Publications by Mark Urban-Lurain

Prevost, L. B., Haudek, K. C., Merrill, J. E., & Urban-Lurain, M. (2012). Deciphering Student Ideas on Thermodynamics Using Computerized Lexical Analysis of Student Writing. In American Society for Engineering Education. San Antonio, TX. Retrieved from http://www.asee.org/public/conferences/8/papers/4747/view (Original work published 06/2012AD)
Jescovitch, L. N., Scott, E. E., Cerchiara, J. A., Doherty, J. H., Wenderoth, M. P., Merrill, J. E., et al. (2019). Deconstruction of Holistic Rubrics into Analytic Rubrics for Large-Scale Assessments of Students Reasoning of Complex Science Concepts. Practical Assessment, Research \& Evaluation, 24. http://doi.org/10.7275/9h7f-mp76 (Original work published 09/2019AD)
Sripathi, K. N., Knapp, J., Moscarella, R. A., Haudek, K. C., Urban-Lurain, M., & Merrill, J. E. (2017). Developing a Constructed Response Question Targeting Student Understanding of Phospholipid Properties within a Cell Membrane. In Society for the Advacement of Biology Education Research.
Foster, T., Haudek, K. C., Moscarella, R. A., Yoho, R., Urban-Lurain, M., & Merrill, J. E. (2017). Enzyme Structure and Function: Comparing Student Responses to Multiple Question Versions [Poster]. In CREATE for STEM Mini Conference.
Prevost, L. B., Haudek, K. C., Urban-Lurain, M., & Merrill, J. E. (2012). Examining student constructed explanations of thermodynamics using lexical analysis. In Frontiers in Education. Seattle, WA. (Original work published 10/2012AD)
Prevost, L. B., Haudek, K. C., Merrill, J. E., & Urban-Lurain, M. (2012). Examining students' ability to apply thermodynamics concepts in biology: computerized lexical analysis reveals heterogeneous ideas. In Society for the Advancement of Biology Education Research. Minneapolis, MN.
Weston, M. M., Haudek, K. C., Prevost, L. B., Merrill, J. E., & Urban-Lurain, M. (2014). Examining the Impact of Question Surface Features on Students Answers to Constructed Response Questions in Biology. CREATE for STEM Mini Conference. East Lansing, MI. (Original work published 02/2014AD)
Weston, M. M., Haudek, K. C., Prevost, L. B., Merrill, J. E., & Urban-Lurain, M. (2014). Examining the impact of question surface features on students' answers to constructed response questions in biology [Poster]. In University Undergraduate Research and Art Forum (UURAF). Michigan State University.
Weston, M. M., Haudek, K. C., Prevost, L. B., Merrill, J. E., & Urban-Lurain, M. (2014). Examining the impact of question surface features on students' answers to constructed response questions in biology [Poster]. In University Undergraduate Research and Art Forum (UURAF). Michigan State University.
Weston, M. M., Haudek, K. C., Prevost, L. B., Merrill, J. E., & Urban-Lurain, M. (2014). Examining the impact of question surface features on students’ answers to constructed response questions in biology [Poster]. In CREATE for STEM Mini Conference. East Lansing, MI.
