Mark Urban-Lurain Full CV

Education

PhD Michigan State University, Educational Psychology                                    2000

Dissertation: Teaching for Fluency with Information Technology:  An Evaluative Study

MA Michigan State University, Multidisciplinary Social Science,                      1981

         Curriculum emphasis: Statistics, research design and computer modeling.

BA  Michigan State University, TV and Radio                                                     1972

Employment 

Associate Professor Emeritus

Michigan State University, 2018 - Present.

Associate Professor & Associate Director for Engineering Education

Collaborative Research in Education, Assessment and Teaching Environments for the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (CREATE for STEM), Michigan State University, 2016 - 2018.

Associate Professor & Interim Director

Center for Engineering Education Research, Undergraduate Studies Office, College of Engineering, Michigan State University, 2014 - 2016.

Associate Professor & Associate Director

Center for Engineering Education Research, Undergraduate Studies Office, College of Engineering, Michigan State University, 2011 - 2014.

Director of Instructional Technology Research and Development

Division of Science and Mathematics Education, Michigan State University, 2002 - 2011.

Academic Specialist: Instructor

Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Michigan State University, 1997 - 2002.

Instructional Resources Coordinator

Computer Science Department, Michigan State University, 1985 - 1997.

Co-owner

Spectra Data and Research, Inc., 1982 - Present.

Part-time Instructor

Mathematics and Computer Science Department, Lansing Community College, 1985 - 1986.

Television Engineering Technician II

Instructional Public Television, Michigan State University, 1979 - 1985.

Graduate Programming Assistant

Computer Institute for Social Science Research, Michigan State University, 1976 - 1978.

Radio Production Technician

WKAR Radio, Michigan State University, 1974 -1979.

Teaching Experience 

EGR 811: Foundations of Engineering Education            Fall semesters, 2011 - 2015

Michigan State University, College of Engineering

• Three credit course for Engineering graduate students interested in faculty careers

• Theoretical foundations of engineering education, learning theories, educational research, and instructional design. 

• Students learn how to effectively teach (using various methodologies and technologies), manage, and assess student performance.

• Enrollment ~ 20 students / semester

SME 865: Technology for Teachers          Summer semesters even years, 2004 - 2010

Michigan State University, College of Natural Science

• Three credit project-based graduate course for in-service secondary science teachers

• Students learn about the affordances and limitations of technology in teaching and learning science

• Students develop teaching projects for their courses applying technology to science lessons.

• Enrollment ~ 15 students / semester

CSE 101: Computing Concepts and Competencies            All semesters, 1997- 2002

Michigan State University, College of Engineering

• Three credit undergraduate introductory computing course for non-CS majors

• Conceived, designed and implemented a problem-based, collaborative learning course curriculum and instructional design, including all instructional materials and daily lesson plans. 

• Design was based on extensive review of educational psychology theory, comparable courses at other universities and interviews with the chairs of the 67 university departments whose students would take the course.

• Revised course content each semester based on input from the client departments, extensive feedback from teaching staff, surveys of student incoming experience and analysis of student performance.

• Created modified mastery-model, performance-based assessment instruments called Bridge Tasks (see Publications and Presentations)

• Directed the design, creation, maintenance and operation of the software infrastructure necessary to create, administer and evaluate over 14,000 Bridge Tasks each semester.

• Managed course Web site containing all course materials for students and staff.

• Coordinated one of the first custom-published textbooks in the country, designed in partnership among MSU, Hartcourt-Brace/Dryden, IBM, NetPub, and Champion Paper.

• Instituted MSU's first on-line Student Instructional Rating System (SIRS) student course evaluation.  Student response rate over 80%.

• Hired, trained and supervised staff consisting of a systems analyst, administrative assistant, 24 Graduate Teaching Assistants and approximately 35 hourly student employees who work in help rooms, and grade student work.

• Enrollment ~ 1950 students in 65 sections / semester Fall/Spring; ~ 600 students in 20 sections / semester Summer

CPS 130: Integrated Introduction to Computing               All semesters, 1992- 1997

Michigan State University, College of Engineering

• Three credit undergraduate introductory computing course for non-CS majors

• Computer programming course for non-CS majors that integrated televised lectures, textbook, and computer-based instructional materials.  Emphasis on conceptual understanding with true top-down design, teaching higher-level programming constructs before low-level I/O (see Publications and Presentations).

• Designed cross-platform client/server electronic "hand-in" system allowing students to turn-in and receive graded assignments electronically.

• Designed software that identifies plagiarized student computer programs, reducing academic dishonesty rate to 0.1%.

• Created on-line help/documentation/menu systems for documentation.

• Supervised graduate student software design projects including: Client/Server student records DBMS; CBI quiz software; Computerized problem decomposition tools.

• Coordinated conversion of MSU's microcomputer file service system from a CDC mainframe and packet-switching network to a DEC VAX and Ethernet network.

• Course was nationally distributed via the Electronic University Network and Mind Extension University. Nominated for Computerworld Smithsonian Award.

• Enrollment ~ 1200 students / semester Fall/Spring; ~ 300 students / semester Summer

CPS 100: Introduction to Computers                                  All semesters, 1985- 1986

Lansing Community College, Division of Arts and Sciences

• Three credit undergraduate introductory computing course for non-CS majors

• BASIC programming taught on interactive terminals on college mini-computer.

• Student Instructor Ratings cited strong ability to clearly communicate abstract and unfamiliar concepts to students.

• Enrollment ~ 25 students / semester

Research Program and Funding

Research Program

My career focus has been on using a variety of technologies to improve undergraduate STEM education, starting with instructional television in the early 1980’s and transitioning to computers in the mid-1980’s, when I moved to the Computer Science department at MSU.  My experience teaching computer science convinced me that instructional design was more important than the technology, motivating me to complete a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology and using that as the foundation for the design of CSE 101 (see Teaching).  The success we had using technology-based performance assessments provided the foundation for my research program that focuses on using technology to support more authentic assessments.

In 2006 I founded the Automated Analysis of Constructed Response (AACR) research group with my colleague John Merrill.  As students learn scientific concepts, they often have a mix of scientific and non-scientific ideas that they struggle to integrate. Constructed response questions – in which students must explain phenomena in their own words – provide students an opportunity to demonstrate their proficiency and also can reveal their mixed ideas.

Over years of research and development, the AACR collaboration of faculty and researchers from 10 institutions has applied computerized analysis techniques, like machine learning, to evaluate student constructed responses. From this research, we've built tools like the Constructed Response Classifier (or CRC tool). These tools are freely accessible at the project website (https://beyondmultiplechoice.org/), making it possible for faculty from any institution to easily evaluate their students' responses.

Grants Received

Collaborative Research: Extending A Coherent Gateway to STEM Teaching and Learning

National Science Foundation

$1,323,499

09/01/17 - 08/31/22

Senior Personnel

Collaborative Research: Learning Progressions on the Development of Principle-based Reasoning in Undergraduate Physiology(LeaPUP)

National Science Foundation

$497,846

07/15/17 - 07/14/20

co-PI

Supporting Excellent Engineers (SEE)

National Science Foundation

$1,000,000

02/1/17 - 1/31/22

co-PI

Collaborative Research: ArguLex - Applying Automated Analysis to a Learning Progression for Argumentation

National Science Foundation

$450,000

09/1/16 - 8/31/19

PI

Launching, Accelerating, and Multiplying STEM Students for Michigan: The Michigan State University STEM Success Program

Herbert H. and Grace A. Dow Foundation

$5,000,000

10/1/14 - 10/31/17

co-PI

Collaborative Research: PCK*Lex: Applying Computerized Lexical Analysis to Develop a Cost-Effective Measure of Science Teacher Pedagogical Content Knowledge

National Science Foundation

$266,667

10/1/14 - 9/30/18

PI

LEVERS: Leveraging Engagement and Vision to Encourage Retention in STEM

Howard Hughes Medical Institute

$1,500,000

6/1/14 - 5/31/19

co-PI

Collaborative Research: Expanding a National Network for Automated Analysis of Constructed Response Assessments to Reveal Student Thinking in STEM

National Science Foundation

$4,999,708

9/15/13 - 9/14/18

PI

Collaborative Research: A Community of Enhanced Assessment Facilitates Reformed Teaching

National Science Foundation

$718,470

9/15/13 - 9/14/18

co-PI

Collaborative Research: Automated Analysis of Constructed Response Concept Inventories to Reveal Student Thinking: Forging a National Network for Innovative Assessment Methods - Supplemental

National Science Foundation

$75,974

08/11/11 - 08/31/14

PI

Collaborative Research: Automated Analysis of Constructed Response Concept Inventories to Reveal Student Thinking: Forging a National Network for Innovative Assessment Methods

National Science Foundation

$382,601

09/01/10 - 08/31/14

PI

Collaborative Research: Building Global Climate Change Literacy through Analogical Reasoning

National Science Foundation

$93,850

07/01/10 - 06/30/13

co-PI

CPATH-2: CPACE II: Implementing Constituency-driven Curricular Change that Integrates Computational Thinking Across Engineering Disciplines

National Science Foundation

$799,796

09/15/09 - 09/14/14

co-PI

Simplifying complexity: Analyzing students' models of biological systems

National Science Foundation

$533,261

09/15/09 - 09/14/14

co-PI

Analyzing Constructed Responses: Using Linguistic Software to Understand Students' Conceptions in Science

National Science Foundation

$150,000

08/01/08 - 07/31/11

PI

EEES: Engaging Early Engineering Students to Expand Numbers of Degree Recipients

National Science Foundation

$2,499,907

07/01/08 - 06/30/14

co-PI

A Framework For Reasoning In Cell Biology Courses

National Science Foundation

$200,000

01/01/08 - 12/31/09

Senior Personnel

Reforming Introductory Biology at MSU: Does it Make a Difference?

