Talks
Invited Talks
Best Practices for Think-Pair-Share, C. S. Wallace, Carolina Teaching and Learning Colloquium Series, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, April 5, 2021 (given remotely via Zoom).
A Research-Informed Approach to Teaching Physics and Astronomy to Non-Majors, C. S. Wallace, Stockton University, Galloway, NJ, April 5, 2021 (given remotely via Zoom).
Design, Implementation, and Assessment of a New IPLS Course at UNC-CH, D. Deardorff, L. McNeil, A. Churukian, C. Wallace, and D. Young, American Association of Physics Teachers Winter Meeting 2019, Houston, TX, January 14, 2019.
Astronomy education research: Where have we been – and where are we going?, C. S. Wallace, American Association for Physics Teachers Summer Meeting 2018, Washington, DC, July 30, 2018.
Unpacking General Relativity – Choosing Representations for Teaching Novice Learners, T. Chambers, C. S. Wallace, and E. E. Prather, American Association for Physics Teachers Summer Meeting 2017, Cincinnati, OH, July 26, 2017.
Using pedagogical discipline representations (PDRs) to enable Astro 101 students to reason about modern astrophysics, C. S. Wallace, E. E. Prather, T. G. Chambers, J. R Kamenetzky, and S. D. Hornstein, Special Session on “Innovations in Astronomy Teaching and Learning” at 229th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society, Grapevine, TX, January 5, 2017.
Improving Student Learning in STEM: A Multi-Program Approach, C. S. Wallace, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, April 2, 2014
Redesigning Upper-Division Classes, C. S. Wallace, University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, March 6, 2014
Improving Student Learning in STEM: A Multi-Program Approach, C. S. Wallace, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ, February 6, 2014
The Role of Physics and Astronomy Education Research in Shaping Our Society, C. S. Wallace, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, April 4, 2013
Physics, Astronomy, and Society, C. S. Wallace, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, February 19, 2013
New Results in Physics and Astronomy Education Research, C. S. Wallace, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, March 6, 2012.
New Results in Physics and Astronomy Education Research, C. S. Wallace, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, February 27, 2012.
Item Response Theory in Astronomy Education Research, C. S. Wallace, J. M. Bailey, and W. M. Schlingman, American Association of Physics Teachers Winter Meeting 2012, Ontario, CA, February 8, 2012.
Cosmology for Introductory Physics Students, C. S. Wallace and E. E. Prather, American Association of Physics Teachers Winter Meeting 2012, Ontario, CA, February 7, 2012.
Overcoming common conceptual and reasoning difficulties in cosmology: A lecture-tutorial approach, C. S. Wallace, E. E. Prather, D. Duncan, and CATS, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO, March 9, 2011.
Overcoming common conceptual and reasoning difficulties in cosmology: A lecture-tutorial approach, C. S. Wallace, E. E. Prather, D. Duncan, and CATS, Michigan State University Department of Physics and Astronomy, Spring 2011 Astronomy Seminar Series, East Lansing, MI, January 26, 2011.
Overcoming common conceptual and reasoning difficulties in cosmology: A lecture-tutorial approach, C. S. Wallace, E. E. Prather, D. Duncan, and CATS, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN, January 18, 2011.
Overcoming common conceptual and reasoning difficulties in cosmology: A lecture-tutorial approach, C. S. Wallace, E. E. Prather, D. Duncan, and CATS, American Association of Physics Teachers Winter Meeting 2011, Jacksonville, FL, January 10, 2011.
Overcoming common conceptual and reasoning difficulties in cosmology: A lecture-tutorial approach, C. S. Wallace, E. E. Prather, D. Duncan, & CATS, Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY, December 10, 2010.
Contributed Talks
Best Practices in Astronomy Education: Using Lecture-Tutorials to create a classroom where all students learn, C. S. Wallace and E. Prather, 235th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society, Honolulu, HI, January 7, 2020.
Students’ difficulties with inverse-square law forces and adding vectors in two dimensions, C. S. Wallace and A. Lin, 235th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society, Honolulu, HI, January 5, 2020.
New Interferometry Lecture-Tutorial Facilitates High Learning Gain in Astro 101, C. Hatcher, C. S. Wallace, E. E. Prather, J. Kamenetzky, T. Chambers, and S. Hornstein, American Associate of Physics Teachers Summer Meeting 2018, August 1, 2018.
Unique Instructional Framework for Elevating Students’ Quantitative Problem Solving Abilities, E. Prather and C. Wallace, American Association of Physics Teachers Summer Meeting 2018, Washington, DC, July 30, 2018.
