1. Where to go to PRESENT your Biology Education Research? (in addition to ASM-CUE) Where to go to hear the LATEST Biology Education Research? Where to go to learn FUTURE directions of the field? Where to go to find COLLABORATORS on your research?

2. Physics Education Research- PER Central Physics Education Research- PER Central Engineering ASEE Engineering ASEE Chemistry Education Research Math Education Research Other STEM disciplines 25-30 years Yearly PERC conference-2 day meeting Yearly Frontiers meeting- 1 week Great web page- PER Central http://www.compadre.org/per/ 20Years national Societies Societies on Education American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)(ASEE International Conference on Engineering Education( EDUCON)( EDUCON) Center for the Advancement of Scholarship in Engineering Education. (CASEE) 15 years 2 Gordon Conferences Bi-annual education meeting The International Conference on Mathematics Education Research National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM)- 1950s RUMEC Research on undergraduate math education-1998 Mathematics Association of America

3. Ecology ESA Ecology ESA Society for Integration of Comparative Biology Experimental Biology Conservation Society Evolution society American Society of Plant Biology Biology Professional Societies- teaching sections Biology Professional Societies- teaching sections Human Genetics ASM-CUE National Association of Biology Teachers ACUBE ABLE Team-Based learning Case-based learning

4. Project Kaleidoscope SENCER Science Education for NEW Civic Engagement SENCER Science Education for NEW Civic Engagement American Institute of Biological Sciences AIBS STEM Education outreach SCALE-UP Lily Conferences Reinventing Education

5. Concept Assessment in Biology (CAB I,II & III) Biology Faculty Intro Biology Program (IBP) & other RCN-UBE efforts Intro Biology Program (IBP) & other RCN-UBE efforts Biology Scholars Program (ASM) BERs Biology Scholars Program (ASM) BERs Summer Institute ( faculty development) Physics Education Research- PER Central Physics Education Research- PER Central Engineering ASEE Engineering ASEE Chemistry Education Research POGIL Chemistry Education Research POGIL Math Education Research Other STEM disciplines Retain MORE Biology students Special emphasis on URM—EOP--1st Generation Retain MORE Biology students Special emphasis on URM—EOP--1st Generation Undergraduate Biology Classroom Undergraduate Biology Classroom Faculty/instructors Project Kaledioscope SENCER NABT STEM Education outreach STEM Education outreach SCALE-UP SABER Society for Advancement of Biology Education Research SABER Society for Advancement of Biology Education Research Science Education Cognitive Science Educational Psychology Learning Sciences NARST AERA Biology Ecology ESA Ecology ESA SICB Experimental Biology ASM-CUE Evolution society American Society of Plant Biology Professional Societies- teaching sections ABLE ACUBE

6. Advancing the field of Undergraduate Biology Education Research Generating the evidence for "evidence-based teaching."

7. “Gordon conference” type meeting- every other year “Piggy-back” 1 day meetings on existing meetings More information contact-- Mary Pat Wenderoth-mpw@u.washington.edu

8. Society for the Advancement of Biology Education Research SABER GOALS: Create a cohesive community of Biology Education Researchers from across the many sub-disciplines of Biology Create a forum for the discussion needed to norm and guide the emerging field of Biology Education Research (BER) Create bridges between science education, educational psychology, cognitive science, BER and instructors of biology. Facilitate entry into Biology Education Research (BER) Foster and enhance skills of Biology Education Researchers