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• Julie Anne Stanley   I designed a poster and presented about Transformational Learning and Cognitive Developmental Theory. The presentation offered research based strategies and supports for each of the four major "ways of knowing" in adulthood as well as classroom practices to transform learners' "way of knowing". Rooted in constructive-developmental theory by Robert Kegan (1982, 1994, 2000), the transformational learning model helps adults to better manage the complexities of work and life. Transformational learning can only occur when educators identify and understand learners' current "way of knowing" (developmental capacity). Learning experiences that are designed with learners' "ways of knowing" in mind are crafted to support the current developmental capacity and also challenge learners toward a more complex "way of knowing". A change takes place in the structure of a person's meaning-making system when transformational learning occurs. I shared classroom practices that support the current way of knowing, and practices that challenge learners toward a more complex way of knowing over time, based off Drago-Severson's research and publications. My objective for this presentation was to provideinstructional practices consistent with the common ways of knowing in adulthood to help instructors, across disciplines, tailor their transformative instruction.   2017