Weston, M. M., Haudek, K. C., Prevost, L. B., Urban-Lurain, M., & Merrill, J. E. (2015). Examining the Impact of Question Surface Features on Students’ Answers to Constructed-Response Questions on Photosynthesis. Cbe—Life Sciences Education, 14(2). http://doi.org/doi:10.1187/cbe.14-07-0110
Urban-Lurain, M., Cooper, M., Haudek, K. C., Kaplan, J. J., Knight, J. K., Lemons, P. P., et al. (2014). Expanding a National Network for Automated Analysis of Constructed Response Assessments to Reveal Student Thinking in STEM. In ASEE. Indianapolis, IN. Retrieved from http://www.asee.org/public/conferences/32/papers/9856/view (Original work published 06/2014AD)
Urban-Lurain, M., Bierema, A. M. -K., Haudek, K. C., Hoskinson, A. -M., Kaplan, J. J., Knight, J. K., et al. (2016). Expanding a National Network for Automated Analysis of Constructed Response Assessments to Reveal Student Thinking in STEM. In American Association for the Advancement of Science. Washington, DC: American Association for the Advancement of Science. Retrieved from http://www.enfusestem.org/projects/collaborative-research-expanding-a-national-network-for-automated-analysis-of-constructed-response-assessments-to-reveal-student-thinking-in-stem-5/ (Original work published 04/2016AD)
Urban-Lurain, M., Cooper, M., Haudek, K. C., Kaplan, J. J., Knight, J. K., Lemons, P. P., et al. (2015). Expanding a national network for automated analysis of constructed response assessments to reveal student thinking in STEM. Computers In Education Journal, 6(1), 65-81.
Haudek, K. C., Urban-Lurain, M., & Russell, A. A. (2013). Exploring Computerized Lexical Analysis to Predict Calibrated Peer Review Ratings of Student Writing in Chemistry. In NARST. Rio Grande, Puerto Rico. (Original work published 04/2013AD)
Moscarella, R. A., Hall, D., Haudek, K. C., Mazur, A., Sripathi, K. N., Urban-Lurain, M., & Merrill, J. E. (2017). Exploring students ideas about the flow of genetic information from DNA to RNA. In Society for the Advancement of Biology Education Research.
Cockerill, H., Bierema, A. M. -K., Moscarella, R. A., Haudek, K. C., Urban-Lurain, M., & Merrill, J. E. (2017). Exploring Students Ideas of the Origin of Genetic Variation [Poster]. In CREATE for STEM Mini-Conference. East Lansing, MI.
Yoho, R., Kohn, K., Haudek, K. C., Merrill, J. E., & Urban-Lurain, M. (2020). Exploring the meaning of function as a complex idea embedded within the crosscutting concept of structure and function. Journal On Excellence In College Teaching, 31.
Merrill, J. E., Haudek, K. C., Smith, M. K., Lemons, P. P., Prevost, L. B., Nehm, R. H., et al. (2015). Faculty Learning Communities as a Focus for Assessment-Driven Instructional Change. In CREATE for STEM Mini Conference. East Lansing, MI.
Zhai, X., Haudek, K. C., Shi, L., Nehm, R. H., & Urban-Lurain, M. (2020). From substitution to redefinition: A framework of machine-learning based science assessment. Journal Of Research In Science Teaching. http://doi.org/10.1002/tea.21658 (Original work published 10/2020AD)
Haudek, K. C., Kaplan, J. J., Knight, J. K., Long, T., Merrill, J. E., Munn, A., et al. (2011). Harnessing Technology to Improve Formative Assessment of Student Conceptions in STEM: Forging a National Network. Cbe - Life Sciences Education, 10, 149-155. http://doi.org/10.1187/cbe.11-03-0019 (Original work published Summer)
Weston, M. M., Haudek, K. C., Prevost, L. B., Lyons, C., Urban-Lurain, M., & Merrill, J. E. (2012). How do biology undergraduates "explain" photosynthesis? Investigating student responses to different constructed response question stems. In . Indianapolis: NARST. (Original work published 03/2012AD)
Urban-Lurain, M., Moscarella, R. A., Haudek, K. C., Giese, E., Merrill, J. E., & Sibley, D. F. (2010). Insight into student thinking in STEM: Lessons learned from lexical analysis of student writing. NARST Annual International Conference. Philadelphia, PA.
Moscarella, R. A., Park, M., Steele, M., Pelletreau, K. N., Prevost, L. B., Smith, M. K., et al. (2015). Insights into Students Thinking about the Central Dogma from the Automated Analysis of Constructed Response Questions. In SABER.
