Advancing Research on Quantitative Reasoning (QR) in STEM Education

We are excited to announce an interdisciplinary conference for researchers working on quantitative reasoning (QR) in STEM education that will be hosted at Chapman University in Orange, California on January 15 and 16, 2026. The two-day conference is intended to draw researchers working across both K-12 and higher education, and across the STEM disciplines. Our conference has the following objectives:

• Provide a forum for sharing research about the teaching and learning of QR in STEM
• Facilitate conversations between different STEM education research disciplines
• Synthesize current research on QR in STEM, exploring key themes across STEM education disciplines
• Identify opportunities for future research and collaboration among different STEM education research disciplines related to QR
• Generate a meeting report or white paper that summarizes the state of research on QR in STEM

Registration will be capped at 150 participants to ensure that the conference facilitates meaningful conversations with researchers across disciplines. In addition, the conference will be held immediately prior to the Society for Advancement of Biology Education Research (SABER) West regional conference, which will be held January 17-18, 2026 at the University of California, Irvine (a short 15-minute drive from Chapman University). We encourage all participants to participate in SABER West!

Conference support

We graciously acknowledge support from Chapman University’s Office of the Provost, Chapman University’s Attallah College of Education Studies, Chapman University’s Schmid College of Science and Technology, and the Society for the Advancement of Biology Education Research.