Selected Conference Presentations

Marco-Bujosa, L. (2019, October). Engaging students in evidence-based reasoning in engineering design. A workshop presented at the annual meeting of the Pennsylvania Science Teachers Association, Lancaster, PA. [PowerPoint, Argumentation Elements, Card Sort]

González-Howard, M. (2019, August). Encouraging productive student discussions around arguments in science. Workshop presented at Austin Independent School District’s Personalized Learning Conference, Austin, TX. [PowerPoint, Argumentation Elements, Card Sort, Science Seminar Preparation, Atacama Desert Data]

González-Howard, M. (2018, November). The Argumentation Toolkit: Multimedia resources for supporting students in talking about their evidence and reasoning. Workshop presented at the annual meeting of the Science Teachers Association of Texas, Fort Worth, TX. [PowerPoint, Evidence Gradient Tool, Possible American Eels Evidence Cards, Anticipation Guide, Fossil Evidence Cards]

González-Howard, M., McNeill, K. L., Marco-Bujosa, L. & Loper, S. (2018, March). Engaging in scientific argumentation: How do I support my students in articulating their reasoning? Workshop presented at the annual meeting of the National Science Teachers Association, Atlanta, GA. [PowerPoint, Student Writing, Anticipation Guide, Fossil Evidence Cards]

González-Howard, M. & McNeill, K. L. (2018, March). Framing goals for argumentation discussions: Individual versus communal understanding. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, Atlanta, GA. [paper]

McNeill, K. L., González-Howard, M., Marco-Bujosa, L., Loper, S., & O’Dwyer, L. (2017, April). An examination of how teachers’ beliefs about scientific argumentation are impacted by multimedia educative curriculum materials (MECMs). Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST), San Antonio, TX. [paper]

González-Howard, M., McNeill, K. L. & Loper, S. (2017, April). Argumentation toolkit: Resources for developing a classroom culture for scientific argumentation. Workshop to be presented at the annual meeting of the National Science Teachers Association, Los Angeles, CA. [PowerPoint, handouts]

Marco-Bujosa, L. & McNeill, K. L. (2017, March). Introduction to argumentation: Using evidence in a card sort. Workshop to be presented at the annual meeting of the National Science Teachers Association, Los Angeles, CA. [PowerPoint, handouts]
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McNeill, K. L., González-Howard, M., Marco-Bujosa, L., Loper, S., & O’Dwyer, L. (2017, April). An examination of how teachers’ beliefs about scientific argumentation are impacted by multimedia educative curriculum materials (MECMs). Paper to be presented at the annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST), San Antonio, TX. [Paper]

González-Howard, M., & McNeill, K. L. (2017, April). Variation in how teachers support student critique in argumentation discussions. Paper to be presented at the annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST), San Antonio, TX.
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Marco-Bujosa, L., McNeill, K. L., González-Howard, M., & Loper, S. (2017, April). Teacher learning from an educative reform-oriented science curriculum: An exploration of teacher curriculum use. Paper to be presented at the annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST), San Antonio, TX. 

McNeill, K.L., Marco-Bujosa, L. M., González-Howard, M., Loper, S. (2016, April). Curriculum implementation for scientific argumentation: fidelity to procedure versus fidelity to goal. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, Baltimore, MD.
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Katsh-Singer, R. & McNeill, K. L. (2016, April). NGSS and scientific argumentation: District leaders’ beliefs and PCK. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, Baltimore, MD. 

González-Howard, M. & McNeill, K. L. (2016, April). Using social network analysis to examine instructional patterns in scientific argumentation. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Washington, DC.

González-Howard, M. & McNeill, K. L. (2015, April). Successes and challenges experienced by a teacher and her students engaging in scientific argumentation in a sheltered English immersion classroom. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, Chicago, IL.

Loper, S., McNeill, K. L., Peck, P., Price, J. & Barber, J. (2014, June). Multimedia educative curriculum materials: Designing digital supports for learning to teach scientific argumentation. Paper presented at the International Conference of the Learning Sciences, Boulder, CO.

Katsh-Singer, R., McNeill, K. L. & Loper, S. J. (2014, April). Scientific argumentation and the beliefs of teachers in low and high socioeconomic status schools. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Philadelphia, PA.

McNeill, K. L., González-Howard, M., Katsh-Singer, R. & Loper, S. (2014, March). Measuring pedagogical content knowledge of argumentation through the development of a teacher argumentation assessment. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, Pittsburgh, PA.  

McNeill, K. L., González-Howard, M. Katsh-Singer, R., Price, J. F. & Loper, S. (2013, April). Teachers’ beliefs and practices around argumentation during a curriculum enactment. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, Puerto Rico.

McNeill, K. L., Katsh-Singer, R., González-Howard, M., Price, J. F., & Loper, S. (2013, April). Factors that impact teachers’ argumentation instruction in their classroom. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA.