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Upcoming Events

Creating Community
228th conference of the 2YC3
Date: May 13-14, 2022

Hosted at Rochester Community and Technical College

Registration and abstract submission will open around the first of the year
Conference Chair: Heather Sklenicka - heather.sklenicka@rctc.edu

Climate Justice in Undergraduate STEM Teaching: Incorporating Civic Engagement (C-JUSTICE)
Date: Friday, February 4, 2022
Start: 11:00 Pacific = noon Mountain (+ Arizona) = 1:00pm Central = 2:00pm Eastern
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Presenter: Sonya Remington Doucette, PhD

Title: Senior Association Professor of Chemistry and Earth & Space Sciences

Affiliation: Bellevue College (WA)

Abstract: This presentation will provide an overview of a climate justice faculty professional development (PD) curriculum that incorporates community and civic engagement across the STEM curriculum. The faculty PD curriculum was developed at Bellevue College (BC) by Dr. Sonya Remington Doucette in 2018 and adopted by North Seattle College (NSC) under the leadership of Dr. Heather Price in 2019, forming a collaboration between the institutions that led to a successful NSF IUSE grant that is currently underway. BC and NSC are community colleges located in the Puget Sound region of Washington state. This presentation will describe the faculty PD curriculum and the goals of C-JUSTICE NSF IUSE project, and will include preliminary findings of the IUSE evaluation of the project.

The Effect of Multiple Assessment Opportunities on Student Achievement in a Large General Chemistry Course

Date: Friday, February 11, 2022
Start: 11:00 Pacific = noon Mountain (+ Arizona) = 1:00pm Central = 2:00pm Eastern
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Presenter: Jill K. Robinson, PhD

Title: Teaching Professor

Affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Indiana University

Abstract: Mastery-based grading involves assessing student mastery of a defined set of learning objectives. Students have multiple attempts to demonstrate understanding of an objective and are not penalized for failing on earlier attempts. A mastery grading system was piloted in a small general chemistry course at Indiana University and resulted in a remarkable increase in student achievement. However, it would be too complicated and time consuming to implement a similar grading scheme in a very large class. Instead, multiple assessment opportunities and collaborative, post assessment exercises were used in a large general chemistry course with 700 students. The practical implementation of additional assessments, outcomes of student achievement, and lessons learned will be discussed.

2023 In-Person Conferences

Our traditional events are small, regional affairs (~100 people) with low registration costs (~$50 not including membership for $25). Come join us for these two-day events where you can meet other community college chemistry instructors in person! These events are tentatively planned, with the current health crisis in mind. If you would like to host a conference (and we would LOVE for you to) please email Kathy Carrigan at kcarriga@pcc.edu

27^th Biennial Conference on Chemical Education – Summer 2022

Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana

229^th 2YC₃ Conference – Tentative Fall 2022

Wake Tech Community College, Southern Wake Campus; Raleigh, North Carolina

Past Events

Videos, supporting information and minutes for all events held in 2020 and 2021 are available here to current members.
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