* indicates PhD student, **indicates undergraduate student
Recent Invited Talks
Parsley, K.M.* and Sabel, J.L. (2019, December). Developing scaffolds to address functional botanical literacy: A new approach to the problems of plant blindness and botanical literacy. Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, St. Louis, MO.
Sabel, J.L. (2019, June). Assessing student learning in a synthetic biology CURE. AR-CURE Synthetic Biology workshop, Ouachita Baptist University, Arkadelphia, AR.
Sabel, J.L. (2019, February). Use of scaffolds to support undergraduate students in learning and understanding biological concepts. Biomedical Engineering Department Seminar, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN.
Peer-Reviewed Conference Presentations
2022
Davenport, L.A., Sabri, F., Burr, E.M., Townsend, K.P., Sabel, J.L., and Sable, H.J.K. (2022, July). Impact of Agentic and Communal Words in Letters and Recommendation. Talk presented at the 2022 American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) Virtual Meeting.
Kirkendol, A.** & Sabel, J.L. (2022, July). Engagement in Metacognition Among Undergraduate Biology Students. Poster presented at the annual meeting for the Society for the Advancement of Biology Education Research (SABER), Minneapolis, MN.
Wright, K.* & Sabel J.L. (2022, July). Biological Thinking a Comparison Between Majors and Non-Majors Mindset. Poster presented at the annual meeting for the Society for the Advancement of Biology Education Research (SABER), Minneapolis, MN.
Kirkendol, A.** & Sabel, J.L. (2022, April). Engagement in Metacognition Among Undergraduate Biology Students. Talk presented at the National Council on Undergraduate Research (NCUR) conference, Held online due to COVID-19.
Sabel, J.L. (2022, April). Findings and Insights from a Longitudinal Analysis of Metacognition Development Among Undergraduate Biology Majors. Talk presented at the CIRCLE Conference at the Interface of Discipline-Based Education Research (DBER) in STEM and Psychological Science, St. Louis, MO.
2021
Montague, S.*, Ayers, K., Parsley, K.M.*, Sabel, J.L., Wade-Jaimes, K. (2021, July). Development of Science Communication and Pedagogy Skills through Scientist-Teacher Partnerships: A Proposed Outreach Program. Roundtable presented at the annual 2021 meeting of the Society for the Advancement of Biology Education Research (SABER), held online due to COVID-19.
Chapman, M.**, Lelis, N.**, & Sabel, J.L. (2021, July). Using the MASTER Tool to Support Students in Self-Regulated Learning. Poster presented at the annual 2021 meeting of the Society for the Advancement of Biology Education Research (SABER), held online due to COVID-19.
Jasper, S.**, Parsley, K.M.*, & Sabel, J.L. (2021, July). Early Interactions and Memories Can Shape an Individual’s Plant Awareness Disparity. Poster presented at the annual 2021 meeting of the Society for the Advancement of Biology Education Research (SABER), held online due to COVID-19.
Micer, E.G.**, DeYonker, N., & Sabel, J.L. (2021, July). Exploring Undergraduate Chemistry and Biology Students’ Understanding of Enzymes. Talk presented at the annual 2021 meeting of the Society for the Advancement of Biology Education Research (SABER), held online due to COVID-19.
Parsley, K.M., Daigle, B.J., & Sabel, J.L. (2021, July). The Plant Awareness Disparity Index: An Assessment to Measure Plant Awareness Disparity in Undergraduate Students. Paper presented at the Botany 2021 annual conference, Moved online due to COVID-19.
Parsley, K.M., Brownlee, K.*, & Sabel, J.L. (2021, July). An Analysis of Plant Awareness Disparity within Introductory Biology Textbook Images. Poster presented at the Botany 2021 annual conference, Moved online due to COVID-19.
Parsley, K.M., Daigle, B.J., & Sabel, J.L. (2021, July). The Plant Awareness Disparity Index: An Assessment to Measure Plant Awareness Disparity in Undergraduate Students. Paper presented at the Plant Biology Worldwide Summit, Moved online due to COVID-19.
Parsley, K.M.*, Daigle, B.J., & Sabel, J.L. (2021, July). The Plant Awareness Disparity Index: An Assessment to Measure Plant Awareness Disparity in Undergraduate Students. Talk presented at the annual 2021 meeting of the Society for the Advancement of Biology Education Research (SABER), held online due to COVID-19.
Wright, K.* & Sabel, J.L. (2021, July). An Analysis of Students’ Mindsets as Related to their Academic Success. Poster presented at the annual 2021 meeting of the Society for the Advancement of Biology Education Research (SABER), held online due to COVID-19.
Micer, E.G.**, DeYonker, N., & Sabel, J.L. (2021, April). Exploring Undergraduate Chemistry and Biology Students’ Understanding of Enzymes. Poster presented at the National Council on Undergraduate Research (NCUR) conference, Held online due to COVID-19.
Parsley, K.M.*, Daigle, B.J., & Sabel, J.L. (2021, March). Initial Development and Validation of the Plant Awareness Disparity Index. Talk presented to the Memphis DATA 2020 Conference, Memphis, TN. Held online due to COVID-19.
Parsley, K.M.*, & Sabel, J.L. (2021, January). Characterizing Functional Botanical Literacy: A Conceptual Framework for Studying Plant Awareness Disparity. Talk presented at the Tennessee STEM Education conference, Held online due to COVID-19.
