for self-determination in higher education in Australia

  Pauline Ross

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• Online modules for accessible, equitable and sustainable learning

  Georgina Sauzier, Alan Payne

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• The myriad positive impacts of the Virtual Learning Environment, from LabSims to Smart Worksheets (a 17 year journey)

  Dudley E. Shallcross, Michael T. Davies-Coleman, Iain Thistlethwaite, Bill Heslop

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• STEM education from the perspective of The University of Sydney STEM Teacher Enrichment Academy

  Manjula D. Sharma, Ana T. Lopes, Vicky Tzioumis, Jennifer Way

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• Perspectives of quality teaching in the university sector

  Masha Smallhorn, Kirstin Ross

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• Equity, diversity and online learning in peer assisted study sessions

  Miriam Sullivan, Rhys Hughes, Genevieve Franulovich, Sharon Matthews

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• Digital lightboard in histology: Enhancing the student experience

  Melissa Tadros

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• Curriculum renewal and learning through doing: Work-integrated learning in practice

  Danielle Thompson

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• Protecting key pedagogical features in the pivot to online hydrology learning at UWA

  Sally Thompson, Sarah Bourke, Nikolaus Callow, Matthew Hipsey

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• The importance of Mathematics and Statistics in Engineering

  Terrence Tsui, R. Nazim Khan

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• An integrated first-year geoscience experience to foster sustainable earth science education

  Naomi Tucker, Daniel Peyrot, Myra Keep

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• Understanding what teaching practices ‘work’ for Master’s students in co-badged courses

  Khristine Grace Valdellon, Susan Rowland

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• Providing personalised targeted feedback in large first-year biology units

  Francesca van den Berg, Claudia Keitel, Osu Lilje, Hong-dao Nguyen, Matthew Pye, Timothy Lee

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• Flexible laboratory learning opportunities to make chemistry more accessible for students

  Karin van der Pal, Vicky Barnett

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• Student approaches to problem solving: What do students really think when they solve problems?

  Kimberly Vo, Mahbub Sarkar, Paul White, Elizabeth Yuriev

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• Preparing for the future job market: Invent your own client report

  Diana Warren

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• On the same page: Science students' assessment literacy

  Nirmani Wijenayake Gamachchige, Kate Jackson, Siobhán S. Wills

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• Giving students the choice of authentic assessments in the Chemistry laboratory

  Shane Wilkinson, Stephen George-Williams

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• Providing accessibility through implementation of electronic laboratory notebooks

  Alesha A. Wyatt, Chelsea S. Hardman, Alexandra Yeung

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• Teaching Associates' perspectives of online teaching and learning in a Pharmaceutical Science degree

  Sarah Yang, Elizabeth Yuriev, Jennifer Short

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• Exploring ocean acidification in undergraduate chemistry workshops

  Paris A.K. Zeilla, Kim Nichols, Gwendolyn Lawrie

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• How mainstream science students experience learning about Indigenous science

  Angela Ziebell, Charisse Reyes, Paris Beasy

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Workshops

• Environment Network - Fieldwork for the new normal

  Ian Francis Clark, Eddie van Etten, Pauline Grierson, Marthe Monique Gagnon, Jennifer Verduin

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• Embedding diversity, equity and inclusion in Australian STEM higher education: A holistic framework

  Lisa Godinho, Reva Ramiah, Chanelle Wilson, Gina Pearse, Joanne Castelli

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• The Science Threshold Learning Outcomes: Review and update

  Susan Howitt

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• Physics Education Network (PEN) - Student engagement in Physics workshop

  Kate Jackson, Elizabeth Angstmann

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• Chemistry Discipline Day

  Reyne Pullen, Erica Smith

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• Teaching science students to communicate: A participatory workshop

  Susan Rowland, Louise Kuchel

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• Transitional approaches to teaching in the superlab environment

  Magdalena Wajrak, Jemma Berry, Ruben Phillips, Sharon Gough

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