National Science Foundation

$150,000

01/01/08 - 12/31/09

Senior Personnel

CPATH CB: Computing and Undergraduate Engineering:  A Collaborative Process to Align Computing Education with Engineering Workforce Needs

National Science Foundation

$449,859

09/01/07- 08/31/10

co-PI

FIRST III - Faculty Institutes for Reforming Science Teaching: Developing the Scholars

National Science Foundation

$418,984

01/01/07 - 12/31/10

co-PI

Problem-Based Learning Designed Science and Mathematics Professional Development

National Science Foundation

$4,605,130

06/01/04 - 05/31/09

Senior personnel

Development and Design of Structural Elements for a Web-based Course in Animal Welfare

USDA

$191,660

08/01/04 - 02/01/06

Senior personnel

Evaluation of Michigan 's Freedom To Learn program

Michigan Virtual University

$145,000

10/01/03 - 12/31/04

co-PI

Teachers as Designers: A Problem-Based Approach to Preparing Teachers

U.S. Department of Education

$1,575,435

10/01/03 - 09/30/06

co-PI

Promoting Rigorous Outcomes in Mathematics/Science Education (PROM/SE)

National Science Foundation

$35,000,000

10/01/03 - 09/30/08

Senior personnel

Diagnostic Question Clusters: Development and Testing in Introductory Geology and Biology

National Science Foundation

$491,606

9/15/03 - 8/14/08

Senior Personnel

Evaluation of Michigan 's Learning Without Limits program

Michigan Virtual University

$75,000

03/06/03 - 09/30/03

co-PI

Publications

Journal Publications

Sripathi, K. N., Moscarella, R. A., Steele, M., Yoho, R., You, H., Prevost, L. B., Urban-Lurain, M., Merrill, J., Haudek, K. C. (2023). Machine Learning Mixed Methods Text Analysis: An Illustration From Automated Scoring Models of Student Writing in Biology Education. Journal of Mixed Methods Research. 0(0) https://doi.org/10.1177/15586898231153946  

Shiroda, M., Uhl, J. D., Urban-Lurain, M., & Haudek, K. C. (2022). Comparison of Computer Scoring Model Performance for Short Text Responses Across Undergraduate Institutional Types. Journal of Science Education and Technology(31), 117-128. doi:10.1007/s10956-021-09935-y

Uhl, J. D., Sripathi, K. N., Saldanha, J. N., Moscarella, R. A., Merrill, J., Urban-Lurain, M., & Haudek, K. C. (2021). Introductory biology undergraduate students' mixed ideas about genetic information flow. Biochem Mol Biol Educ, 49(3), 372-382. doi:10.1002/bmb.21483

Uhl, J. D., Sripathi, K. N., Meir, E., Merrill, J., Urban-Lurain, M., & Haudek, K. C. (2021). Automated Writing Assessments Measure Undergraduate Learning after Completion of a Computer-Based Cellular Respiration Tutorial. CBE—Life Sciences Education, 20(3). doi:10.1187/cbe.20-06-0122

Bierema, A., Hoskinson, A.-M., Moscarella, R., Lyford, A., Haudek, K., Merrill, J., & Urban-Lurain, M. (2020). Quantifying cognitive bias in educational researchers. International Journal of Research & Method in Education, 1-19. doi:10.1080/1743727x.2020.1804541

Jescovitch, L. N., Scott, E. E., Cerchiara, J. A., Merrill, J., Urban-Lurain, M., Doherty, J. H., & Haudek, K. C. (2020). Comparison of Machine Learning Performance Using Analytic and Holistic Coding Approaches Across Constructed Response Assessments Aligned to a Science Learning Progression. Journal of Science Education and Technology. doi:10.1007/s10956-020-09858-0

Uhl, J., Sripathi, K., Saldanha, J., Moscarella, R., Merrill, J., Urban-Lurain, M., & Haudek, K. (2020). Introductory biology undergraduate students mixed ideas about genetic information flow. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education doi:https://doi.org/10.1002/bmb.21483

Yoho, R., Kohn, K., Haudek, K., Merrill, J., & Urban-Lurain, M. (2020). Exploring the meaning of function as a complex idea embedded within the crosscutting concept of structure and function. Journal on Excellence in College Teaching 31.

Zhai, X., Haudek, K., Shi, L., Nehm, R., & Urban‐Lurain, M. (2020). From substitution to redefinition: A framework of machine learning‐based science assessment. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 57(9), 1430-1459. doi:10.1002/tea.21658

Jescovitch, L. N., Scott, E. E., Cerchiara, J. A., Doherty, J. H., Wenderoth, M. P., Merrill, J. E., Urban-Lurain, M., & Haudek, K. C. (2019). Deconstruction of Holistic Rubrics into Analytic Rubrics for Large-Scale Assessments of Students’ Reasoning of Complex Science Concepts. Practical Assessment, Research & Evaluation, 24(7).

Sripathi, K. N., Moscarella, R. A., Yoho, R., You, H. S., Urban-Lurain, M., Merrill, J., & Haudek, K. (2019). Mixed Student Ideas about Mechanisms of Human Weight Loss. CBE Life Sci Educ, 18(3), ar37. doi:10.1187/cbe.18-11-0227

Yoho, R., Foster, T., Urban-Lurain, M., Merrill, J., & Haudek, K. C. (2019). Interdisciplinary insights from instructor interviews reconciling “structure and function” in biology, biochemistry, and chemistry through the context of enzyme binding. Disciplinary and Interdisciplinary Science Education Research, 1(1). doi:10.1186/s43031-019-0016-7

Zagallo, P., McCourt, J., Idsardi, R., Smith, M. K., Urban-Lurain, M., Andrews, T. C., Haudek, K., Knight, J. K., Merrill, J., Nehm, R., Prevost, L. B., & Lemons, P. P. (2019). Through the Eyes of Faculty: Using Personas as a Tool for Learner-Centered Professional Development. CBE Life Sci Educ, 18(4), ar62. doi:10.1187/cbe.19-06-0114

Pelletreau, K. N., Knight, J. K., Lemons, P. P., McCourt, J. S., Merrill, J. E., Nehm, R. H., Prevost, L. B., Urban-Lurain, M., & Smith, M. K. (2018). A Faculty Professional Development Model That Improves Student Learning, Encourages Active-Learning Instructional Practices, and Works for Faculty at Multiple Institutions. CBE—Life Sciences Education, 17(2), es5. doi:10.1187/cbe.17-12-0260

Yoho, R., Urban-Lurain, M., Merrill, J., & Haudek, K. (2018). Structure and function relationships in the educational expectations of professional societies across the STEM disciplines. Journal of College Science Teaching, 47(6), 24-31.

McCourt, J., Andrews, T. C., Knight, J. K., Merrill, J., Nehm, R., Prevost, L. B., Smith, M. K., Urban-Lurain, M., & Lemons, P. P. (2017). What Motivates Biology Instructors To Engage and Persist in Teaching Professional Development? CBE-Life Sciences Education, 16(3). doi:10.1187/cbe.16-08-0241

Prevost, L. B., Vergara, C. E., Urban-Lurain, M., & Campa, H. (2017). Evaluation of a High-Engagement Teaching Program for STEM Graduate Students: Outcomes of the Future Academic Scholars in Teaching (FAST) Fellowship Program. Innovative Higher Education, 43(1), 41-55. doi:10.1007/s10755-017-9407-x

Pelletreau, K. N., Andrews, T., Armstrong, N., Bedell, M. A., Dastoor, F., Dean, N., Erster, S., Fata-Hartley, C., Guild, N., Greig, H., Hall, D., Knight, J. K., Koslowsky, D., Lemons, P. P., Martin, J., McCourt, J., Merrill, J., Moscarella, R., Nehm, R., Northington, R., Olsen, B., Prevost, L., Stoltzfus, J., Urban-Lurain, M., & Smith, M. K. (2016). A clicker-based case study that untangles student thinking about the processes in the central dogma. CourseSource, 3, 1-11. doi:https://doi.org/10.24918/cs.2016.15

Urban-Lurain, M., Cooper, M. M., Haudek, K. C., Kaplan, J. J., Knight, J. K., Lemons, P. P., Lira, C. T., Merrill, J. E., Nehm, R. H., Prevost, L. B., Smith, M. K., & Sydlik, M. (2015). Expanding a National Network for Automated Analysis of Constructed Response Assessments to Reveal Student Thinking in STEM. Computers in Education Journal, 6(1), 65-81.