Yoho, R., Foster, T., Urban-Lurain, M., Merrill, J. E., & Haudek, K. C. (2019). Interdisciplinary insights from instructor interviews reconciling "structure and function" in biology, biochemistry, and chemistry through the context of enzyme binding. Disciplinary And Interdisciplinary Science Education Research, 1. http://doi.org/10.1186/s43031-019-0016-7 (Original work published 12/2019AD)
Uhl, J. D., Sripathi, K. N., Saldanha, J. N., Moscarella, R. A., Merrill, J., Urban-Lurain, M., & Haudek, K. C. (2021). Introductory biology undergraduate students mixed ideas about genetic information flow. Biochemistry And Molecular Biology Education, 49(3). http://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1002/bmb.21483 (Original work published 05/2021AD)
Voreis, J. S., Andrews, T. C., Federer, M. R., Knight, J. K., Merrill, J. E., Merrill, S. J., et al. (2014). Investigating the Impact of Faculty Learning Communities on Biology Instructors. Society for the Advancement of Biology Education Research (SABER). Minneapolis, MN. (Original work published 07/2014AD)
Haudek, K. C., Prevost, L. B., Merrill, J. E., & Urban-Lurain, M. (2012). Lexical and qualitative analysis of students’ written responses and interviews explaining chemical functional group behavior in cellular biology. In Society for the Advancement of Biology Education Research. Minneapolis, MN.
Sripathi, K. N., Moscarella, R. A., Steele, M., Yoho, R., You, H., Prevost, L. B., et al. (2023). Machine Learning Mixed Methods Text Analysis: An Illustration From Automated Scoring Models of Student Writing in Biology Education. Journal Of Mixed Methods Research, 15586898231153946. http://doi.org/10.1177/15586898231153946 (Original work published 02/2023AD)
Jones, S., Long, T., Kostelnik, K., & Urban-Lurain, M. (2011). Making connections: Can lexical analysis reveal students thinking about key genetics concepts?. University Undergraduate Research And Arts Forum (Uuraf). (Original work published 04/2011AD)
Sripathi, K. N., Moscarella, R. A., Yoho, R., You, H. S., Urban-Lurain, M., Merrill, J. E., & Haudek, K. C. (2019). Mixed Student Ideas about Mechanisms of Human Weight Loss. Cbe—Life Sciences Education, 18, ar37. http://doi.org/10.1187/cbe.18-11-0227 (Original work published 09/19AD)
Lyons, C., Jones, S., Merrill, J. E., Urban-Lurain, M., & Haudek, K. C. (2011). Moving Across Scales: Using Lexical Analysis to Reveal Student Reasoning about Photosynthesis. In National Association of Research on Science Teaching. Orlando, FL. (Original work published 04/2011AD)
Knapp, J., Sripathi, K. N., Haudek, K. C., Urban-Lurain, M., & Merrill, J. E. (2017). Prevalent Student Conceptions Involving Structure-Function Relationships in Cell Membranes [Poster]. In Mid-Michigan Symposium for Undergraduate Research Experiences.
Sripathi, K. N., Cockerill, H., Knapp, J., Urban-Lurain, M., Haudek, K. C., & Merrill, J. E. (2018). Probing students' mental models about structure-function relationships in the cell membrane. In Conference at the Interface of Discipline-Based Education Research (DBER) in STEM and Psychological Science. St. Louis, MO.
Bierema, A. M. -K., Hoskinson, A. -M., Moscarella, R. A., Lyford, A., Haudek, K. C., Merrill, J. E., & Urban-Lurain, M. (2020). Quantifying cognitive bias in educational researchers. International Journal Of Research \& Method In Education. http://doi.org/10.1080/1743727X.2020.1804541 (Original work published 08/2020AD)
Lira, C. T., Steele, M., Haudek, K. C., Merrill, J. E., & Urban-Lurain, M. (2016). Rapid Analysis of Written Responses to Reveal Student Misconceptions in Thermodynamics. In Annual Meeting of the AIChE.