Wright, K.*, & Sabel, J.L. (2021, January). How Does Students’ Metacognition Contributes to their Academic Success? Talk presented at the Tennessee STEM Education conference, Held online due to COVID-19.
Micer, E.G.**, DeYonker, N., & Sabel, J.L. (2021, January). Exploring Undergraduate Chemistry and Biology Students’ Understanding of Enzymes. Talk presented at the Tennessee STEM Education conference, Held online due to COVID-19.
2020
Parsley, K.M.*, Daigle, B.J., & Sabel, J.L. (2020, November). Initial Development and Validation of the Plant Awareness Disparity Index. Talk presented at the Biology Education Research Symposium at the National Association of Biology Teachers (NABT) annual conference, Held online due to COVID-19.
Parsley, K.M.*, Baker, S.C**., Yonis, E.A.**, & Sabel, J.L. (2020, June). Exploring Structured Decision-Making as a Path to Functional Botanical Literacy. Poster presented at the Society for the Advancement of Biology Education Research (SABER) annual conference, Moved online due to COVID-19.
Parsley, K.M.*, Daigle, B., & Sabel, J.L. (2020, March). Using Exploratory Factor Analysis to Evaluate the Plant Blindness Index and Botanical Literacy Inventory for Validity and Reliability. Talk accepted to the Memphis DATA 2020 Conference, Memphis, TN. Conference cancelled due to COVID-19.
2019
Brownlee, K.**, Parsley, K.M., and Sabel, J.L. (2019, November). Analyzing plant and animal images in undergraduate biology textbooks. Poster presented at the 2019 annual conference of the National Association of Biology Teachers (NABT), Chicago, IL.
Parsley, K.M.*, Daigle, B., and Sabel, J.L. (2019, November). Validity and reliability of the Plant Blindness Index (PBI) and Botanical Literacy Inventory (BLI). Poster presented at the 2019 annual conference of the National Association of Biology Teachers (NABT), Chicago, IL.
Sabel, J.L. (2019, November). Using FRAMER as a framework for scaffold development to support undergraduate students in learning and understanding biological concepts. Poster presented at the 2019 annual conference of the National Association of Biology Teachers (NABT), Chicago, IL.
Thomas, N.*, Vo, T., and Sabel, J.L. (2019, November). Science in the news: Engaging non-biology majors in the world of STEM. Poster presented at the 2019 annual conference of the National Association of Biology Teachers (NABT), Chicago, IL.
Wright, K.** and Sabel, J.L. (2019, November). Metacognition development in undergraduate biology majors. Poster presented at the 2019 annual conference of the National Association of Biology Teachers (NABT), Chicago, IL.
Siniscalchi, C., Moore, E.*, Parsley, K.*, Sabel, J., and Mandel, J. Compositae in a crate: an outreach initiate to promote plant awareness. Talk presented at the 2019 meeting of the Botany Conference, Tuscon, AZ.
Sabel, J.L. (2019, July). Development of metacognition and biological understanding from introductory students to seniors: A longitudinal study. Talk presented at the 2019 meeting of the Society for the Advancement of Biology Education Research (SABER), Minneapolis, MN.
Parsley, K.M.*, and Sabel, J.L. (2019, July). Exploring plant blindness and botanical literacy in an undergraduate botany course. Talk presented at the 2019 meeting of the Society for the Advancement of Biology Education Research (SABER), Minneapolis, MN.
Sabel, J.L. (2019, June). A longitudinal analysis of undergraduate biology majors’ development of metacognition and understanding of biological concepts. Poster to be presented at the 2019 Gordon Research Conference on Undergraduate Biology Education Research, Lewiston, ME.
Sabel J.L. (2019, April). Developing scaffolds to support undergraduate students in learning and understanding biological concepts. Poster presented at the 2019 meeting of the Association of Southeastern Biologists, Memphis, TN.
Parsley, K.M.*, Sabel, J.L., Zangori, L., Koontz, J. (2019, April) An examination of undergraduate students’ plant blindness and botanical literacy. Talk presented at the 2019 meeting of the Association of Southeastern Biologists, Memphis, TN.
Morris, K.**, Sabel J.L. (2019, April) Supporting students in an undergraduate non-majors biology course to develop self-efficacy and metacognition. Poster presented at the 2019 meeting of the Association of Southeastern Biologists, Memphis, TN.
Sabel, J.L., Alqirem, R.**, Parsley, K.M.* (2019, April). Examining studying behaviors as related to engagement in metacognition in undergraduate biology majors. Paper presented at the 2019 annual meeting of the National Association of Research in Science Teaching (NARST), Baltimore, MD.
Parsley, K.M.*, Sabel, J.L., Zangori, L., Koontz, J. (2019, April). A mixed-methods evaluation of plant blindness and botanical literacy in an undergraduate botany course. Paper presented at the 2019 annual meeting of the National Association of Research in Science Teaching (NARST), Baltimore, MD.
Sabel, J.L. (2019, February) Studying behaviors and engagement in metacognition in undergraduate biology majors. Talk given at the Tennessee STEM Education Research Conference, Murfreesboro, TN.
Parsley, K.M.*, Sabel, J.L., Zangori, L., Koontz, J. (2019, February). A mixed methods evaluation of plant blindness and botanical literacy in undergraduate botany students. Talk given at the Tennessee STEM Education Research Conference, Murfreesboro, TN.