Weston, M., Haudek, K. C., Prevost, L., Urban-Lurain, M., & Merrill, J. (2015). Examining the impact of question surface features on students' answers to constructed-response questions on photosynthesis. CBE - Life Sciences Education, 14(2). doi:10.1187/cbe.14-07-0110

Vergara, C. E., Urban-Lurain, M., Henry Campa, I., Cheruvelil, K. S., Ebert-May, D., Fata-Hartley, C., & Johnston, K. (2014). FAST-Future Academic Scholars in Teaching: A High-Engagement Development Program for Future STEM Faculty. Innovative Higher Education, 39(2), 93-107. doi:10.1007/s10755-013-9265-0

Vergara, C. E., Urban-Lurain, M., Campa, H., Cheruvelil, K. S., Ebert-May, D., Fata-Hartley, C., & Johnston, K. (2013). FAST-Future Academic Scholars in Teaching: A High-Engagement Development Program for Future STEM Faculty. Innovative Higher Education, 39(2), 93-107. doi:10.1007/s10755-013-9265-0

Haudek, K. C., Prevost, L. B., Moscarella, R. A., Merrill, J. E., & Urban-Lurain, M. (2012). What are they thinking? Automated analysis of student writing about acid/base chemistry in introductory biology. CBE - Life Sciences Education, 11(3), 283-293. doi:10.1187/cbe.11-08-0084

Parker, J. M., Anderson, C. W., Heidemann, M., Merrill, J., Merritt, B., Richmond, G., & Urban-Lurain, M. (2012). Exploring undergraduates’ understanding of photosynthesis using Diagnostic Question Clusters. CBE - Life Sciences Education, 11(1), 47-57. doi:10.1187/cbe.11-07-0054

Ha, M., Nehm, R., Urban-Lurain, M., & Merrill, J. E. (2011). Applying computerized scoring models of written biological explanations across courses and colleges: Prospects and limitations. CBE - Life Sciences Education, 10(4), 379-393. doi:10.1187/cbe.11-08-0081

Haudek, K. C., Kaplan, J. J., Knight, J., Long, T., Merrill, J., Munn, A., Nehm, R., Smith, M., & Urban-Lurain, M. (2011). Harnessing technology to improve formative assessment of student conceptions in STEM: Forging a national network. CBE - Life Sciences Education, 10, 149-155. doi:10.1187/cbe.11-03-0019

Richmond, G., Merritt, B., Urban-Lurain, M., & Parker, J. (2010). The development of a conceptual framework and tools to assess undergraduates' principled use of models in cellular biology. Cell Biology Education, 9(4), 441-452.

Zhang, M., Passalacqua, S., Lundeberg, M., Koehler, M. J., Eberhardt, J., Parker, J., Urban-Lurain, M., Zhang, T., & Paik, S. (2010). “Science Talks” in Kindergarten classrooms: Improving classroom practice through collaborative action research. Journal of Science Teacher Education, 21, 161-179.

Vergara, C. E., Urban-Lurain, M., Dresen, C., Coxen, T., MacFarlane, T., Frazier, K., Briedis, D., Buch, N., Paquette, L., Sticklen, J., LaPrad, J., & Wolff, T. (2009). Leveraging workforce needs to inform curricular change in computing education for engineering: The CPACE project. Computers in Education Journal, 84-98.

McConnell, T. J., Zhang, M., Koehler, M. J., Lundeberg, M., Urban-Lurain, M., Parker, J., & Eberhardt, J. (2008). A lesson in teaching, starring you. Journal of Staff Development, 29(4), 39-42.

Weizman, A., Covitt, B. A., Koehler, M. J., Lundeberg, M. A., Oslund, J. A., Low, M. R., Eberhardt, J., & Urban-Lurain, M. (2008). Measuring teachers’ learning from a problem-based learning approach to professional development in science education. The Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem-based Learning, 2(2), 29-60.

Urban-Lurain, M. (2004). On the need for scholarship. Correlation, 22(2), 2-3.

Urban-Lurain, M. (2001). The academic bookshelf: About learning. Journal of Engineering Education, 90(2), 171-172.

Urban-Lurain, M., & Weinshank, D. J. (2001). Do non-computer science students need to program? Journal of Engineering Education, 90(4), 535-544.

Urban-Lurain, M., & Weinshank, D. J. (1999). "I Do and I Understand:" Mastery model learning for a large non-major course. Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education, 30, 150-154.

Urban-Lurain, M. (1986). Anecdotal versus statistical research: The difference. The NCGR Journal (Winter 1986/1987), 45-47. 

Books

Weinshank, D. J., Urban-Lurain, M., Danieli, T., & McCuaig, G. (1995). Integrated introduction to computing (updated first edition, revised and enlarged ed.). Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company.

Weinshank, D. J., Urban-Lurain, M., Danieli, T., & McCuaig, G. (1992). Integrated introduction to computing (1st ed.). Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company.

Weinshank, D. J., Urban-Lurain, M., & Danieli, T. (1990). Introduction to computing: Telecourse with Waterloo BASIC (2nd ed.). Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company.

Weinshank, D. J., Urban-Lurain, M., & Olds, S. (1988). Introduction to computing: Telecourse with Waterloo BASIC (1st ed.). Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company. 

Book Chapters

You, H., Haudek, K., Merrill, J., & Urban-Lurain, M. (2020). Construct validity of computer scored constructed response items in undergraduate introductory biology courses. In Rasch Measurement: Applications in Quantitative Educational Research (pp. 223-240 ). Singapore: Springer Singapore

Zhang, B., Patterson, R., Richmond, G., Parker, J., Merrill, J., Urban-Lurain, M., Rollins, S. L., Weber, E., & Long, T. (2005). Using self-response system and online learning environment in large college science classes-the technologies, instructional design, and implications. In C.-K. Looi, D. Jonassen, & M. Ikeda (Eds.), Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications (Vol. 13, pp. 572-579). Amsterdam: IOS Press.

Urban-Lurain, M. (2003). Fluency with information technology: The computer science perspective. In Y. Zhao (Ed.), What should teachers know about technology: Perspectives and practices (pp. 53-74). Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing.

Urban-Lurain, M., & Weinshank, D. J. (2000). Computing concepts and competencies. In D. Brown (Ed.), Interactive learning: Vignettes from America's most wired campuses (pp. 73-74). Bolton, MA: Anker Publishing Company.

Conference Papers

Uhl, J., Merrill, J., Urban-Lurain, M., Haudek, K., Sripathi, K., & Meir, E. (2021). Automated Writing Assessment of Undergraduate Learning After Completion of a Computer-based Cellular Respiration Tutorial. Paper presented at the Society for the Advancement of Biology Education Research, Virtual. https://beyondmultiplechoice.org/sites/default/files/2021-07/Uhl_Juli_SABER2021_slides.pdf

Cheuk, T., Osborne, J., Remington-Cunningham, K., Haudek, K., Santiago, M. M., Urban-Lurain, M., Merrill, J., Wilson, C., Stuhlsatz, M., Donovan, B., Buck-Bracey, Z., & Gardner, A. (2019). Towards an Equitable Design Framework of Developing Argumentation in Science Items and Rubrics for Machine Learning. Paper presented at the NARST, Baltimore, MD.

Jescovitch, L., Doherty, J., Scott, E., Cerchiara, J., Wenderoth, M. P., Urban-Lurain, M., Merrill, J., & Haudek, K. (2019). Challenges in Developing Computerized Scoring Models for Principle-Based Reasoning in a Physiology Context. Paper presented at the NARST, Baltimore, MD

Jescovitch, L., Doherty, J. H., Scott, E., Cerchiara, J., Wenderoth, M. P., Urban-Lurain, M., Merrill, J., & Haudek, K. (2019). Comparison of analytic and holistic coding approaches and machine learning performances across a flux learning progression. Paper presented at the Society for the Advancement of Biology Education Research Minneapolis, MN.

You, H., Merrill, J., Haudek, K., & Urban-Lurain, M. (2019). Rasch validation of computer scored constructed response items in undergraduate introductory biology courses. Paper presented at the NARST, Baltimore, MD.

Cockerill, H., Bierema, A., Moscarella, R., Sripathi, K., Yoho, R., Urban-Lurain, M., Haudek, K. C., & Merrill, J. E. (2018). Using undergraduate students' writing to develop a constructed response item about the origin of genetic variation. Paper presented at the National Meeting for the Society for the Advancement of Biology Education Research (SABER), Minneapolis, MN.

Jescovitch, L. N., Cockerill, H., Foster, T., Scott, E. E., Cerchiara, J. A., Wenderoth, M. P., Doherty, J., Urban-Lurain, M., Merrill, J. E., & Haudek, K. C. (2018). Mechanistic reasoning across levels of a learning progression in undergraduate physiology. Paper presented at the National Meeting for the Society for the Advancement of Biology Education Research (SABER), Minneapolis, MN.

Sripathi, K., Cockerill, H., Knapp, J., Urban-Lurain, M., Haudek, K. C., & Merrill, J. E. (2018). Probing students' mental models about structure-function relationships in the cell membrane. Paper presented at the National Meeting for the Society for the Advancement of Biology Education Research (SABER), Minneapolis, MN.

Sripathi, K., Moscarella, R., Yoho, R., You, H. S., Nehm, R. H., Urban-Lurain, M., Haudek, K. C., & Merrill, J. E. (2018). Mixed student ideas about tracing matter across biological scales in the context of human weight loss. Paper presented at the National Meeting for the Society for the Advancement of Biology Education Research (SABER), Minneapolis, MN.

Thomas, M., Bagley, S., & Urban-Lurain, M. (2018, February 23). Using Machine Learning Algorithms to Categorize Free Responses to Calculus Questions. Paper presented at the Conference on Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education, San Diego.

Urban-Lurain, M., Donovan, B. M., Jescovitch, L. N., Sripathi, K., Stuhlsatz, M., Merrill, J. E., Wilson, C., & Haudek, K. C. (2018). Improving inter-rater reliability in qualitative and mixed methods research: Lessons from computer analysis of student writing. Paper presented at the National Meeting for the Society for the Advancement of Biology Education Research (SABER), Minneapolis, MN.

Zagallo, P., McCourt, J. S., Idsardi, R., Haudek, K. C., Knight, J. K., Merrill, J. E., Nehm, R. H., Prevost, L. B., Smith, M. K., Urban-Lurain, M., & Lemons, P. P. (2018). Through the eyes of faculty: Using personas as a tool for user-centered professional development. Paper presented at the National Meeting for the Society for the Advancement of Biology Education Research (SABER), Minneapolis, MN.

Lira, C. T., Steele, M., Haudek, K. C., Merrill, J. E., & Urban-Lurain, M. (2017, June 4-6). Student Misconceptions of Molecular Energy Evaluated Using Rapid Analysis of Constructed Responses. Paper presented at the Midwest Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics, South Bend, IN, 2017.

