Purdue University will host the fourth conference on Integrating Cognitive Science and Innovative Teaching in STEM Disciplines on August 26 – 27, 2016. CTL Director, Terri Tarr and STEM Instructional Design Consultant, Anusha S. Rao have been selected to attend this conference which will features talks by several nationally-acclaimed researchers on the impact of modeling and model-based reasoning in undergraduate education in science and engineering. The CTL team will learn more about the advances in educational cognitive science research and its translation into effective STEM teaching practices.