Presenters

 

Program Proposals are no longer being accepted. The Primary Presenter will be notified by email by APRIL 31st if proposal has been accepted. It is the primary presenters responsibility to contact all co-presenters.

Program Participants are required to register for the conference no later than May 31st for their proposal to be included in the program.

2009 Call For Four-Year Poster Session Proposals 

The Four-Year College/University Section of The National Association of Biology Teachers (NABT) invites you and your students to present research and exercises on teaching and learning biology at the NABT Four-Year College/University Section Poster Session.  Posters can present the incorporation of new teaching strategies, techniques, or programs.  Past posters have even highlighted a new lesson plan or laboratory exercise.  Posters in all areas of biology and biology education are acceptable.  Posters that included research and data on the efficacy of the presented technique are particularly encouraged.  Posters on basic biological research that lack a learning component are not appropriate.  The Poster Submission Form can be filled out and submitted online. 

Students can also choose to enter the Student Poster Competition by marking the appropriate box on the submission form.  As all participants receive written evaluations and feedback, the competition provides students with a valuable opportunity to enhance their written and oral presentation skills.    The NABT Four-Year College/University Undergraduate Research Award will be given to the student whose poster covers the best research question, utilizes the scientific method to carry out his/her experimentation, and integrates the teaching and learning of biology either directly or indirectly into his/her work. The deadline for submission of a Poster Proposal Form is June 15, 2009.  Entries are limited to one poster per student.   To create the most positive experience, students and advisors are strongly encouraged to review the guidelines for the Poster Session which can be found here.  

If you have any questions or comments, contact Steven Christenson at christensons@byui.edu.

2009 Call For Proposals for Research Symposium

The NABT Four Year University/College Section’s Ad-hoc Research Committee invites you to submit a proposal to present your research paper on biology education for the 2009 Professional Development Conference.   This is a refereed session.  All papers will go through blind review.  Reviews will be guided by the following criteria:

Subject/Problem:  Is there a clear focus, rationale, model, theory, or philosophy upon which the proposal is based?

Design or Procedure:  Are the methodology, procedure, design, and organization appropriate?

Analyses and Findings:  Do the syntheses of ideas or data analyses and findings appear to be appropriate and complete?  Do the conclusions drawn follow from the data?

Contribution:  Do the conclusions contribute valuable insights into the teaching/learning of biology?

General Interest:  Does the presentation promise to be of general interest to NABT members?

The format will be a traditional presentation for papers by individual or co-authors lasting 15 minutes each.  There will be five minutes between presentations. 

PROPOSAL SUBMISSION

In e-mail text include:

Names of author(s) with organization affiliation (University, College, School System)

Title of Submission

Abstract (up to 200 words to be used in program if selected)

Contact information for notification

Submit a PDF of the Proposal as an attachment (maximum five pages including references).  The body of the proposal should address the criteria as used in the review process:  1) subject/problem; 2) the design/procedure; 3) Analysis and Findings; 4) Contribution; and 5) General Interest.  Proposals should be word processed using a 12 font, single-spaced, with 1” margins format. 

Send your completed proposal document to cenvired@louisville.edu with NABT research proposal in the subject heading.  Members of the Ad-hoc Research Committee will send copies of your document without names and affiliation to two reviewers.  After review, committee members will select proposals with the highest scores for acceptance in the 2009 NABT Professional Conference Research Symposium

DATES

The proposal submission deadline is midnight on May 15, 2009.  Blind review will take place in May and June with final selection by June 15, 2009.  Submitters will be notified of acceptance or denial by July 22, 2009.  All presenters are required to register for the conference and provide a manuscript for distribution.