2025 Award Winners
Outstanding Student Paper Award
Joyce Bibi Katompa
From Theory to Practice: Co-Design in Contemporary Education
Outstanding Conference Submission Award
Kelli M. Adam, Merlyn Joseph, and Mahjabin Chowdhury
Exploring Student Reflections while Implementing a Competency-Based Grading Schema
Outstanding Conference Submission Runner-Up
Yonghong Jade Xu, Mei Yang, Shaoan Zhang, and Venkatesan Muthukuma
Constructivist Learning as Intervention: A Pre-Post Examination of STEM Interest and Self-Efficacy
Graduate Student Travel Award
John Burrell
Check out pictures for the 2025 AERA conference in Denver and information about the 2026 conference in Los Angeles HERE.
Description of 2025 Awards
1. Graduate Student Travel Award ($250 Honorarium)
This award supports a graduate student with travel expenses to the AERA Annual Meeting. To apply, submit a one-page essay describing your relationship with the SIG and why you should win this award. Essays must be submitted via email to Program Chair, Annemarie Kaczmarczyk at kaczmarczyk_ab@mercer.edu by January 1.
2. Outstanding Student Paper Award ($250 Honorarium)
Recognizing the best AERA Annual Meeting paper led by a student, this award highlights empirical research grounded in constructivist theory. Detailed eligibility requirements and submission instructions are provided in the attached file. Submissions are due to the Award Committee Chair, Annemarie Kaczmarczyk at kaczmarczyk_ab@mercer.edu by January 1.
3. Outstanding Conference Submission Award
This award honors the best AERA annual meeting paper submitted to CTRP SIG. All papers accepted to the aera annual meeting as part of CTRP SIG are automatically considered unless authors opt-out by contacting Award Committee Chair, Annemarie Kaczmarczyk at kaczmarczyk_ab@mercer.edu by January 1. more information can be found in the attached file.
