Schedule

Improving Student Achievement: A Summit on Learning and Education

Thursday, Oct. 9, 2014

5:45 p.m.

• Reception begins, Kent State Hotel and Conference Center

6:30 p.m.

• Introductions

6:45 p.m.

• Keynote Address: Dr. Mark McDaniel, Washington University
  Improving Instructional Effectiveness and Equipping Students to Learn Smarter: Evidence-based Approaches

Friday, Oct. 10, 2014

8:30 a.m.

• Light refreshments, Kent State Hotel and Conference Center

9 a.m.

• Dr. Dan Robinson, Colorado State University
  The Need for a New Organization of Experimental Researchers in Education
   
• Dr. Steve Graham, Arizona State University
  Evidence-based Practices for Teaching Writing
   
• Dr. Elizabeth Marsh, Duke University
  Correcting Student Errors and Misconceptions

10 a.m.

• Session I Q&A, Break

10:30 a.m.

• Dr. Robert Bjork, University of California, Los Angeles
  Habits, Beliefs, and Mindsets that Guide Self-regulated Learning
   
• Dr. Lynn Fuchs, Vanderbilt University
  Can Aptitude-by-Treatment Interactions Provide Direction for Expanding Intervention Efficacy?
   
• Dr. John Sweller, University of New South Wales, Australia
  A Suggested Resolution of the Contradiction between the Worked Example and Generation Effects

11:30 a.m.

• Session II Q&A

11:45 a.m.

• Lunch

2  p.m.

• Dr. John Opfer, Ohio State University
  Representational Change in Childhood
   
• Dr. Bethany Rittle-Johnson, Vanderbilt University
  The Power of Comparison in Learning and Instruction: Experimental Evidence from Mathematics Classrooms

3 p.m.

• Session III Q&A

3:15 p.m.

• Closing Remarks