SABER Annual Meeting BER Pre-Conference Workshops

2026 SABER Annual Meeting
 Biology Education Research
Pre-Conference Workshops

Thursday, July 9, 2026
9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Pre-meeting workshops are opportunities for SABER attendees to learn how to leverage biology education research findings either in their research endeavors or in the classroom. All workshops will take place in-person on the Michigan State University campus. Participants must also register for the in-person conference. 

Workshops will occur on Thursday, July 9 from 9am - 12 pm before the start of the main program at 3:00 pm. 

Workshop A: Training the Next Generation of Biology Education Researchers: A Workshop on Building Student-Centered, Evidence-Based Research Training Programs and Mentoring Practices

Workshop B: Structuring Reflections around Failure to Encourage Students’ Scientific Troubleshooting Skills

Workshop C: From Learning Biology to Becoming Biologists: Purpose-Driven Career Exploration and Skill Building in the Biology Classroom

Workshop D: How to develop formative assessments that target mechanistic reasoning

View workshop descriptions here

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