Barry J. Zimmerman Award for Outstanding Contributions This annual award is being established to honor mid-career and senior scholars who have made significant contributions to the fields of studying and self-regulated learning research. The focus of the award is to recognize a researcher who has developed a programmatic area of research that has made a strong theoretical, empirical, and applied impact on the field. Zimmerman is among the most prolific and important figures in the fields of studying and self-regulated learning and is an AERA fellow. He is also one of the founders of the Studying and Self-Regulated Learning SIG.This award is open to any researcher who has actively conducted research in studying and self-regulated learning for a sustained period (i.e., at least seven years) and has produced a strong record of scholarly achievement. Membership in AERA and the SSRL SIG are not criteria for this award, but we do anticipate that many of the nominations will come from the SIG and across AERA. Please see the attachment for additional information, including nomination process. Contact the Chair of this award committee (Linda Bol: [email protected]) with any questions.
Graduate Student Research Award
Overview. Each year, the SSRL SIG presents up to five awards of $250 to graduate students who are first authors of papers accepted for presentation at the annual meeting of AERA. The awardees are included in the regular program, and honored at the SIG business meeting. Papers that are not selected for a Graduate Student Research Award are still considered for general sessions sponsored by the SIG.
Review from 2014 AERA Conference. Experts from the field of studying and self-regulated learning reviewed four proposals for the 2014 SSRL Graduate Student Award. The reviewers included: Drs. Hefer Bembenutty (chair), Christian Brandmo, Fani Lau Lauermann, Kara Makara, and Parastou Mokri.. The review process resulted in one winner: Greg Callan (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee).
Eligibility for Award at 2016 AERA Conference. Graduate students are encouraged to self-nominate themselves for these awards by submitting their proposals to the SSRL SIG using the AERA Online Proposal Submission System at http://www.aera.net/, and also sending them via email to the Graduate Student Research Award Committee chair, Hefer Bembenutty at [email protected] by the submission deadline. Emails need to include the graduate student’s full name and the submission as an attachment.
Outstanding Poster Award
Overview. Each year, the SSRL SIG presents an award for the most outstanding poster presented at the poster session sponsored by the SIG. The recipient of the award will receive a plaque from AERA in recognition of the outstanding poster, and will be honored at the SSRL SIG business meeting. The winning poster will also receive special designation at the poster session. Those submitting proposals to the SSRL SIG are encouraged to select poster as one of the preferred presentation formats for their work.
Review from 2014 AERA Conference. Three posters proposals were nominated for the 2013 Outstanding Poster Award. The Outstanding Poster Award Committee was comprised of four members who were experts in the area of self-regulated learning: Drs. Adar Ben-Eliyahu, Matt Bernacki (chair), Evely Boruchovitch, and Avi Kaplan. The Outstanding Poster Award Committee’s review process resulted in the poster authored by Dr. Bracha Kramarski and Sheli Friedman.
Eligibility for Award at 2016 AERA Conference. Proposals should be sent to the SSRL SIG using the AERA Online Proposal Submission System at http://www.aera.net/. All proposals that are selected for the poster session will be considered for this award. Any questions about the Outstanding Poster Award can be directed to the Chair of the Outstanding Poster Award Committee. The chair of this committee is Matt Bernacki ([email protected]).