ABSTRACTS - Room 216

All sessions take place in Butler-Carlton Hall on the Missouri S&T campus

1-216 // Bringing the Museum To You

HANDS-ON WORKSHOP (1 hour 45 minutes)

Presenter: Dr. Nicol Allen - Assistant Professor of Museum Studies & History; Westminster College

Audience: Higher Education

Time and Location: 12:15 - 2:00 p.m.; Room 216

MODE: Face-to-Face (Face-to-Face Presenter + Face-to-Face Attendees)

2 hands on activities that brings the museum to the classroom. We will conduct an exercise in uncovering curiosity cabinets that focuses on creativity with objects. Followed by the creation of a micro exhibit that highlights the themes central to curiosity cabinets and their inception.

3-216 // Factors that Influence the Collection, Organization, and Analysis of Data in Small, Rural Schools

STANDARD SESSION (45 minutes)

Presenter: Dr. Erin Higginson - University of Missouri-Columbia

Audience: Higher Education; K-12 Education

Time and Location: 2:15 - 3:00 p.m.; Room 215

MODE: Blended (Face-to-Face Presenter + Online/Face-to-Face Attendees)

Data use, or data-driven instruction, has predominantly been studied in the context of large, urban schools. Through these studies a series of promoting and hindering factors that influence the implementation of data-driven instruction have been identified; time, leadership, training, data literacy, comfort (self-efficacy), data coach/expert, and a school data culture. There is limited research for data-driven instruction in the context of a small, rural school. Therefore, the purpose of this research was to examine if the seven factors identified in large, urban school influence the perceived success (from the teacher's perspective) of their PLC team in collecting, organizing, and analyzing data in the context of a small, rural school district.