Program – Tuesday, August 16 th

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Atlantic Daylight Time (ADT)Tuesday, August 16th
09:00 – 09:30Welcome & Video break
09:30 – 10:00
1 Presentation Session		Shifting teachers’ attitudes toward development STEM skills in early childhood – Mark Applebaum & Judith Zamir, Kaye Academic College of Education, Israel
10:00 – 10 :30
1 Presentation Session		Computational thinking and Mathematics viewed as transdisciplinary configurations – Morten Misfeldt & al., University of Copenhagen, Denmark
10 :30 – 11 :00Opening Remarks
11:00 – 12:00
Keynote		Let’s Steam ! Creative problem solving in interdisciplinary projects – Margarida Romero
Université de Nice, France
12:00 – 13:00Video break (+ lunch for the organizers)
13:00 – 13:30
2 Presentations Session		Characterising problem handling in the intersection between computational thinking and mathematics – Raimundo Elicer, Aarhus University & Andreas Lindenskov TamborgWhen an inclusive math competition opens the door to STEM – Manon LeBlanc & Paul Deguire, Université de Moncton, Canada
13:30 – 14:00
2 Presentations Session		Empowering students’ mathematics problem-solving skills: The role of computational thinking – Yimei Zhang, McGill University, Tanya Chichekian, Université de Sherbrooke, Annie Savard, McGill University, CanadaRapturousness in makerspaces: Delight in construction – Olga Fellus, University of Ottawa, & Viktor Freiman, Olivia Lurette, Université de Moncton, Canada
14:00 – 14:30
2 Presentations Session		Bridging the practice-to-research chasm for in-service STEM teachers – Heather McPherson
McGill University		Interdisciplinarity of science, mathematics and technology in a context of scientific investigation in elementary school using a virtual manipulatives – Takam Djambong, Université de Moncton, Canada
14:30 – 15:00Video break
15:00 – 15:30
1 Presentation Session		Bodymarking: Interpreting Embodied Experiences of Spatial Reasoning – Josh Markle, Brock University & Jo Towers, University of Calgary, Canada
15:30 – 16:00
1 Presentation Session		Examining Physics Teachers’ Views Of Mathematical Knowledge For Science Teaching – Marina Milner-Bolotin, University of British Columbia & Rina Zazkis,Simon Fraser University, Canada