You, H. S., Merrill, J. E., Haudek, K. C., & Urban-Lurain, M. (2019). Rasch validation of computer scored constructed response items in undergraduate introductory biology courses. In NARST. Baltimore, MD.
Sripathi, K. N., Steele, M., Haudek, K. C., Merrill, J. E., & Urban-Lurain, M. (2017). Representing students constructed responses in STEM courses: Which visualizations appeal to various stakeholders?. In Gordon Research Conference on Visualization in Science and Education.
Yoho, R., Urban-Lurain, M., Merrill, J. E., & Haudek, K. C. (2018). Structure and function relationships in the educational expectations. Journal Of College Science Teaching, 47(6). Retrieved from https://my.nsta.org/resource/?id=10.2505/4/jcst18_047_06_24
Lira, C. T., Steele, M., Haudek, K. C., Merrill, J. E., & Urban-Lurain, M. (2017). Student Misconceptions of Molecular Energy Evaluated Using Rapid Analysis of Constructed Responses. In Midwest Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics.
Mazur, A., Moscarella, R. A., Urban-Lurain, M., & Merrill, J. E. (2015). Student writing reveals misconceptions in the Central Dogma of Biology. In The Mid-Michigan Symposium for Undergraduate Research Experiences.
Prevost, L. B., Knight, J. K., Smith, M. K., & Urban-Lurain, M. (2013). Student writing reveals their heterogeneous thinking about the origin of genetic variation in populations. In NARST. Rio Grande, Puerto Rico. (Original work published 04/2013AD)
Moscarella, R. A., Mazur, A., Pelletreau, K. N., Smith, M. K., Urban-Lurain, M., & Merrill, J. E. (2015). The Central Dogma of molecular biology: Investigating student challenges understanding transcription. In SABER.
Steele, M., Merrill, J. E., Haudek, K. C., & Urban-Lurain, M. (2016). The Development of Constructed Response Astronomy Assessment Items. In NARST. Baltimore, MD. Retrieved from http://matthewmsteele.github.io/NARST2016/ (Original work published 04/2016AD)
Bierema, A. M. -K., Moscarella, R. A., Urban-Lurain, M., Merrill, J. E., & Haudek, K. C. (2016). The Importance of Random Assortment and Blinding in Qualitative Data Analysis. In NARST. Baltimore, MD.
Zagallo, P., McCourt, J., Idsardi, R., Smith, M. K., Urban-Lurain, M., Andrews, T. C., et al. (2019). Through the Eyes of Faculty: Using Personas as a Tool for Learner-Centered Professional Development. Cbe - Life Sciences Education, 18. http://doi.org/10.1187/cbe.19-06-0114 (Original work published 11/2019AD)
Cheuk, T., Osborne, J., Remington-Cunningham, K., Haudek, K. C., Santiago, M. M., Urban-Lurain, M., et al. (2019). Towards an Equitable Design Framework of Developing Argumentation in Science Items and Rubrics for Machine Learning. In NARST.
You, H. S., Sripathi, K. N., Yoho, R., Moscarella, R. A., Merrill, J. E., Haudek, K. C., & Urban-Lurain, M. (2017). Towards meaningful scores: Development and validation of analytic rubrics for diagnostic purposes. In Society for the Advacement of Biology Education Research.
Moscarella, R. A., Urban-Lurain, M., Merritt, B., Long, T., Richmond, G., Merrill, J. E., et al. (2008). Understanding undergraduate students conceptions in science: Using lexical analysis software to analyze students constructed responses in biology. NARST 2008 Annual International Conference. Baltimore, MD. (Original work published March 30 - April)
Prevost, L. B., Haudek, K. C., Norton-Henry, E., Berry, M. C., & Urban-Lurain, M. (2013). Using Computerized Lexical Analysis of Student Writing to Facilitate Just-in-Time-Teaching in Large Enrollment Biology Courses. Society for the Advancement of Biology Education Research (SABER) Annual Meeting. Minneapolis, MN: SABER. (Original work published 07/2013AD)