Maine Center for Research in STEM Education (RiSE Center)
Colloquium Series

Presents

Virginia Flood, University at Buffalo – SUNY
Monday, April 5, 3-4 p.m. via Zoom (link available by email)

Tuning in to “conversations of gesture” in STEM education

Abstract:

When we talk and make meaning together, we constantly involve our hands. How do teachers and students take up and build on one another’s gestures in STEM educational contexts? In this talk, I present new findings on how gestures can serve as powerful dialogic resources for co-constructing STEM knowledge in whole-class discussions, one-on-one tutoring, and small group work. I investigate middle and high school computer science, middle school mathematics, and undergraduate physics contexts. Implications for teaching and learning will be discussed.

Bio:

Virginia J. Flood is an Assistant Professor of Learning Sciences at the University at Buffalo, The State University of New York. She investigates the role of the body in teaching, learning, and communicating in STEM. Flood is a recipient of a National Academy of Education/Spencer Dissertation Fellowship. She received her PhD from UC Berkeley and is a graduate of the Master of Science in Teaching program at the University of Maine.

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