Mathematics education graduate students and faculty from MSU will be presenting at the 2025 American Educational Research Association (AERA) Conference this week, along with a number of colleagues. Those listed in the program this year include Katie Tasch Bielecki (CITE), Terah T. Venzant Chambers (The Graduate School and TE Department), Maria Cruciani, Alden J. Edson, Beth Herbel-Eisenmann, Taren Going, Joanne E. Marciano (TE Department), Samuela Mouzaoir (Educational Psychology), Sunyoung Park, and Sabrina N. Zarza. 

Founded in 1916, AERA is a national research society committed to advancing educational knowledge, fostering scholarly inquiry, and promoting the practical application of research to improve education and serve the public good. 

With 12 divisions and over 150 special interest groups, AERA provides a collaborative space for education researchers. Graduate students benefit from the support of the Graduate Student Council (GSC), which offers networking and professional development opportunities. Additionally, the AERA Consortium of University and Research Institutions facilitates engagement between academic and non-university-based research organizations, fostering policy discussions and contributing to significant research initiatives. 

The theme for the 2025 AERA conference is "Research, Remedy, and Repair: Toward Just Education Renewal." This theme highlights the critical role of research in addressing educational disparities, implementing meaningful remedies, and repairing systemic inequities to achieve just education renewal.

The conference will take place in Denver, Colorado, from April 23-27, with sessions held at the Colorado Convention Center. Sessions highlighting mathematics education presenters or co-presenters from MSU are listed below.

MSU Math Ed Presentations  

Thursday, April 24 

3:35 PM - 5:05 PM

Zarza, Sabrina N. (Graduate Student) 

Presentation: “I Shouldn’t Have to Belong Somewhere”: A Collective Testimonio of Belonging and the Mathematics Classroom 

Location: The Colorado Convention Center, Floor: Ballroom Level, Four Seasons Ballroom 1 

 

Friday, April 25 

11:40 AM – 1:10 PM

Bielecki, Katie Tasch (Graduate Student, CITE) 

Presentation: Healing Spaces: Challenging Adultism in YPAR Through Critical Self-Reflection, Discussion, and Inquiry 

Co-presenters: Sabrina N. Zarza, Joanne E. Marciano, Beth Herbel-Eisenmann 

Symposium: Youth Participatory Action Research to Inform and Transform: Insights from Five States 

Location: The Colorado Convention Center, Floor: Meeting Room Level, Room 104 

 

Saturday, April 26 

9:50 AM – 11:20 AM

Mouzaoir, Samuela (Graduate Student, Ed Psych) 

Presentation: Plastics Pollution: A New Metaphor for Realistic Educational Progress 

Co-presenters: Linsey Brennan, Sabrina N. Zarza, Terah T. Venzant Chambers 

Location: The Colorado Convention Center, Floor: Terrace Level, Bluebird Ballroom Room 2D

 

5:10 PM – 6:40 PM

Cruciani, Maria (Graduate Student) 

Presentation (Poster): Student Attitudes in Introductory Statistics: Consideration of Attitudinal Measurement, Informants, and Outcomes for Undergraduates 

Location: The Colorado Convention Center, Floor: Exhibit Hall Level, Exhibit Hall F 

 

Sunday, April 27 

1:30 PM – 3:00 PM

Edson, Alden J. (Faculty) 

Presentation: Integrating Artificial Intelligence into a Digital Platform: A Machine Learning Rubric for Students’ Proportional Reasoning 

Co-presenters: Taren Going (not attending), Sunyoung Park (not attending), Leslie Bondaryk (The Concord Consortium) 

Location: The Colorado Convention Center, Floor: Exhibit Hall Level, Exhibit Hall F