ISLS 2026 Agenda

2:30 PM

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Short Paper · ALP 1120

Learning processes in Higher education

Short papers on learning processes in higher education, spanning engineering improvisation under uncertainty, support for first-generation biology students, and curiosity and metacognition in productive failure. Others examine primary source projects in undergraduate math and fair measurement of metacognitive regulation in online STEM.

Mathematics Education in a talk

5 talks

Long Paper · ALP 1600

Teacher Learning and Technology

Long papers on how technology supports teaching and assessment, with attention to multilingual learners and analytics. Topics include AI scaffolds for multilingual science inquiry, a four-step formative assessment cycle, flexible primary-language use in EdTech, and a temporal learning-engagement analytics framework.

Mathematics Education in a talk

4 talks

Long Paper · ALP 3600

Play and Games

Long papers on play, games, and young children's mathematics, including how kindergarteners negotiate teacher-designed playworlds and how teacher-child tensions during math play become sites of learning. Other talks present a three-prong framework for theory-based math games and the design of transformational games for socio-ethical reasoning about generative AI.

Mathematics Education in a talk

4 talks

4:30 PM

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Symposium · ALP 2nd Floor Rear

Conceptualizations and Mechanisms of Teachers’ Learning to Notice

A poster symposium on how science and mathematics teachers learn to notice, the construct of teacher attention, interpretation, and decision-making amid classroom complexity. The session compares how "learning to notice" is conceptualized and unpacks the mechanisms that drive it.

Mathematics Education