Moscarella, R., Hall, D., Haudek, K., Mazur, A., Sripathi, K., Urban-Lurain, M., & Merrill, J. (2017, July 21-23). Exploring students’ ideas about the flow of genetic information from DNA to RNA. Paper presented at the Society for the Advacement of Biology Education Research National Conference, Twin Cities, MN.

R., Y., Foster, T., Haudek, K., Urban-Lurain, M., & Merrill, J. (2017, July 27-30). Using Machine Learning to Explore Student Thinking in Constructed Responses – An Example of Enzyme Binding Structure and Function. Paper presented at the American Society for Microbiology Conference on Undergraduate Education, Denver, CO.

Sripathi, K., Knapp, J., Moscarella, R., Haudek, K., Urban-Lurain, M., & Merrill, J. (2017, July 21-23). Developing a Constructed Response Question Targeting Student Understanding of Phospholipid Properties within a Cell Membrane. Paper presented at the Society for the Advancement of Biology Education Research National Conference, Twin Cities, MN.

Williams, C. T., Nyutu, E. N., Moscarella, R. A., Sydlik, M. A., & Urban-Lurain, M. (2017, March). A method for analyzing and visualizing project teamwork. Paper presented at the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts & Letters Conference, Kalamazoo, Mi.

You, H., Sripathi, K., Yoho, R., Moscarella, R., Merrill, J., Haudek, K., & Urban-Lurain, M. (2017, July 21-23). Towards meaningful scores: Development and validation of analytic rubrics for diagnostic purposes. Paper presented at the Society for the Advancement of Biology Education Research National Conference, Twin Cities, MN.

Bierema, A., Hoskinson, A.-M., Moscarella, R., Lyford, A., Haudek, K., Merrill, J., & Urban-Lurain, M. (2016). The effects of random assortment and blinding on qualitative data analysis. Paper presented at the Society for the Advancement of Biology Education National Meeting, Twin Cities, MN.

Bierema, A. M.-K., Moscarella, R. A., Urban-Lurain, M., Merrill, J. E., & Haudek, K. C. (2016, 04/2016). The Importance of Random Assortment and Blinding in Qualitative Data Analysis. Paper presented at the NARST, Baltimore, MD.

Doherty, J. H., Urban-Lurain, M., Haudek, K. C., Merrill, J., Moscarella, R., McFarland, J., & Wenderoth, M. P. (2016, 07/2016). Developing Learning Progressions in Undergraduate Physiology (LeaPUP). Paper presented at the Society for the Advancement of Biology Education National Meeting, Twin Cities, MN.

Hoskinson, A.-M., Bierema, A. M.-K., Moscarella, R. A., Bierema, A. M.-K., Haudek, K. C., Urban-Lurain, M., & Merrill, J. (2016, 07/2016). EQIP: A rapid, criterion-‐based categorization tool for assessing constructed-response questions. Paper presented at the Society for the Advancement of Biology Education National Meeting, Twin Cities, MN.

Lemons, P. P., McCourt, J., Knight, J., Merrill, J. E., Nehm, R. H., Prevost, L., Smith, M. K., Sydlik, M. A., & Urban-Lurain, M. (2016, 04/2016). A community of enhanced assessment facilitates reformed teaching. Paper presented at the AAAS Envisioning the Future of Undergraduate STEM Education, Washington, DC.

Lira, C. T., Steele, M., Haudek, K., Merrill, J., & Urban-Lurain, M. (2016, November 13-18). Rapid Analysis of Written Responses to Reveal Student Misconceptions in Thermodynamics. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the AIChE, San Francisco, CA.

Mazur, A., Moscarella, R. A., Merrill, J., & Urban-Lurain, M. (2016, 4/2016). Combining Lexical Analysis and Students Interviews to Gauge Students Understanding of Genetic Information Flow. Paper presented at the National Association for Research in Science Teaching Annual International Conference, Baltimore, MD.

McCourt, J. S., Lemmons, P., Andrews, T., Knight, J. K., Merrill, J., Nehm, R. H., Pelletreau, K. N., Prevost, L. B., Smith, M. K., & Urban‐Lurain, M. (2016, 07/2016). Examining Persistence in Faculty Learning Communities by Biology Faculty. Paper presented at the Society for the Advancement of Biology Education Research National Meeting, Twin Cities, MN.

Moscarella, R., Bierema, A., Hoskinson, A.-M., Knight, J., Pelletreau, K., Prevost, L., Smith, M., Steele, M., Haudek, K., Urban-Lurain, M., & Merrill, J. (2016). Creation of an analytic rubric to evaluate content changes in students’ responses about the flow of genetic information. Paper presented at the Society for the Advancement of Biology Education National Meeting, Twin Cities, MN.

Moscarella, R. A., Bierema, A. M.-K., Hoskinson, A.-M., Mazur, A., Steele, M., Haudek, K. C., Urban-Lurain, M., & Merrill, J. (2016). Undergraduate students’ understanding of genetic information flow: Insights from the automated analysis of constructed responses. Paper presented at the CREATE for STEM Mini-Conference, East Lansing, MI.

Moscarella, R. A., Haudek, K. C., Knight, J. K., Mazur, A., Pelletreau, K. N., Prevost, L. B., Smith, M. K., Steele, M., Urban-Lurain, M., & Merrill, J. E. (2016, 04/2016). Automated Analysis Provides Insights into Students’ Challenges Understanding the Processes Underlying the Flow of Genetic Information. Paper presented at the National Assocation for Research in Science Teaching Annual Conference, Baltimore, MD.

Moscarella, R. A., Mazur, A., Merrill, J., & Urban-Lurain, M. (2016, 7/2016). Investigating the role of motivation in students’ understanding of complex biology concepts. Paper presented at the Society for the Advancement of Biology Education National Meeting, Twin Cities, MN.

Pelletreau, K. N., Knight, J. K., Lemons, P. P., McCourt, J. S., Moscarella, R. A., Nehm, R. H., Smith, M. K., & Urban-Lurain, M. (2016). Using student constructed responses to guide the development and adoption of instructional activities by a cross-institutional instructional development team. Paper presented at the Society for the Advancement of Biology Education National Meeting, Twin Cities, MN.

Prevost, L., Bierema, A. M.-K., Kaplan, D., Knight, J., Lemons, P. P., Lira, C. T., Merrill, J. E., Moscarella, R., Nehm, R. H., Sydlik, M. A., & Urban-Lurain, M. (2016, 04/2016). An iterative approach to developing, refining and validating machine-scored constructed response assessments. Paper presented at the AAAS Envisioning the Future of Undergraduate STEM Education, Washington, DC.

Steele, M., Bierema, A. M.-K., Haudek, K. C., Hoskinson, A.-M., Merrill, J., Moscarella, R. A., & Urban‐Lurain, M. (2016). A Web Portal for the Automated Analysis and Reporting of Student Constructed Responses. Paper presented at the CREATE for STEM Mini-Conference, East Lansing, MI.

Steele, M., Merrill, J. E., Haudek, K. C., & Urban-Lurain, M. (2016, 04/2016). The Development of Constructed Response Astronomy Assessment Items. Paper presented at the National Assocation for Research in Science Teaching Annual Conference, Baltimore, MD.

Stuhlsatz, M., Wilson, C. D., Buck-Bracey, Z., Urban-Lurain, M., Merrill, J. E., & Haudek, K. C. (2016, 04/2016). Applying Automated Analysis to Develop a Cost-Effective Measure of Science Teacher Pedagogical Content Knowledge. Paper presented at the National Association for Research in Science Teaching Annual Conference, Baltimore, MD.

Urban-Lurain, M., Bierema, A. M.-K., Haudek, K. C., Hoskinson, A.-M., Kaplan, J., Knight, J. K., Lemons, P. P., Lira, C. T., McCourt, J., Merrill, J. E., Moscarella, R., Nehm, R. H., Smith, M. K., Steele, M., & Sydlik, M. A. (2016, 04/2016). Expanding a National Network for Automated Analysis of Constructed Response Assessments to Reveal Student Thinking in STEM. Paper presented at the AAAS Envisioning the Future of Undergraduate STEM Education, Washington, DC.

Urban-Lurain, M., Knight, J., Lemons, P., Merrill, J., Nehm, R., Prevost, L., Smith, M., Haudek, K., Bierema, A., Hoskinson, A.-M., Moscarella, R., Steele, M., & Mazur, A. (2016). Insight into student thinking: Informing instruction with the Automated Analysis of Constructed Response Assessments. Paper presented at the Society for the Advancement of Biology Education National Meeting, Twin Cities, MN.

Haudek, K. C., Weston, M. M., Moscarella, R., Merrill, J., & Urban-Lurain, M. (2015, April 11). Construction of rubrics to evaluate content in students' scientific explanation using computerized text analysis. Paper presented at the NARST 2015 Annual International Conference, Chicago, IL.

McCourt, J., Andrews, T., Crumbs, T. c., Knight, J., Merrill, J., Merrill, S., Nehm, R., Pelletreau, K., Prevost, L., Smith, M., Urban-Lurain, M., & Lemons, P. (2015, July). Using faculty learning communities to promote the development of student‐centered biology instructors. Paper presented at the Society for the Advancement of Biology Education Research, St. Paul, MN.

Moscarella, R., Mazur, A., Pelletreau, K., Smith, M., & Urban‐Lurain, M. (2015, July). The Central Dogma of molecular biology: Investigating student challenges understanding transcription. Paper presented at the Society for the Advancement of Biology Education Research, St. Paul, MN.

