Conference Paper and Presentations
Pimentel, D. S. (March, 2018). Early Childhood and Elementary Education Teacher Preparation in Science: Variations in Content and Methods. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching. Atlanta, GA.
Pimentel, D. S. (2017). Creating successful middle school teacher-professional engineering partnerships to support NGSS. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, San Antonio, TX.
Pimentel, D. S. (2017). Middle school teachers’ experiences with engineering projects: Supporting English language learners and at-risk students in STEM. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, San Antonio, TX.
Pimentel, D. S., Partinoudi, V, & Koper, M. (2017). Middle school students’ conceptions of engineering: Setting a baseline to measure NGSS impact. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the New England Educational Research Organization, Portsmouth, NH.
Pimentel. D. S. (April 2016). Elementary Pre-Service Teachers’ Preparedness for Next Generation Science Standards. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, Baltimore, MD.
Pimentel, D. S. (April 2016). Female Undergraduate Engineering Major Experiences and Perspectives: Going Beyond Getting Them In. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Washington, DC.
Pimentel, D. S. (April, 2015). Secondary science students’ framing of class discussions: Perspectives from different tracks. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL.
Pimentel, D. S. (April, 2013). Approaches to whole-class discussions in high school science: A Case Study. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the New England Educational Research Organization, Portsmouth, NH.
Pimentel, D. S., & McNeill, K. L. (March, 2012). Secondary science teachers’ beliefs about talk during whole-class discussions. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, Indianapolis, IN.
McNeill, K. L., & Pimentel, D. S. (June, 2010). The effects of teachers’ beliefs and curricular enactments on student learning in high school science. Poster presented at the International Conference of the Learning Sciences, Chicago, IL.
Pimentel, D. S., & McNeill, K. L. (March, 2010). Discourse in science classrooms: The relationship between teacher perceptions and their practice. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, Philadelphia, PA.
Pimentel D. S., & McNeill, K. L. (May, 2009). Teacher discourse associated with curriculum designed to solicit student science talk. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the New England Education Research Organization, Portsmouth, NH.
McNeill, K. L., & Pimentel, D. S. (April, 2009). Scientific discourse in three urban classrooms: The role of the teacher in engaging high school students in argumentation. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego, CA.
McNeill, K. L., & Pimentel, D. S. (April, 2008). High school students’ use of evidence in argumentation talk in an urban ecology unit. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, Baltimore, MD.
McEachern, K. P., Pimentel, D. S., Power, C., Pizzo, L, Price, J., & Welch, M. J. (April, 2008). Policing and producing the field: The role of the literature in research. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the New England Education Research Organization, Hyannis, MA.
