Selected Conference Papers and Presentations
McNeill, K. L., Affolter, R., Lowell, B. R., Gonzalez, C. & Cherbow, K. (2021, April). Curriculum-based professional development to support teachers’ vision of recent shifts in science instruction. Paper presented at the annual meeting of NARST: A worldwide organization for improving science teaching and learning through research. Virtual.
McNeill, K. L. (2019, April)Achieving more powerful research impacts through dissemination and engagement with varied audiences.Panel presentation at the annual meeting of NARST: A worldwide organization for improving science teaching and learning through research. Baltimore, MD. [paper]
McNeill, K. L. (2018, April). Transitioning to the Next Generation Science Standards: Shifting classrooms to support students in science practices. Keynote address at the Rhode Island Science Teachers Association annual meeting, East Greenwich, RI.[powerpoint]
McNeill, K. L. & Lowenhaupt, R. (2018, March). Instructional leaders views of “good” science instruction: Moving from general pedagogy and hands on to the science practices. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST), Atlanta, GA.
Cherbow, K., McKinley, M., McNeill, K. L. & Lowenhaupt, R. (2018, March). Current k-8 science instruction: Similarities and differences with the science practices. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST), Atlanta, GA.
González-Howard, M. & McNeill, K. L. (2018, March). Framing goals for argumentation discussions: Individual versus communal understanding. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST), Atlanta, GA.
McNeill, K. L., González-Howard, M., Marco-Bujosa, L., Loper, S., & O’Dwyer, L. (2017, April). An examination of how teachers’ beliefs about scientific argumentation are impacted by multimedia educative curriculum materials (MECMs). Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST), San Antonio, TX. [paper]
McNeill, K. L. (2016, October). Instructional leadership for science practices: Supporting teachers in transitioning to the new science standards. Invited presentation at the Massachusetts Science Education Leadership Association (MSELA), Marlborough, MA.[powerpoint, handout 1, handout 2]
McNeill, K. L. (2016, September). Promoting explanation and argumentation in science instruction: Investigating supports for students and teachers. Invited presentation at IPN, Kiel, Germany. [powerpoint]
McNeill, K.L., Marco-Bujosa, L. M., González-Howard, M., Loper, S. (2016, April). Curriculum implementation for scientific argumentation: Fidelity to procedure versus fidelity to goal. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, Baltimore, MD. [paper]
McNeill, K.L., Katsh-Singer, R., Fagan, K. & Lowenhaupt, R. J. (2016, April). Principals’ views of “good” science instruction: General pedagogy, hands on science, or science practices. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Washington, DC. [paper]
McNeill, K. L. (2015, December). Multimedia educative curriculum materials: Supporting (and assessing) teachers’ PCK of scientific argumentation. Invited presentation at Biological Sciences Curriculum Study (BSCS), Colorado Springs, CO.[powerpoint]
McNeill, K. L. (2015, November). Creating a classroom culture prioritizing science practices to meet the new science standards. Keynote address at the Massachusetts Association of Science Teachers, Boxborough, MA. [powerpoint]
McNeill, K. L. (2015, May). Designing classrooms for science practices: Strategies from research on scientific argumentation. Keynote address at the STEM Educators Summit, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH. [powerpoint]
McNeill, K. L. & Berland, L. (2015, April). Design heuristics to enable students productive use of evidence in k-12 classrooms. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, Chicago, IL.
González-Howard, M. & McNeill, K. L. (2015, April). Successes and challenges experience by a teacher and her students engaging in scientific argumentation in a sheltered English immersion classroom. Paper to presented at the annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, Chicago, IL.
McNeill, K. L., Gonzalez-Howard, M., Katsh-Singer, R. & Loper, S. (2014, March) Measuring pedagogical content knowledge of argumentation through the development of a teacher argumentation assessment. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, Pittsburgh, PA.
McNeill, K. L., Gonzalez-Howard, M., Katsh-Singer, R., Price, J. F. & Loper, S. (2013, April). Teachers' beliefs and practices around argumentation during a curriculum enactment. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, Puerto Rico.