Park, M., Haudek, K., & Urban-Lurain, M. (2015). Computerized lexical analysis of students’ written responses for diagnosing conceptual understanding of energy. Paper presented at the NARST 2015 Annual International Conference, Chicago, IL.

Steele, M., Park, M., & Urban-Lurain, M. (2015). AACR: Probing student thinking with computer analyzed constructed response questions. Paper presented at the American Association of Physics Teachers Summer Meeting, College Park, MD.

Steele, M., Park, M., & Urban-Lurain, M. (2015, July 27). AACR: Automated Analysis of Constructed Response Physics and Astronomy Questions. Paper presented at the American Association of Physics Teachers Summer Meeting, College Park, MD.

Steele, M., Park, M., & Urban-Lurain, M. (2015, July 27). Students’ own words: The automated analysis of constructed response project. Paper presented at the American Association of Physics Teachers Summer Meeting, College Park, MD.

Urban-Lurain, M., Merrill, J., Haudek, K., Nehm, R., Moscarella, R., Steele, M., & Park, M. (2015, July). Automated analysis of constructed responses:  What are we modeling? Paper presented at the Society for the Advancement of Biology Education Research, St. Paul, MN.

Vergara, C. E., Cavanaugh, M., Sivakumar, S. N., Briedis, D., Dionise, T. D., Esfahanian, A.-H., Sticklen, J., & Urban-Lurain, M. (2015). Towards a framework for assessing computational competencies for engineering undergraduate students. Paper presented at the ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Seattle, WA.

Walton, S. P., Urban-Lurain, M., Idema, A., Hinds, T., & Briedis, D. (2015). Spatial visualization skills intervention for first year engineering students: Everyone’s a winner! Paper presented at the ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Seattle, WA.

Corley, L. M., Olwine, J., Noyes, K., Cooper, M. M., Haudek, K. C., & Urban-Lurain, M. (2014). Automated analysis of students’ constructed explanations in chemistry. Paper presented at the Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, Grand Valley State University.

Hinds, T. J., Walton, P. S., Urban-Lurain, M., & Briedis, D. (2014). Influence of integrated academic and co-curricular activities on first-year student success. Paper presented at the ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Indianapolis.

Prevost, L. B., Haudek, K. C., Cooper, M. M., & Urban-Lurain, M. (2014). Computerized lexical analysis of students’ written interpretations of chemical representations. Paper presented at the National Association of Research in Science Teaching Annual Conference, Pittsburgh, PA.

Urban-Lurain, M., Cooper, M. M., Haudek, K. C., Kaplan, J. J., Knight, J. K., Lemons, P. P., Lira, C. T., Merrill, J. E., Nehm, R. H., Prevost, L. B., Smith, M. K., & Sydlik, M. (2014, June). Expanding a National Network for Automated Analysis of Constructed Response Assessments to Reveal Student Thinking in STEM. Paper presented at the ASEE Annual Conference, Indianapolis, IN.

Vergara, C. E., Urban-Lurain, M., Sticklen, J., Esfahanian, A.-H., McQuade, H., League, A., Bush, C. J., & Cavanaugh, M. (2014, June). Towards improving computational competencies for undergraduate engineering students. Paper presented at the ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Indianapolis, IN.

Haudek, K. C., Russell, A. A., & Urban-Lurain, M. (2013, April). Exploring computerized lexical analysis to predict calibrated peer review ratings of student writing in chemistry. Paper presented at the National Association for Research in Science Teaching Annual Meeting, Rio Grande, Puerto Rico.

Prevost, L. B., Haudek, K. C., Norton, E., Berry, M., Merrill, J. E., & Urban-Lurain, M. (2013, June 23-26). Automated text analysis facilitates using written formative assessments for just-in-time teaching in large enrollment courses. Paper presented at the American Society for Engineering Education, Atlanta.

Prevost, L. B., Knight, J. K., Smith, M. K., & Urban-Lurain, M. (2013, April). Student writing reveals their heterogeneous thinking about the origin of genetic variation in populations. Paper presented at the National Association for Research in Science Teaching Annual Meeting, Rio Grande, Puerto Rico.

Prevost, L. B., Smith, M. K., Urban-Lurain, M., & Knight, J. (2013). Student Writing Reveals Their Heterogeneous Thinking About the Origin of Genetic Variation in Populations. Paper presented at the National Association of Research on Science Teaching Conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Urban-Lurain, M. (2013, June 20). Learning Outcomes Assessment Datastore (LOAD): Unleashing data to accelerate educational and institutional research. Paper presented at the Thinking Big about Students, their Data, and the Future of Education, Zurich.

Urban-Lurain, M., Prevost, L., Haudek, K. C., Henry, E. N., Berry, M., & Merrill, J. E. (2013, October 26). Using computerized lexical analysis of student writing to support just-in-time teaching in large enrollment STEM courses. Paper presented at the Frontiers in Education, Oklahoma City.

Urban-Lurain, M., Prevost, L. B., & Campa, H. R., III. (2013, April). STEM doctoral student professional development in teaching: Outcomes of a high-engagement program. Paper presented at the National Association for Research in Science Teaching Annual Meeting, Rio Grande, Puerto Rico.

Weston, M., Parker, J., Merrill, J. E., & Urban-Lurain, M. (2013). Comparing Formative Feedback Reports: Human and Machine Analysis of Constructed Response Questions in Biology. Paper presented at the National Association of Research on Science Teaching Conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Weston, M., Parker, J., & Urban-Lurain, M. (2013, April). Comparing formative feedback reports: Human and automated text analysis of constructed response questions in biology. Paper presented at the National Association for Research in Science Teaching Annual Meeting, Rio Grande, Puerto Rico.

Haudek, K. C., Prevost, L. B., Merrill, J. E., & Urban-Lurain, M. (2012, July 12-15). Lexical and qualitative analysis of students’ written responses and interviews explaining chemical functional group behavior in cellular biology. Paper presented at the National Meeting of the Society for Advancement of Biology Education Research, Minneapolis, MN.

Prevost, L. B., Haudek, K. C., Merrill, J. E., & Urban-Lurain, M. (2012, June). Deciphering student ideas on thermodynamics using computerized lexical analysis of student writing. Paper presented at the American Society for Engineering Education, San Antonio, TX.

Prevost, L. B., Haudek, K. C., Urban-Lurain, M., & Merrill, J. E. (2012). Examining student constructed explanations of thermodynamics using lexical analysis. Paper presented at the Frontiers in Education, Seattle, WA.

Prevost, L. B., Knight, J. K., Smith, M. K., Haudek, K. C., Merrill, J. E., & Urban-Lurain, M. (2012, July 12-15). Using lexical analysis to explore students’ written responses to genetics concept assessment-derived items. Paper presented at the Meeting of the Society for the Advancement of Biology Education Research, Minneapolis, MN.

Vergara, C. E., Briedis, D., Buch, N., Esfahanian, A.-H., Sticklen, J., Urban-Lurain, M., Paquette, L., Dresen, C., & Frazier, K. (2012, October 3-6). Work in Progress: Integrating computation across engineering curricula: Preliminary impact on students. Paper presented at the Frontiers in Education, Seattle, WA.

Weston, M., Haudek, K. C., Prevost, L. B., Lyons, C., Urban-Lurain, M., & Merrill, J. E. (2012, July 12-15). How are students interpreting constructed response questions? Using computerized lexical analysis to identify key concepts in student writing. Paper presented at the National Meeting of the Society for Advancement of Biology Education Research, Minneapolis.

Weston, M., Haudek, K. C., Prevost, L. B., Urban-Lurain, M., & Merrill, J. E. (2012, March). How do biology undergraduates “explain” photosynthesis? Investigating student responses to different constructed response question stems. Paper presented at the National Association for Research on Science Teaching, Indianapolis, IN.

Urban-Lurain, M. (2011). Automated Analysis Of Student Writing Reveals Student Thinking: An Innovative Assessment Methodology Built On Community Goals. Paper presented at the 241st ACS National Meeting & Exposition. Anaheim, CA.

Lyons, C., Jones, S., Haudek, K., Merrill, J., & Urban-Lurain, M. (2011, April 3-6). Moving Across Scales: Using Lexical Analysis to Reveal Student Reasoning about Photosynthesis. Paper presented at the National Association of Research on Science Teaching, Orlando, FL.

McDonough, C. A., Briedis, D., Buch, N., DeGraff, R. S., Sticklen, J., Stoner, S. J., Urban-Lurain, M., Vergara, C. E., & Wolff, T. F. (2011). Peer-led supplemental instruction in an NSF STEP Project: The EEES experience. Paper presented at the American Society for Engineering Education, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Urban-Lurain, M. (2011, April). Principled reasoning and conceptual change: The interplay between theory, research and practice. Paper presented at the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, Orlando, FL.

Vergara, C. E., Urban-Lurain, M., Esfahanian, A.-H., Briedis, D., Buch, N., Wolff, T. F., Sticklen, J., Dresen, C., Frazier, K. L., & Paquette, L. (2011). Computational expertise in engineering: Aligning workforce computing needs with computer science concepts. Paper presented at the American Society for Engineering Education, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Sticklen, J., Briedis, D., & Urban-Lurain, M. (2010, October 27-30). Work in Progress – Web-based screen movie presentations as part of a professionalism course in chemical engineering. Paper presented at the Frontiers in Education, Washington, DC.

Urban-Lurain, M., Moscarella, R. A., Haudek, K. C., Giese, E., Merrill, J. E., & Sibley, D. F. (2010, March 22). Insight into Student Thinking in STEM: Lessons Learned from Lexical Analysis of Student Writing. Paper presented at the NARST Annual Conference, Philadelphia, PA.

