ISLS 2026 Agenda

8:00 AM

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Long Paper · ALP 1700

Argumentation, Discourse, and Agency

Papers examine argumentation, discourse, and agency across settings, from learner feedback agency and laypeople's evaluation of online health information to thinking routines in EFL film discussions. Additional talks address facilitation dilemmas in teacher video clubs and learner engagement in LLM-supported complex-systems simulations.

Assessment, Feedback & Formative Practices in a talk

5 talks

Long Paper · ALP 2100

Collaborative problem-solving

A paper session on collaborative problem-solving, modeling how dialogue, metacognitive regulation, and knowledge building unfold during group work in math and other domains. Studies use methods such as ordered network analysis and Hidden Markov Models, and examine collaboration-competition dynamics and the emergence of flexible strategies.

Assessment, Feedback & Formative Practices in a talk

5 talks

10:00 AM

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Long Paper · ALP 2600

Dialogic Conversation and Pre-Service Teachers

Long papers focus on pre-service teachers and dialogic conversation, including science teachers rehearsing questioning with AI-based and VR classroom simulators. Other talks examine an AI-feedback co-design intervention for math tutors' productive talk and learning-analytics-supported reflective assessment for knowledge building.

Assessment, Feedback & Formative Practices in a talk

4 talks

2:30 PM

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Long Paper · ALP 2500

Motivation, Interest, Identity, and Achievement

Four quantitative papers linking motivation, identity, belonging, and achievement, several at large scale. Topics span equity-oriented pedagogy predicting college success, the attenuation of math identity across the high-school-to-STEM transition, motivation mediating belonging and STEM persistence, and affective-cognitive links in primary students' scientific literacy.

Assessment, Feedback & Formative Practices in a talk

4 talks

Long Paper · ALP 2600

Epistemic Authority and Agency

Four papers examining how authority and agency are distributed among students, teachers, and AI tools during learning. Threads include authority in elementary science modeling, how students remix AI chatbots into dialogic tools, epistemic agency in student-LLM math problem solving, and analytics-supported reflective assessment for pre-service teachers.

Assessment, Feedback & Formative Practices in a talk

4 talks

Long Paper · ALP 3610

Computer Science Education

Four papers on how programming environments and AI are reshaping computer science education. Topics include balancing usability and expressiveness in block-based modeling, Parsons puzzles paired with self-explanation, teachers' shifting conceptions of AI/ML and algorithmic justice, and norms around when copying code is acceptable.

Assessment, Feedback & Formative Practices in a talk

4 talks