SABER Annual Meeting Pre-Conference Workshops

SABER Annual Meeting
2026 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 Theory to Enactment: Designing and Evaluating Culturally-Informed Pedagogies in Biology

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

Place-Based Workshop A: Learning from Place (time tbd between 9-2pm)

Place-Based Workshop B: Bizarre Botany (9-10:30 am)

View workshop descriptions here

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