Briedis, D., Buch, N., Collins-Eaglin, J., Ehrlich, N., Fleming, D., Hinds, T., Sticklen, J., Urban-Lurain, M., & Wolff, T. F. (2009, June 14-17). Connector faculty: A friendly face for early engineering students. Paper presented at the ASEE Conference and Exposition, Austin, TX.

Briedis, D., Buch, N., Ehrlich, N., Fleming, D., Hinds, T., McDonough, C., Sticklen, J., Urban-Lurain, M., & Wolff, T. (2009, November 8-13). Engaging early engineering students: An NSF STEP project to increase student retention. Paper presented at the American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN.

Haudek, K., Moscarella, R. A., Urban-Lurain, M., Merrill, J., Sweeder, R., & Richmond, G. (2009, April 17-21). Using lexical analysis software to understand student knowledge transfer between chemistry and biology. Paper presented at the National Association of Research in Science Teaching Annual Conference, Garden Grove, CA.

McConnell, T. J., Parker, J. M., Eberhardt, J., Stanaway, J. C., Urban-Lurain, M., & Koehler, M. J. (2009, April 17-20). Gauging changes in teachers' science content knowledge: Can problem-based professional development lead to deeper understanding of science? Paper presented at the National Association of Research in Science Teaching Annual Conference, Garden Grove, CA.

Sticklen, J., Urban-Lurain, M., & Briedis, D. (2009, October 18 - 21). Engagement of millennial students using web-based screen movies to replace traditional lecture in lecture/lab courses. Paper presented at the Frontiers in Education, San Antonio, TX.

Sticklen, J., Wolff, T., Bauer, W., Briedis, D., Buch, N., Courtney, J., Ehrlich, N., Fleming, D., Heckman, R., Mickelson, R., Paquette, L., Urban-Lurain, M., & Weil, C. (2009, June 14-17). Engaging early engineering students (EEES): Background and goals of an NSF STEP project to increase retention. Paper presented at the ASEE Conference and Exposition, Austin, TX.

Urban-Lurain, M., Briedis, D., Buch, N., Erlich, N., Sticklen, J., & Wolff, T. F. (2009, June 14-17). Understanding factors contributing to retention in engineering: A structural equation modeling (SEM) approach. Paper presented at the ASEE Conference and Exposition, Austin, TX.

Urban-Lurain, M., Ebert-May, D., Momsen, J., McFall, R., Jones, M. B., Leinfelder, B., & Sticklen, J. (2009, October 18 - 21). An assessment database for supporting educational research. Paper presented at the Frontiers in Education, San Antonio, TX.

Urban-Lurain, M., Moscarella, R. A., Haudek, K. C., Giese, E., Sibley, D. F., & Merrill, J. E. (2009, October 18-21). Beyond multiple choice exams: Using computerized lexical analysis to understand students’ conceptual reasoning in STEM disciplines. Paper presented at the Frontiers in Education, San Antonio, TX.

Vergara, C. E., Urban-Lurain, M., Dresen, C., Coxen, T., MacFarlane, T., Frazier, K., Briedis, D., Buch, N., Paquette, L., Sticklen, J., LaPrad, J., & Wolff, T. (2009, June 14-17). Leveraging workforce needs to inform curricular change in computing education for engineering: The CPACE project. Paper presented at the ASEE Conference and Exposition, Austin, TX.

Vergara, C. E., Urban-Lurain, M., Dresen, C., Coxen, T., MacFarlane, T., Frazier, K., Briedis, D., Buch, N., Paquette, L., Sticklen, J., LaPrad, J., & Wolff, T. F. (2009, October 18-21). Aligning computing education with engineering workforce computational needs: New curricular directions to improve computational thinking in engineering graduates. Paper presented at the Frontiers in Education, San Antonio, TX.

Moscarella, R. A., Urban-Lurain, M., Merritt, B., Long, T., Richmond, G., Merrill, J., Parker, J., Patterson, R., & Wilson, C. (2008, March 30 - April 2). Understanding undergraduate students' conceptions in science: Using lexical analysis software to analyze students' constructed responses in biology. Paper presented at the NARST 2008 Annual International Conference, Baltimore, MD.

Richmond, G., Urban-Lurain, M., Parker, J., Merrill, J., & Merritt, B. (2008, March 30 - April 2). Assessment-informed instructional design to support model-based reasoning in college-level biology. Paper presented at the NARST 2008 Annual International Conference, Baltimore, MD.

Sticklen, J., & Urban-Lurain, M. (2008, June). The relationship of instructor ratings with TA ratings in high enrollment, lecture/lab courses: A preliminary study. Paper presented at the American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference, Chicago, IL.

Sticklen, J., Urban-Lurain, M., & Briedis, D. (2008, October 22-25). Work in progress - Effective engagement of millennial students using web-based voice-over slides and screen demos to augment traditional class delivery. Paper presented at the Frontiers in Education, Saratoga Springs, NY.

Urban-Lurain, M., & Sticklen, J. (2008, October 22-25). Enhancing learning of low performing students in multi-section first year lecture/laboratory classes: Completion of a three year study. Paper presented at the Frontiers in Education, Saratoga Springs, NY.

Vergara, C. E., Urban-Lurain, M., Briedis, D., Buch, N., LaPrad, J., Paquette, L., Sticklen, J., & Wolff, T. F. (2008, October 22-25). Work in Progress - Computing and Undergraduate Engineering: A Collaborative Process to Align Computing Education with Engineering Workforce Needs (CPACE). Paper presented at the Frontiers in Education, Saratoga Springs, NY.

Briedis, D., Urban-Lurain, M., Ofoli, R., Miller, D., & Sticklen, J. (2007, June 24-27). Enabling curricular integration through multi-course assessment. Paper presented at the American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, Hawaii.

Parker, J., Anderson, C. W., Merrill, J., Heidemann, M., Long, T., Merritt, B., Richmond, G., Sibley, D., Urban-Lurain, M., & Wilson, C. (2007, March 3-4). Where has all the carbon gone?”  A thought paper on frameworks for assessing biology understanding. Paper presented at the Conceptual Assessment in Biology, Boulder, CO.

Sticklen, J., Briedis, D., Urban-Lurain, M., & Hinds, T. (2007, June 24-27). Vertical integration of MATLAB across engineering curricula: Systemic curricular change by small steps. Paper presented at the American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, Hawaii.

Urban-Lurain, M. (2007, June 2). An anthropological perspective on skepticism and anomalous studies. Paper presented at the Society for Scientific Exploration Annual Meeting, East Lansing, MI.

Briedis, D., Miller, D., Ofoli, R., Sticklen, J., & Urban-Lurain, M. (2006, June 18-21). Course assessment for evolutionary curricular reform: Infusing MATLAB vertically through the curriculum. Paper presented at the American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, Chicago, IL.

Sticklen, J., & Urban-Lurain, M. (2006, June 18-21). Enhancing learning of low ability students in multi-section freshman lecture/laboratory classes. Paper presented at the ASEE Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.

Urban-Lurain, M., Anderson, C. W., Parker, J., & Richmond, G. (2006, March 20-24). Fluency with information technology in teacher education:  Moving from novice towards expertise. Paper presented at the Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education, Orlando, FL.

Urban-Lurain, M., Sticklen, J., & Buch, N. (2006, June 18-21). High enrollment, early engineering courses and the personal response system. Paper presented at the ASEE Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.

Oslund, J. A., Koehler, M., Lundeberg, M., Low, M. R., Parker, J., Eberhardt, J., Urban-Lurain, M., & Jang, S. (2006). Problem-based learning designed for science and mathematics professional development. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association. San Francisco, CA: American Educational Research Association.

Weizman, A., Covitt, B. A., Koehler, M., Lundeberg, M., Jang, S., Oslund, J. A., Low, M. R., Eberhardt, J., & Urban-Lurain, M. (2006, April). What do teachers learn from a problem-based learning approach to professional development in science education? Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA.

Wilson, C., Anderson, C. W., Heidemann, M., Merrill, J., Merritt, B., Richmond, G., Sibley, D., Urban-Lurain, M., & Parker, J. (2006, October 19-21). Tracing matter and energy through biological and geological systems:  Fundamental problems of students’ understanding. Paper presented at the Assessment of Student Achievement Conference, Washington, DC.

Hinds, T., Sticklen, J., Urban-Lurain, M., Amey, M., & Eskil, T. (2005, November). First steps toward curricular integration of computational tools. Paper presented at the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Orlando, FL.

Hinds, T., Urban-Lurain, M., Sticklen, J., Amey, M., & Eskil, T. (2005, June 12-15). Curricular integration of computational tools: A first step. Paper presented at the ASEE Annual Meeting, Portland, Oregon.

Kortemeyer, G., & Urban-Lurain, M. (2005, January 24). Giving learners and educators the feedback they need when they need it. Paper presented at the National Learning Information Infrastructure, New Orleans, LA.

Merrill, J., Urban-Lurain, M., Rollins, S., & Merritt, B. (2005, January 7). Analyzing student understanding of biology concepts with text analysis of essay problem responses. Paper presented at the LON-CAPA Users' Conference, Columbia, SC.

Sticklen, J., Urban-Lurain, M., Hinds, T., Eskil, T., & Amey, M. (2005, June 12-15). Multi-section freshman classes with laboratories: Lecture as intro vs. lecture as wrap-up. Paper presented at the ASEE Annual Meeting, Portland, Oregon.

Urban-Lurain, M., Albertelli, G., & Kortemeyer, G. (2005, October 19 - 22). Using information technology to author, administer, and evaluate performance-based assessments. Paper presented at the Frontiers in Education, Indianapolis, IN.

