Presentations

Selected Talks/Posters

2022

2018

  • Henderson, C. “Good Ideas and Evidence are not Sufficient to Change Teaching Practices”, Invited Plenary Presentation, 2018 CIRCLE Conference, September 6, 2018, St. Louis, MO.

  • Henderson, C. “How to Effect Pedagogical Change at the Department Level”, Invited Presentation, Physics Department Chairs Conference, June 9, 2018, College Park, MD.

  • Henderson, C. “Integrated Elements of an Action Plan Leading to Institutional Change”, Invited Presentation, Physics Teacher Education Coalition 2018 National Conference, February 9, 2018, College Park, MD.

2017

  • Henderson, C. "The Accelerating Systemic Change Network (ASCN): A Research to Practice Network to Promote Institutional Change in Postsecondary STEM Education", Invited Plenary Presentation, Gordon Research Conference on Undergraduate Biology Education Research, July 12, 2017, Easton, MA.

  • Henderson, C. “Successful Institutional Change – The Importance of Focusing on Environments and Structures”, Invited Presentation, Learning Assistant Network International Conference November 4, 2017, Boulder, CO.

  • Henderson, C. “Towards a STEM DBER Alliance”, Invited Presentation, American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, April 29, 2017.

2016

  • Henderson, C. “Integrated Elements of an Action Plan Leading to Institutional Change”, Invited Keynote Presentation, HHMI workshop on Implementing Course-Based Research Experiences at Scale: Building the Value Proposition, Chevy Chase, MD, November 16, 2016.

  • Henderson, C. “Physics Education Research in Higher Education”, Invited Keynote Presentation, 2016 International Symposium on Physics Higher Education, Peking University, Beijing, China, September 9, 2016.

2015

2014

  • Henderson, C. The Knowledge-Practice Gap in Physics Teaching: How Big Is it and Why Does it Exist?”, Invited Talk, American Association of Physics Teachers 2014 Summer Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, July 28, 2014.

  • Henderson, C., “Assessment for Course and Program Improvement”, Invited Talk, Physics Department Chairs Conference, College Park, MD, June 7, 2014.

  • Quardokus, K., & Henderson, C. (2014). "Using Department-Level Social Networks to Inform Instructional Change Initiatives", Contributed Talk, NARST 2014 Annual Meeting, April 1, 2014, Pittsburg, PA.

  • Henderson, C., “An Introduction to Physics Education Research Teaching Methods”, Invited Mini-Course, XXII Taller Internacional: Nuevas Tendencias en la Ensenañza de la Física (XXII International Workshop: New Trends in Physics Teaching), Puebla, Mexico, May 29-June 1, 2014.

2013

  • Khatri, R., Henderson, C., Cole, R., Stanford, R. & Froyd, J. “Case Studies of Successfully Propagated Educational Innovations”, Contributed Talk, American Association of Physics Teachers 2013 Summer Meeting, Portland, OR, July 16, 2013.

  • Henderson, C., Turpen, C., Dancy, M., & Chapman, T.“The Mismatch Between Faculty and Their Institutions Regarding the Assessment of Teaching Effectiveness”, Contributed Talk, American Association of Physics Teachers 2013 Summer Meeting, Portland, OR, July 17, 2013.

  • Barthelemy, R., Henderson, C. & VanDusen, B. “The Demographics and Experiences of Graduate Students in PER”, Contributed Talk, American Association of Physics Teachers 2013 Summer Meeting, Portland, OR, July 16, 2013.

  • Dancy. M. & Henderson, C. “Developing a Research-based Model for Educational Transformation”, Invited Talk, American Association of Physics Teachers 2013 Summer Meeting, Portland, OR, July 17, 2013.

  • Turpen, C., Henderson, C. & Dancy. M. “Moving Beyond Telling Individual Faculty About Educational Innovations”, Invited Talk, American Association of Physics Teachers 2013 Summer Meeting, Portland, OR, July 17, 2013.

  • Henderson, C., Cole, R., Froyd, J., & Khatri, R. “Collaborative Research: Increasing the Impact of TUES Projects Through Effective Propagation Strategies: A How‐To Guide for PIs”, Poster 385 presented at the NSF-TUES PI meeting, Washington, DC, January 24, 2013.

  • Henderson, C. & Cole, R. “Propagating Educational Innovations to have an Impact on Faculty Practice”, Workshop A2 presented at the NSF-TUES PI meeting, Washington, DC, January 24, 2013.

  • Quardokus, K. & Henderson, C. “Using social network analysis to inform education reform efforts in atmospheric science departments”, contributed talk, 2013 American Meteorological Society National Meeting, Austin, TX, January 8, 2013.

2012

  • Khatri, R., Henderson, C., Cole, R., & Froyd, J. “Change is Hard: Improving the Propagation of Educational Innovations”, Contributed Talk, American Association of Physics Teachers 2012 Summer Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, August 1, 2012.

