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Refereed Conference Papers

CPAS Staff and Students have presented the following refereed conference papers:

Kingsley, D. (2008, February) "Repositories, research and reporting: The conflict between institutional and disciplinary needs"
Presented at VALA2008: Libraries-Changing Spaces, Virtual Places, Melbourne.
Article available from: http://www.vala.org.au/vala2008/auth2008.htm or http://dspace.anu.edu.au/handle/1885/46096

Perera, S., Stocklmayer, S., & Gore, M.M.  (2007, July). Linking Teachers' Knowledge for Professional Empowerment. In G. Venville & V. Dawson (Eds), Proceedings of CONASTA 56 and ICASE 2007 World Conference on Science and Technology Education (p. 350). Perth: Science Teachers' Association of Western Australia.

Stocklmayer, S.M. (2007, June). Training science communicators through collaborations between universities and museums. Paper presented at the annual ASPAC Conference, Tokyo, Japan.

Gore, M.M., & Stocklmayer, S.M. (2007, June). Developing science communicators.  Paper presented at the annual ASPAC Conference, Tokyo, Japan.

Stocklmayer, S.M. (2006, December). Research in science centres. Paper presented at the 9th SAASTEC Conference, Richards Bay, South Africa.

Stocklmayer, S.M., & Rayner, J. (2006, June). Changing the teaching model - the case of electricity. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Australasian Science Education Research Association, Canberra.

Stocklmayer, S.M. (2005, April).The Public Awareness of Science - Current and Future Roles of Science Centres.  Paper presented at the 3rd Science Centre World Congress, Rio de Janeiro.

Stocklmayer, S.M. (2002, February).  Science centres and the public - what are they achieving? Paper presented at the 3rd Science Centre World Congress, Canberra.

Stocklmayer, S.M., & Gilbert, J.K.  (1999, January). Learning about learning: the influence of a science centre on the public awareness of science  Paper presented at the 2nd Science Centre World Congress, Calcutta.

Fletcher, L., & Stocklmayer, S.M. (1998, April).  Public Understanding of Science: is the deficit model appropriate?   Paper presented at the 71st Annual Meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, San Diego

Gilbert, J., & Stocklmayer, S.M. (1998, April). On mental modelling in science and technology centres: a pilot study. Paper presented at the 71st Annual Meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, San Diego.

Gilbert, J.K., & Stocklmayer, S.M. (1997, July). Models and the public awareness of science. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Australasian Science Education Research Association, Adelaide.

Keen.M., & Stocklmayer, S.M. (1997, November). Partnerships for Communicating Research Science: the tensions, the processes, and the lessons.  Paper presented at the National Conference on Integrated Catchment Management, Canberra.

Stocklmayer, S.M. (1997, September). Australian workshops for scientists: a new initiative.  A presentation at the Festival of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, University of Leeds.

Gilbert, J.K., & Stocklmayer, S.M. (1997, July). Models and the Public Awareness of Science. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Australasian Science Education Research Assocation, Adelaide.

Stocklmayer, S., Rennie, L., Dick, B., McKernan, H. (1996, November).  Gender and Scientific Communication.  Symposium at the International Conference on Science Communication, SCICOMM '96, Melbourne, Victoria.

Bryant, C., Gore, M., & Stocklmayer, S. (1996, November). Sharing the Big Ideas: What research says about interactive science centres and the public understanding of science.. Symposium presented at the International Conference on Science Communication, SCICOMM '96, Melbourne, Victoria.

Bryant, C., Gore, M., & Stocklmayer, S. (1996, November). Science Communication: An academic discipline? Paper presented at the International Conference on Science Communication, SCICOMM '96, Melbourne, Victoria.

Stocklmayer, S.M., Lockwood, R., & Dickinson, R. (1996, March). Making a change: Learning through four modes of instruction. A paper presented as part of a symposium  at the 70th annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, St Louis, Miss.

Stocklmayer, S.M., Dickinson, R., & Murtha, J. (1995, July). The way that children see it: Multimedia 'just for us'.  Paper presented at the 26th annual conference of the Australasian Science Education Research Association, Bendigo, Victoria.

Stocklmayer, S.M., Zadnik, M.G., & Treagust, D.F. (1995, April). Teaching electricity: Is our current model 'connected knowing' for girls?  Paper presented at the  annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA

Stocklmayer, S.M., Dickinson, R.& Murtha, J. (1995, April). Through the child's eye: an exploration of hypermedia design.   Paper presented at the  annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA

Stocklmayer, S.M., & Treagust, D.F. (1994, July). Teaching electricity: Are we getting it right?  Paper presented at the biennial conference of the Australian Institute of Physics, Brisbane, Australia.

Stocklmayer, S.M., Treagust, D.F., & Zadnik, M.G. (1994, July). Why use a particle model to teach electricity?  Paper presented at the 25th Conference of the Australasian Science Education Research Association, Hobart, Tasmania.

Stocklmayer, S.M., & Treagust, D.F. (1994, March). Teaching electricity: a current dilemma.   Poster presented at the 67th annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, Anaheim, CA.

Rennie, L., Parker, L., Kepert, M., Maley, M., Mollett, K., Stocklmayer, S., & Tims, J. (1994, March). Dimensions of gender inclusiveness: High school students' attitudes and perceptions about Science, Mathematics and English.   Paper presented at the 67th annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, Anaheim, CA.

Stocklmayer, S.M., Zadnik, M.G., & Treagust, D.F. (1993, November). Teaching electricity: Is there a gender problem?  Paper presented at the Eighteenth Annual Conference of the Western Australian Science Education Association, Perth.

Stocklmayer, S.M., & Treagust, D.F. (1993, April). Images of electricity: How do practitioners model electric current?  Paper presented at the 66th annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, Atlanta, GA.

Shymansky, J.A., Treagust, D.F., Thiele, R.B., Harrison, A.G., Waldrip, B.G., Stocklmayer, S.M., & Venville, G.J. (1993, April). A study of changes in high school students' understanding  of selected concepts in physics.   Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, Atlanta, GA.

Stocklmayer, S.M., & Treagust, D.F. (1992, May). A historical analysis of current electricity in textbooks: A century of influence on physics education.   Paper presented at the Second International Conference on the History and Philosophy of Science and Science Teaching, Kingston, Ontario.

Stocklmayer, S.M., Dymond, F., Leggett, M., & Garnett, P. (1991, September). Improving females' access to science courses.   Paper presented at the  16th Annual Meeting of the West Australian Science Education Conference, Perth.