Zhang, B., Richmond, G., Parker, J., Merrill, J., Patterson, R., Urban-Lurain, M., Rollins, S. L., Weber, E., & Long, T. (2005). A model-based reasoning framework for science teaching and learning. Proceedings of Teacher Education for the Schools We Need, Toronto, Canada.

Urban-Lurain, M., Rosaen, C., Zhao, Y., Koehler, M., Mishra, P., Anderson, C. W., Richmond, G., Banghart, R., & Dirkin, K. (2005, March 1). Teachers as designers: A problem-based approach to preparing teachers to use technology. Paper presented at the Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education, Phoenix, AZ.

Sticklen, J., Amey, M., Eskil, T., Hinds, T., & Urban-Lurain, M. (2004, June 20-23). Application of object-centered scaffolding to introductory MatLab. Paper presented at the American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Urban-Lurain, M., Amey, M., Sticklen, J., Hinds, T., & Eskil, T. (2004, June 20-23). Curricular integration of computational tools by evolutionary steps. Paper presented at the American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Waller, A. A., & Urban-Lurain, M. (2003, November 5-8). The use of theory in education research. Paper presented at the Frontiers in Education, Boulder, CO.

McFall, R., Urban-Lurain, M., & Weinshank, D. (2002, November 6-9). A Web-to-database system for collecting student data. Paper presented at the Frontiers in Education, Boston, MA.

Urban-Lurain, M. (2001, April 13, 2001). Teaching FITness for conceptual understanding: A computer science course for non-computer science majors. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Seattle, WA.

Urban-Lurain, M., & Weinshank, D. J. (2000, October, 2000). Is there a role for programming in non-major CS courses? Paper presented at the Frontiers in Education 2000 Conference, Kansas City, MO.

Urban-Lurain, M., & Weinshank, D. J. (2000, April 27). Attendance and outcomes in a large, collaborative learning, performance assessment course. Paper presented at the Annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA.

Urban-Lurain, M., & Weinshank, D. J. (1999, April 20, 1999). Mastering computing technology: A new approach for non-computer science majors. Paper presented at the AERA Annual Meeting, Montreal, CA.

Urban-Lurain, M. (1990, Fall). Detecting similarities in student program assignments to prevent cheating. Paper presented at the Digital Equipment Users Society, Cincinnati, OH.

Urban-Lurain, M., & McCorry, M. E. (1989, Spring). An integrated menu and help system for instructional software. Paper presented at the Digital Equipment Users Society, Nashville, TN.

Urban-Lurain, M., & Weinshank, D., J. (1988, Spring). PC network for instructional computing at Michigan State University. Paper presented at the Digital Equipment Users Society, Atlanta, GA.

Urban-Lurain, M. (1986). Introduction to multivariate analysis. First Eysenck Research Seminar, San Diego, CA. 

Posters 

Saldanha, J., Shiroda, M., Merrill, J., Urban-Lurain, M., & Haudek, K. (2019). Automated Analyses of Constructed Response (AACR) questions in STEM courses provide insights into student thinking [Poster]. Spring Conference on Student Learning and Success East Lansing, MI.

Saldanha, J., Shiroda, M., Merrill, J., Urban-Lurain, M., & Haudek, K. (2019). Automated Analyses of Constructed Response (AACR) questions in STEM courses provide insights into student thinking. CREATE for STEM Mini-Conference East Lansing, MI.

Santiago, M. M., Kaplan, J., Prevost, L., Steele, M., Haudek, K., & Urban-Lurain, M. (2019). Visualizing students' conceptual understanding in STEM: Faculty perspectives and a live web app demo. AAC&U 2018 Transforming STEM Higher Education Atlanta, GA.

Uhl, J. D., Sripathi, K., Santiago, M. M., Meir, E., Merrill, J., Urban-Lurain, M., & Haudek, K. (2019). Automated analysis can guide instructor understanding of student writing about cellular respiration. Spring Conference on Student Learning and Success East Lansing, MI.

Uhl, J. D., Sripathi, K., Santiago, M. M., Meir, E., Merrill, J., Urban-Lurain, M., & Haudek, K. (2019). Automated analysis can guide instructor understanding of student writing about cellular respiration. CREATE for STEM Mini-Conference East Lansing.

Sripathi, K., Steele, M., Haudek, K., Merrill, J., & Urban-Lurain, M. (2017, August 6 – 11). Representing students’ constructed responses in STEM courses: Which visualizations appeal to various stakeholders? Gordon Research Conference on Visualization in Science and Education, Lewiston, ME.

Moscarella, R., Mazur, A., Haudek, K., Urban-Lurain, M., & Merrill, J. (2017, July 9-14). A student reasoning framework describing the role of a mRNA in the transcription of DNA. Gordon Research Conference on Undergraduate Biology Education Research, Easton, MA.

Cockerill, H., Bierema, A., Moscarella, R., Haudek, K., Urban-Lurain, M., & Merrill, J. (2017, April). Undergraduate students’ understanding of the origin of genetic variation: insights from the automated analysis of constructed responses. University Undergraduate Research and Arts Forum, East Lansing.

Cockerill, H., Bierema, A., Moscarella, R., Haudek, K., Urban-Lurain, M., & Merrill, J. (2017, February). Exploring Students’ Ideas of the Origin of Genetic Variation. CREATE for STEM Mini-Conference, East Lansing, MI.

Cockerill, H., Bierema, A., Moscarella, R., Sripathi, K., Yoho, R., Haudek, K., Urban-Lurain, M., & Merrill, J. (2017, July). Qualitative Analysis of Undergraduate Students'Wrting of the Origin of Genectic Variation. Mid-Michigan Symposium for Undergraduate Research Experiences, East Lansing, MI.

Foster, T., Haudek, K., Moscarella, R., Yoho, R., Urban-Lurain, M., & Merrill, J. (2017, April). Computerized Scoring of open response questions: A case study of enzyme structure and function. University Undergraduate Research and Arts Forum, East Lansing, MI.

Foster, T., Haudek, K., Moscarella, R., Yoho, R., Urban-Lurain, M., & Merrill, J. (2017, February). Enzyme Structure and Function: Comparing Student Responses to Multiple Question Versions. CREATE for STEM Mini-Conference, East Lansing, MI.

Foster, T., Haudek, K., Moscarella, R., Yoho, R., Urban-Lurain, M., & Merrill, J. (2017, July 21-23). Computerized Scoring of Student Open Response Questions: A Case Study of Enzyme Structure and Function. Society for the Advancement of Biology Education Research National Conference, Twin Cities, MN.

Knapp, J., Sripathi, K., Haudek, K., Urban-Lurain, M., & Merrill, J. (2017, July). Prevalent Student Conceptions Involving Structure-Function Relationships in Cell Membranes. Mid-Michigan Symposium for Undergraduate Research Experiences, East Lansing, MI.

Mazur, A., Moscarella, R. A., Merrill, J., & Urban-Lurain, M. (2016, 2/206). Lexical Analysis Provides a Framework for Biology Student Interviews to Identify Learning Challenges Understanding Genetic Information Flow. CREATE for STEM Mini-Conference, East Lansing, MI.

Mazur, A., Moscarella, R. A., Urban-Lurain, M., & Merrill, J. (2016, 07/2016). The role of mRNA in genetic information flow presents a conceptual barrier to student understanding. Society for the Advancement of Biology Education National Meeting, Twin Cities, MN.

Mazur, A., Moscarella, R. A., Urban-Lurain, M., & Merrill, J. (2016, 07/2016). Transcription and its products challenges students’ comprehension of the flow of genetic information. Mid-Michigan Symposium for Undergraduate Research Experiences, East Lansing, MI.

Mazur, A., Moscarella, R. A., Hoskinson, A.-M., Urban-Lurain, M., & Merrill, J. (2016, 04/2016). Interviews Provide Insight about Biology Student Learning Challenges Understanding Transcription. University Undergraduate Research and Arts Forum, East Lansing, MI.

Bierema, A. M.-K., Hoskinson, A.-M., Moscarella, R. A., Urban-Lurain, M., Merrill, J., & Haudek, K. (2016, 2/2016). The Effects of Random Assortment, Blinding, and Cognitive Bias in Qualitative Data Analysis. CREATE for STEM Mini-Conference, East Lansing, MI.

Hinds, T., Christlieb, S., Walton, S. P., Urban-Lurain, M., & Briedis, D. (2015). The effects of first-year client-based projects on student retention. First Year Engineering Experience (FYEE) Conference, Roanoke, VA.

Mazur, A., Moscarella, R. A., Merrill, J., & Urban-Lurain, M. (2015). Biology Central Dogma: What are the Student Learning Challenges? University Undergraduate Research and Arts Forum.

Mazur, A., Moscarella, R. A., Urban-Lurain, M., & Merrill, J. (2015). Student writing reveals misconceptions in the Central Dogma of Biology. The Mid-Michigan Symposium for Undergraduate Research Experiences.

Merrill, J., Haudek, K., Smith, M., Lemons, P., Prevost, L., Nehm, R., Knight, J., & Urban-Lurain, M. (2015). Faculty Learning Communities as a Focus for Assessment-Driven Instructional Change. CREATE for STEM Mini Conference.

Moscarella, R. A., Park, M., Steele, M., Pelletreau, K. N., Prevost, L. B., Smith, M. K., Knight, J. K., Merrill, J., & Urban-Lurain, M. (2015). Insights into Students’ Thinking about the Central Dogma from the Automated Analysis of Constructed Response Questions. Society for the Advancement of Biology Education Research.

Moscarella, R. A., Stoltzfus, J. R., Merrill, J., Haudek, K. C., & Urban-Lurain, M. (2015). Creation of scoring rubrics assisted by Computerized Text Analysis. CREATE for STEM Mini Conference.

