NEWS

October 2024

ILAC - University of Colorado - Boulder

Ira and Nicolette attended and presented a poster, a presentation, and a demo pedagogy lesson at the International Learning Assistant Conference in Boulder, CO! They explored a beautiful walking trail in South Boulder to wrap up a weekend full of great conversation with others in the LA Alliance and hatch green chili bagel sandwiches.

September 2024

New paper publication!

Nicolette's work on the impact of LA facilitation on student in-the-moment learning was published in the International Journal of STEM Education! This work found that dialogic and authoritative facilitation practices led to differences in LA- and student-centered learning, and how socioemotional aspects can be added to either type of facilitation. Congratulations to all who contributed to this extraordinary work! Check out the paper here.

New paper publication!

Ira's work in collaboration with those involved in the Listening Project was published in the Journal of College Science and Teaching! A close analysis was done on a single episode of instructor listening, where an instructor of a 140-student introductory chemistry course (Ira) deliberately elicited and made sense of student reasoning to contribute to a collective learning process that values listening. Congratulations to all who contributed to this extraordinary work! Check out the paper here.

August 2024

New paper publication!

Jessica's work on the implementation of LAs in large, introductory STEM courses was published in the International Journal of STEM Education! This work found that each LA developed unique practices that reciprocally shaped and were shaped by the activity system in which they worked. Congratulations to all who contributed to this extraordinary work! Check out the paper here.

BCCE - University of Kentucky

The Caspari group attended BCCE with 5 presentations and a poster! Pictured from left to right: Lee, Julia, Ira, Nicolette, and Anais! Final horse count (both real and fake): 79! 🐎

April 2024

Kataleeya's Senior Honors Thesis Defense!

Kataleeya successfully defended her seniors honors thesis!! We are so proud of you, Kataleeya, and can't wait to see all of the other amazing accomplishments you will have!

April 2024

New paper publication!

Jessica's work on student in-the-moment learning in LA-student interactions was published in Science Education! This work developed a framework to study in-the-moment learning through the lens of continuity and discourse change. Congratulations to all who contributed to this extraordinary work! Check out the paper here.

March 2024

NARST 97th Annual Conference

Ira, Jessica, and Nicolette all attended and presented at NARST in Denver, CO! They explored local museums and spent some quality time with each other and friends new and old.

March 2024

The group is excited to welcome a new postdoctoral scholar, Julia!! 🥳

December 2023

Fall Semester Research Group Picture

November 2023

Invited Talk - Institute for Research on Learning and Instruction (IRLI)

Ira was invited by The Tufts Institute for Research on Learning and Instruction (IRLI) to give a seminar talk on her work on valuing multiplicity in learning in undergraduate STEM courses. Pictured from left to right: Ira, Jess, Chinwendu, Nicolette, Anais, and Lee. The group was super excited to support our PI!

November 2023

The group is thrilled to welcome TWO new graduate students to the group, Anais and Lee!! 🥳

August 2023

Summer Research Group Picture

July 2023

Gordon Research Conference - Chemistry Education Research and Practice

Ira, Jessica, and Nicolette all presented posters at the GRC at Bates College in Maine!

June 2023

New Paper Publication!

Carina's work on LA facilitation practices expanded the binary of authoritative and dialogic and was published in the International Journal of Stem Education! Congratulations to all who contributed to this extraordinary work! Check out the paper here.

May 2023

Group Picnic

The group ate burritos and tacos and sat outside in the beautiful weather on campus. We laughed and shared stories to send off our lovely seniors who graduated! We wish you all nothing but the best on your next adventures Fatima, Krystal, Sedrah, and Jennifer. We are so proud of all that you have accomplished during your time at Tufts and can't wait to see what else you do!

April 2023

NARST 96th Annual Conference

Jessica and Nicolette both attended and presented at NARST in Chicago, IL! They drank chocolate cake shakes and tried deep dish pizza like true tourists.

2023

November 2022

ILAC - University of Colorado - Boulder

Nicolette attended and presented her work on LA facilitation in a hybrid course at the International Learning Assistant Conference at the University of Colorado - Boulder! She learned a lot about LAs and hiked the Boulder Flatirons.

November 2022

The group is enthusiastic to welcome Chinwendu as a graduate student! 🥳

August 2022

BCCE - Purdue University

The Caspari group attended BCCE with 5 presentations! Pictured from left to right: Jessica, Nicolette, Andrew (Ira's husband and the group dad), Ira, and Carina! Lots of memories were made with new and old friends at Purdue University in West Lafayette, IN.

July 2022

Summer Research Group Picture

May 2022

Backyard BBQ at Ira's House!

Ira and Andrew so graciously hosted the Caspari group for a grill out and bonfire. We ate burgers, lots of kettle cooked chips, desserts, and s'mores!

May 2022

Carina's Senior Honors Thesis Defense!

Congratulations to Carina for successfully defending her senior honors thesis!! The group celebrated with blueberry pie.

March 2022

NARST 95th Annual Conference

Jessica and Carina both presented at NARST in Vancouver, Canada!

January 2022

Spring Semester Research Group Picture

2022

November 2021

The group is so excited to welcome Nicolette as the first graduate student! 🥳

June 2021

The group is eager to welcome Jessica as a postdoctoral researcher! 🥳

2021

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