  • Dancy, M. & Henderson, C. “Pedagogical Practices of New Faculty Following Participation in an Intensive Physics Education Focused Workshop”, Contributed Talk, American Association of Physics Teachers 2012 Summer Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, August 1, 2012.

  • Henderson, C. & Quardokus, K. “Department-Level Instructional Change: Complexity Leadership Theory and Social Networks”, Contributed Talk, American Association of Physics Teachers 2012 Summer Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, August 1, 2012.

  • Barthelemy, R., Henderson, C., & Grunert, M. “The Experiences of Women in Physics Education Research Graduate Programs”, Contributed Talk, American Association of Physics Teachers 2012 Summer Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, July 31, 2012.

  • Mamudi, W., Henderson, C., Lin, S-Y., & Yerushalmi, E. “Instructor’s Goals for Using Example Solutions in Introductory Physics”, Contributed Talk, American Association of Physics Teachers 2012 Summer Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, July 31, 2012.

  • Khatri, R., Henderson, C., Cole, R., & Froyd, J. “Principal Investigator and Program Director Views of Successful Propagation”, Contributed Poster, 2012 Physics Education Research Conference, Philadelphia, PA, August 1, 2012.

  • Barthelemey, R., Grunert, M., & Henderson, C. “The Graduate Research Field Choice of Women in Academic Physics and Astronomy: A Pilot Study”, Contributed Poster, 2012 Physics Education Research Conference, Philadelphia, PA, August 1, 2012.

  • Henderson, C. The Challenges of Spreading and Sustaining Research-Based Instruction in Undergraduate STEM, Distinguished Lecture, American Society of Engineering Education National Meeting, San Antonio, TX, June 13, 2012.

  • Henderson, C. Evaluation of the Physics and Astronomy New Faculty Workshops, Invited presentation, Workshop on the Role of Scientific Societies in STEM Faculty Workshops, Washington, DC, May 3, 2012. [3-page summary]

  • Henderson, C., Dancy, M., Turpen, C. The Challenges of Assessing Teaching Effectiveness: Strategies for PER to Influence Practice, contributed talk, American Association of Physics Teachers 2012 Winter Meeting, Ontario, CA, February 7, 2012.

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2006

2005

  • Henderson, C., & Stelzer, T., "The Gap Between PER and Mainstream Faculty: The PER Perspective", Poster presented at the Foundations and Frontiers in Physics Education Research Conference, Bar Harbor, Maine, August 16, 2005.

  • Henderson, C., & Dancy, M., "Synchronization Difficulties Between Traditional Faculty and Education Researchers ", Contributed Talk, American Association of Physics Teachers Summer Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, August 9, 2005.

  • Dancy, M., & Henderson, C., "A Framework for Categorizing Beliefs and Practice", Contributed Talk, American Association of Physics Teachers Winter Meeting, Albuquerque, NM, January 11, 2005. [294 KB, .pdf format]

  • Henderson, C., & Dancy, M., "When One Instructor's Interactive Classroom Activity Is Another's Lecture: Communication Difficulties Between Faculty and Education Researchers", Contributed Talk, American Association of Physics Teachers Winter Meeting, Albuquerque, NM, January 11, 2005. [961 KB, .pdf format]

  • Kuo, V., Henderson, C., Heller, K., Heller, P., & Yerushalmi, E. “ Physics Problem Solving and Metacognition: Different Descriptions by Different Instructors”, Contributed Talk, American Association of Physics Teachers Winter Meeting, Albuquerque, NM, January 11, 2005.

2004

  • Henderson, C., & Dancy, M. “Beyond Instructor Beliefs: Additional Barriers to the Adoption of Student-Centered Instruction in Physics”, Contributed Talk, International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Bloomington, IN, October 23, 2004. [721 KB, .pdf format]

  • Dancy, M., & Henderson, C., “Teaching, Learning and PER: Views from Mainstream Faculty”, Contributed Talk, American Association of Physics Teachers Summer Meeting, Sacramento, CA, August 3, 2004. [226 KB, .pdf format]

  • Henderson, C., & Dancy, M. “Beyond the Individual Instructor: Systemic Constraints in the Implementation of Research-Informed Practices”, Invited Poster, Targeted Poster Session TP-B: Methodologies of Problem Solving Research, Physics Education Research Conference, Sacramento, CA, August 5, 2004. [92 KB, .pdf format]

  • Henderson, C., & Foster, T. “Problem-solving Transfer between Mathematics and Physics”, Invited Poster, Targeted Poster Session TP-D: Methodologies of Problem Solving Research, Physics Education Research Conference, Sacramento, CA, August 5, 2004. [166 KB, .pdf format]