Park, M., Urban-Lurain, M., & Haudek , K. (2015). A Promising Approach to Examining Student Energy Conceptions. CREATE for STEM Mini Conference.

Steele, M., Haudek, K., Merrill, J., Moscarella, R., Park, M., & Urban-Lurain, M. (2015). Automated Reporting of the Lexical and Statistical Analysis of Student Constructed Responses. CREATE for STEM Mini-Conference.

Urban-Lurain, M., Merrill, J. E., Cooper, M. M., Lira, C. T., & Haudek, K. C. (2014). AACR III: Expanding a national network for automated analysis of constructed response assessments to reveal student thinking in STEM. CREATE4STEM Mini Conference, East Lansing, MI.

Voreis, J. S., Andrews, T. M., Federer, M. R., Knight, J. K., Merrill, J. E., Merrill, S., Nehm, R. H., Prevost, L. B., Smith, M. K., Urban-Lurain, M., & Lemons, P. P. (2014). Investigating the impact of faculty learning communities on biology instructors. Society for the Advancement of Biology Education Research (SABER) Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN.

Weston, M., Haudek, K. C., Prevost, L. B., Merrill, J. E., & Urban-Lurain, M. (2014). Examining the impact of question surface features on students' answers to constructed response questions in biology. MSU University Undergraduate Research and Arts Forum, East Lansing, MI.

Weston, M., Haudek, K. C., Prevost, L. B., Merrill, J. E., & Urban-Lurain, M. (2014). Examining the impact of question surface features on students’ answers to constructed response questions in biology. CREATE4STEM Mini Conference. Michigan State University. East Lansing, MI.

Prevost, L. B., Haudek, K. C., Merrill, J., & Urban-Lurain, M. (2012). Examining Students' Ability to Apply Thermodynamics Concepts in Biology: Computerized Lexical Analysis Reveals Heterogeneous Ideas. Society for Advancement of Biology Education Research. Minneapolis, MN.

Urban-Lurain, M. (2012). Insight Into Student Thinking in STEM: Lessons Learned from Lexical Analysis of Student Writing. CREATE4STEM conference. Michigan State University.

Weston, M., Haudek, K. C., Prevost, L., Lyons, C., Urban-Lurain, M., & Merrill, J. (2012). How Do Biology Undergraduates "Explain" Photosynthesis? Investigating Student Responses to Different Constructed Response Question Stems. University Undergraduate Research and Arts Forum.  Michigan State University.

Jones, S., Long, T., Kostelnik, K., & Urban-Lurain, M. (2011). Making Connections: Can Lexical Analysis Reveal Students' Thinking About Key Genetics Concepts? Poster. University Undergraduate Research and Arts Forum. Michigan State University.

Merrill, J. E., Haudek, K. C., & Urban-Lurain, M. (2011). Computerized analysis of student writing and student ideas about scientific concepts. Project Kaleidoscope (PKAL). Network for Academic Renewal Conference. Miami, FL.

Merrill, J. E., Lyons, C., Jones, S., Moscarella, R., Haudek, K. C., & Urban-Lurain, M. (2011). Computerized Lexical Analysis Reveals Complexity of Student Ideas in Biology. Presentation. Society for Advancement of Biology Education Research (SABER) Annual Meeting. Minneapolis, MN.

Haudek, K. C., Moscarella, R. A., Urban-Lurain, M., & Merrill, J. E. (2010). Beyond Multiple Choice: Using Automated Analysis to Evaluate Student Writing About Biology. MSU STEM Education day. MSU.

Lyons, C., Merrill, J. E., & Urban-Lurain, M. (2010). Beyond Multiple Choice: Heterogeneous Thinking About Photosynthesis is Revealed by Automated Analysis of Student Writing. MSU STEM Education day.   

Reports 

MacFarlane, T., Dresen, C., Urban-Lurain, M., Wolff, T., Sticklen, J., Buch, N., Briedis, D., Vergara, C. E., & Paquette, L. (2009). Aligning computing education with engineering workforce needs: Business and industry report. http://cpace.egr.msu.edu/confluence/download/attachments/327684/CPACE_Business+and+Industry+Report.pdf?version=1

Merrill, J., & Urban-Lurain, M. (2005). Early adoption report: Student response systems in a large enrollment science course. East Lansing, MI.

Urban-Lurain, M., & Zhao, Y. (2005). Freedom to learn evaluation report: 2004 project implementation. East Lansing, MI:

Urban-Lurain, M., & Zhao, Y. (2003). Freedom to learn evaluation report: 2003 project implementation. East Lansing, MI:

Urban-Lurain, M., & Weinshank, D. J. (1999). Mastering Computing Technology A New Approach for Non-Computer Science Majors [microform]. [S.l.]: Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse,.

Urban-Lurain, M., & Weinshank, D. J. (1999). Mastering Computing Technology A New Approach for Non-Computer Science Majors. (pp. 20 p.). http://www.eric.ed.gov/contentdelivery/servlet/ERICServlet?accno=ED437917

Urban-Lurain, M. (1996, May). Intelligent tutoring systems:  An historic review in the context of the development of artificial intelligence and educational psychology. 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1n4ZS6wDWTUsVrfFezGrmnmrSSbjXfGdf/view?usp=sharing 

Weinshank, D. J., Urban-Lurain, M., & Danieli, T. (1990). Testing the utility of a CASE tool for teaching structured programming in an introductory CPS non-major course (8971). East Lansing, MI  

Presentations and Invited Lectures

Urban-Lurain, M. (2013). Beyond multiple choice: Automated analysis of student writing reveals student thinking. Thinking Big about Students, their Data, and the Future of Education. Invited Talk. ETH Zurich. Zurich.

Urban-Lurain, M. (2013, June 10). Beyond multiple choice: Automated analysis of student writing reveals student thinking. Invited talk presented at the Gordon Research Conference Chemistry Education Research and Practice, Newport, RI.

Merrill, J. E., Parker, J. M., & Urban-Lurain, M. (2011). What Are They Thinking and Why? A Framework for Assessing and Interpreting Students' Ability to Use Scientific Principles. Invited talk, University of Maryland. 

Urban-Lurain, M. (2011). Insight into Student Thinking in STEM: Lessons Learned from Lexical Analysis of Student Writing. Presentation. Center for Engineering Education Research Forum. Michigan State University.

Urban-Lurain, M. (2010). Scientific Thinking and Conceptual Change: Revealing Student Thinking as a Foundation for Improving Learning Outcomes in STEM. Presentation. MSU STEM Education day.

Kaplan, J. J., & Urban-Lurain, M. (2008). Personal response systems in statistics: Using clickers to foster active learning and address student understanding of statistical inference. The Inaugural Conference on Classroom Response Systems: Innovations and Best Practices, Louisville, KY.

Professional Affiliations

American Association for the Advancement of Science, elected Fellow, 2021

American Educational Research Association

American Society for Engineering Education

American Statistical Association

Association of Computing Machinery: Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education

National Association for Research in Science Teaching

Society for the Advancement of Biology Education Research

Society for Scientific Exploration, Governing Council 2003 - 2008; Secretary 2008 - present 

Professional Service

Committee Service:

• 2016 to 2018: ASEE Projects Board

• 2014 Dean search committee, College of Engineering, MSU

• 2011 to 2018: MSU STEM Teaching Essentials Steering Committee

• 2009 to 2018: MSU Instructional Computing and Technology CAFE

• 2008 to 2018: MSU Learning Systems Advisory Committee

• 2006 to 2018: Steering Committee, Future Academic Scholars in Teaching (FAST) Fellowship

• 2003 to 2006: Judge, Michigan Science Olympiad

• 2000 to 2003: MSU Network Communications Committee

• 1992 to 1996: Chair, MSU Instructional Computing and Technology Committee (ICTC)

Provided advice and budget recommendations to the Vice-Provost  for Computing and Technology.  Projects initiated under my leadership included: University-wide distributed network file service (AFS) for all faculty/staff and students; classroom multimedia instructional facilities; email for all faculty/staff and students; aggressive expansion of number and capacities of microcomputer laboratories; two-way distance education television.

• 1989 to 1992: MSU Instructional Computing and Technology Committee (ICTC)

Peer-Reviewed for:

• American Educational Research Association annual meetings

• American Society for Engineering Education annual meetings

• Cambridge Publishing

• CBE Life Sciences Education

• Correlation

• Educational Researcher

• First Year Engineering Education annual meetings

• Frontiers in Education annual meetings

• Interdisciplinary Science Reviews

• Journal of Engineering Education

• Journal of Science Teaching

• Journal of Scientific Exploration

• National Association for Research in Science Teaching annual meetings

• NSF ALT

• NSF Big Data

• NSF Cyberlearning

• NSF IUSE

• NSF REE

• NSF Inspire

• NSF S-STEM

• Society for the Advancement of Biology Education Research annual meetings 

Mentoring

Post-doctoral Research Associates Supervised

Luanna Prevost

Kevin Haudek

Andrea Bierema

Anne Marie Hoskinson

Rosa Moscarella

Mihwa Park

Matthew M. Steele

Kamali Sripathi

Rachel Yoho

Hye Sun-You

Lauren Jescovitch

Marisol Mercado Santiago

Juli Uhl

Xiaoming Zhai

Graduate Student Committees

Wouter Brink

Keith Burke

Sarah Coburn

Kara Constantine

Keenan Noyes

Awards

AAAS Fellow                                                                                                                 2021

SPSS Insight Award for Outstanding Achievement in Academic Research                  2007

SBC Award for Instructional Technology                                                                      2006

MSU Alumni Club of Mid-Michigan Quality in Undergraduate Education Award      2001

MSU College of Engineering Withrow Teaching Excellence Award                            1999

Vice Provost's Lifelong Education Award                                                                      1996