Knight, A. M. & McNeill, K. L. (2012, March). Comparing students' written and verbal scientific arguments. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, Indianapolis, IN.
McNeill, K. L. (2019, April)Achieving more powerful research impacts through dissemination and engagement with varied audiences.Panel presentation at the annual meeting of NARST: A worldwide organization for improving science teaching and learning through research. Baltimore, MD. [paper]
McNeill, K. L. (2018, April). Transitioning to the Next Generation Science Standards: Shifting classrooms to support students in science practices. Keynote address at the Rhode Island Science Teachers Association annual meeting, East Greenwich, RI.[powerpoint]
McNeill, K. L. & Lowenhaupt, R. (2018, March). Instructional leaders views of “good” science instruction: Moving from general pedagogy and hands on to the science practices. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST), Atlanta, GA.
Cherbow, K., McKinley, M., McNeill, K. L. & Lowenhaupt, R. (2018, March). Current k-8 science instruction: Similarities and differences with the science practices. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST), Atlanta, GA.
González-Howard, M. & McNeill, K. L. (2018, March). Framing goals for argumentation discussions: Individual versus communal understanding. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST), Atlanta, GA.
McNeill, K. L., González-Howard, M., Marco-Bujosa, L., Loper, S., & O’Dwyer, L. (2017, April). An examination of how teachers’ beliefs about scientific argumentation are impacted by multimedia educative curriculum materials (MECMs). Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST), San Antonio, TX. [paper]
McNeill, K. L. (2016, October). Instructional leadership for science practices: Supporting teachers in transitioning to the new science standards. Invited presentation at the Massachusetts Science Education Leadership Association (MSELA), Marlborough, MA.[powerpoint, handout 1, handout 2]
McNeill, K. L. (2016, September). Promoting explanation and argumentation in science instruction: Investigating supports for students and teachers. Invited presentation at IPN, Kiel, Germany. [powerpoint]
McNeill, K.L., Marco-Bujosa, L. M., González-Howard, M., Loper, S. (2016, April). Curriculum implementation for scientific argumentation: Fidelity to procedure versus fidelity to goal. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, Baltimore, MD. [paper]
McNeill, K.L., Katsh-Singer, R., Fagan, K. & Lowenhaupt, R. J. (2016, April). Principals’ views of “good” science instruction: General pedagogy, hands on science, or science practices. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Washington, DC. [paper]
McNeill, K. L. (2015, December). Multimedia educative curriculum materials: Supporting (and assessing) teachers’ PCK of scientific argumentation. Invited presentation at Biological Sciences Curriculum Study (BSCS), Colorado Springs, CO.[powerpoint]
McNeill, K. L. (2015, November). Creating a classroom culture prioritizing science practices to meet the new science standards. Keynote address at the Massachusetts Association of Science Teachers, Boxborough, MA. [powerpoint]
McNeill, K. L. (2015, May). Designing classrooms for science practices: Strategies from research on scientific argumentation. Keynote address at the STEM Educators Summit, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH. [powerpoint]
McNeill, K. L. & Berland, L. (2015, April). Design heuristics to enable students productive use of evidence in k-12 classrooms. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, Chicago, IL.
González-Howard, M. & McNeill, K. L. (2015, April). Successes and challenges experience by a teacher and her students engaging in scientific argumentation in a sheltered English immersion classroom. Paper to presented at the annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, Chicago, IL.
McNeill, K. L., Gonzalez-Howard, M., Katsh-Singer, R. & Loper, S. (2014, March) Measuring pedagogical content knowledge of argumentation through the development of a teacher argumentation assessment. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, Pittsburgh, PA.
McNeill, K. L., Gonzalez-Howard, M., Katsh-Singer, R., Price, J. F. & Loper, S. (2013, April). Teachers' beliefs and practices around argumentation during a curriculum enactment. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, Puerto Rico.
Knight, A. M. & McNeill, K. L. (2012, March). Comparing students' written and verbal scientific arguments. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, Indianapolis, IN.