  • "Placing Constraints on Student Solutions as a Way to Develop Principle-Based Problem Solving", Contributed Talk, American Association of Physics Teachers Winter Meeting, Miami, FL, January 27, 2004. [785 KB, .pdf format]

  • Kuo, V., Heller, K., Heller, P., Henderson, C., & Yerushalmi, E. “Metacognition in Physics Problem Solving -- Instructors' Views”, Contributed Talk, American Association of Physics Teachers Winter Meeting, Miami, FL, January 28, 2004. [451 KB, .pdf format]

2003

  • “Using Semi-Structured Interviews and Multi-Layered Concept Maps to Generate an Initial Model of Physics Faculty Beliefs about Problem Solving”, Invited Poster, Targeted Poster Session xF: Methodologies of Problem Solving Research, Physics Education Research Conference, Madison, WI, August 7, 2003. [250 KB, .pdf format]

  • "Easier Said Than Done: A Case Study of Instructional Change", Contributed Talk, American Association of Physics Teachers Summer Meeting, Madison, WI, August 5, 2003. [675 KB, .pdf format]

  • "Physics Faculty Aren’t Blank Slates Either – An Example of the Mismatch Between Physics Faculty Conceptions and Research-Based Instructional Strategies", Physics Education Seminar, The Ohio State University, May 5, 2003. [1,087 KB, .pdf format]

  • “What Does It Mean to Solve a Physics Problem? – Instructor’s Beliefs”, Contributed Talk, American Association of Physics Teachers Winter Meeting, Austin, TX, January 14, 2003. [161 KB, .pdf format]

  • Kuo, V., Heller, K., Heller, P., Henderson, C., & Yerushalmi, E. “Solving a Physics Problem – An Expansion of Instructors’ Beliefs”, Contributed Talk, American Association of Physics Teachers Winter Meeting, Austin, TX, January 14, 2003.[161 KB, .pdf format]

2002

  • “How Students Learn Problem Solving – A Model of Instructors’ Beliefs”, Contributed Talk, American Association of Physics Teachers Summer Meeting, Boise, ID, August 6, 2002. [487 KB, .pdf format]

  • “Instructors’ Beliefs About Teaching Using Example Problem Solutions”, Contributed Talk, American Association of Physics Teachers Winter Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, January 22, 2002. [416 KB, .pdf format]

2001

  • “Instructors’ Ideas about Problem Solving – Setting Goals”, Contributed Talk, American Association of Physics Teachers Summer Meeting, Rochester, NY, July 24, 2001.

  • “Computer-Based Problem Solving Laboratories for Introductory Physics”, Workshop Co-Leader with Ken Heller, Pat Heller, & Vince Kuo: (1) American Association of Physics Teachers Winter Meeting, San Diego, CA, January 7, 2001; (2) Lab-Centered Instruction Conference, Grand Rapids, MN, June 7, 2001; (3) American Association of Physics Teachers Summer Meeting, Rochester, NY, July 22, 2001

  • “Making the Grade”, Contributed Talk, Minnesota Area Association of Physics Teachers Spring Meeting, April 28, 2001.

  • “Don’t be Fooled: Physics Trickery”, Adult Education Class, Science Museum of Minnesota, April 1, 1998, October 27, 1998, April 1, 1999, April 5, 2000, April 5, 2001.

2000

  • “Why Solve Problems? – Part 2: Different Views from Different Practices?”, Contributed Talk, American Association of Physics Teachers Summer Meeting, Guelph, Canada, August 2, 2000. [.75 KB, .pdf format]

  • “Common Concerns about the FCI”, Contributed Talk, American Association of Physics Teachers Winter Meeting, Kissimmee, FL, January 19, 2000. [132 KB, .pdf format]

1999

  • “Physics Challenges”, Adult Education Presentation as part of Grand Opening Celebration, Science Museum of Minnesota, Dec 12 and 19, 1999.

  • “Where Do Students ‘Go Wrong’ When Solving Newton’s Second Law Problems”, Contributed Talk, American Association of Physics Teachers Summer Meeting, San Antonio, TX, August 6, 1999. [204 KB, .pdf format]

  • “Where Do Students Go Wrong When Solving Physics Problems”, Contributed Talk, Minnesota Area Association of Physics Teachers Spring Meeting, April 24, 1999.

1998

  • “Alternative Conceptions in Physics”, Physics Colloquy, Macalester College, March 12, 1998.

  • “Pipe Organ Sound”, Adult Education Class, Science Museum of Minnesota, March 10, 1998.

1997

  • “What’s in a Sound?”, Adult Education Class, Science Museum of Minnesota, November 13, 1997.

  • “The Physics of Toys”, Saturday Workshop For Families, Bakken Museum, May 17, 1997.

1996

  • “Electricity and Magnetism”, Saturday Workshop For Families, Bakken Museum, September 21, 1996.