Research on a Unique Instructional Framework for Elevating Students’ Quantitative Problem Solving Abilities, E. E. Prather and C. S. Wallace, 232nd Meeting of the American Astronomical Society, Denver, CO, June 5, 2018.
A New Lecture-Tutorial on Interferometry Facilitates High Learning Gain in Astro 101, Chase Hatcher, C. S. Wallace, E. E. Prather, J. Kamenetzky, T. Chambers, and S. Hornstein, North Carolina Section of the American Association of Physics Teachers, Tarboro, NC, March 9, 2018.
Setting the Academic Bar for IPLS Students, D. L. Deardorff, A. D. Churukian, C. S. Wallace, and L. E. McNeil, American Association of Physics Teachers Summer Meeting 2017, Cincinnati, OH, July 24, 2017.
A New Introductory Physics Course for Students of the Life Sciences: From Design to Dissemination, A. D. Churukian, L. E. McNeil, D. P. Smith, D. L. Deardorff, and C. S. Wallace, Groupe International de Recherche sur l’Enseignement de la Physique/International Conference on Physics Education/ European Physics Education Conference, Dublin, Ireland, July 3, 2017.
Mapping the Milky Way: A Radio Astronomy-Directed Investigation for Large-enrollment Astro 101 College Courses, K. Williamson, D. Reichart, C. Wallace, E. Prather, S. Hornstein, Robotic Telescopes, Student Research, and Education Conference, San Diego, CA, June 19, 2017.
A New IPLS Course: From Design to Dissemination, D. P. Smith, A. D. Churukian, D. L. Deardorff, C. S. Wallace, and L. E. McNeil, 83rd Meeting of the American Physical Society Southeastern Section, Charlottesville, VA, November 12, 2016.
Examining the implementation of a new IPLS course at UNC-CH, A. D. Churukian, D. L. Deardorff, D. P. Smith, C. S. Wallace, L. E. McNeil, Physics Education Research Conference 2016, Sacramento, CA, July 21, 2016.
A New IPLS Course: From Design to Dissemination, A. D. Churukian, D. L. Deardorff, D. P. Smith, C. S. Wallace, L. E. McNeil, American Association of Physics Teachers Summer Meeting 2016, Sacramento, CA July 18, 2016.
Examining the design and implementation of a new IPLS course, D. P. Smith, D. L. Deardorff, A. D. Churukian, C. S. Wallace, and L. M. McNeil, AAAS and NSF EnFUSE Symposium, Washington, DC, April 28, 2016.
A research-informed approach to teaching about interferometry in STEM classrooms, C. S. Wallace, T. G. Chambers, J. R. Kamenetzky, E. E. Prather, and S. D. Hornstein, 227th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society, Kissimmee, FL, January 6, 2016.
Examining the implementation of a new IPLS course, D. P. Smith, A. D. Churukian, D. L. Deardorff, C. S. Wallace, and L. E. McNeil, American Association of Physics Teachers Summer Meeting 2015, College Park, MD, July 27, 2015.
Beyond the Wobbles: Teaching Students About Detecting Planets with the Transit and Gravitational Microlensing Methods, E. E. Prather, C. S. Wallace, T. G. Chambers, G. Brissenden, W. A. Traub, W. M. Greene, A. A. Biferno, and J. Rodriguez, 225th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society, Seattle, WA, January 7, 2015.
A Research-Informed Approach to Teaching About Light and Matter in STEM Classrooms, S. D. Hornstein, C. S. Wallace, W. M. Schlingman, and E. E. Prather, 223rd Meeting of the American Astronomical Society, Washington, DC, January 8, 2014.
General education astronomy students’ worldviews and beliefs about the role of science in society: Initial results, C. S. Wallace, E. E. Prather, J. Teske, M. Meyers, B. Mendelsohn, and CATS, 220th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society, Anchorage, AK, June 11, 2012.
Worldviews: A New Paradigm for Astronomy Education Research, C. S. Wallace, E. E. Prather, and CATS, 219th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society, Austin, TX, January 9, 2012.
Overcoming common conceptual and reasoning difficulties in cosmology: A lecture-tutorial approach, E. E. Prather, C. S. Wallace, D. Duncan, and CATS, 217th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society, Seattle, WA, January 11, 2011.
Using the Rasch model in astronomy education research, C. S. Wallace, E. E. Prather, D. Duncan, and CATS, 15th International Objective Measurement Workshop, Boulder, CO, April 28, 2010.
Preliminary results on students’ reasoning difficulties in cosmology, C. S. Wallace, E. E. Prather, D. Duncan, and CATS, 215th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society, Washington, DC, January 6, 2010.