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GERA Conference Program [2015]

GERA

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2015
Friday, October 16th
9:00 AM

Open-Educational Resources (OERs) in the College Classroom: A Case Study

Judy O. Grissett, Georgia Southwestern State University
Charles Huffman, Georgia Southwestern State University

Room 129

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM

Presentation Materials Available

Social Justice in the Classroom: Through the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

Regina Rahimi, Armstrong Atlantic State University
delores liston, georgia southern

Room 129

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM

The Invisible Voices Behind the Adult Education Movement

Dianne F. Lawton, Troy University
Dionne Rosser-Mims, Troy University

Room 129

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM

Presentation Materials Available

“I Hate You, and I Hate This School”: The Argument for Cultural Proficiency in Developing Culturally Responsive Classroom Management

Mary Elizabeth Kelly, Georgia Gwinnett College
Barbara McKinney, Georgia Gwinnett College

Room 210

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM

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Teachers as Curriculum Theorists: The Key to Unlocking Student Self-Identity

Mary Rebecca Wells, Armstrong State University

Room 210

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM

Providing Evidence Teacher Candidates Teach Well, How Well They Teach, and How We Know

John Hobe

Room 218

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM

Presentation Materials Available

Why do Teachers Stay?

Jerry Eads, Georgia Gwinnett College

Room 218

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM

Written & Visual Metaphors of Teaching: What Lies Beneath?

Nita A. Paris, Kennesaw State University
Harriet Bessette, Kennesaw State University

Room 218

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM

10:30 AM

Bahamian Elementatry School Principals' and Teachers' Perceptions of Inclusive Education

Tracy Colebrooke, Georgia Southern University

Room 129

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

Empowered Youth from a Marginalized School: Stories of Four Recent College Graduates

Megan Adams, Kennesaw State University

Room 129

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

Technology Integration into Differentiated Mathematics Instruction: Teacher Attitudes

Ardyth Foster, Armstrong State University
Jackie Kim, Armstrong State University

Room 129

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

Presentation Materials Available

Attitudes About High School Physics in Relationship to Gender & Ethnicity: A Mixed Method Analysis

Rabieh J. Hafza, Mercer University Alumni

Room 210

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

When does Teaching Become Over-teaching? Didactical Dissonance in the Mathematics Classroom

Nathan J. Wisdom, Georgia State University

Room 210

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

Education for Non-English Speaking Latino Students

Maria M. Weant, University of North Georgia

Room 218

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

Presentation Materials Available

English Language Learners in Georgia: Describing a Ghost Population in the Shadows

Alisa Leckie PhD, Georgia Southern University
James Jupp, Georgia Southern University

Room 218

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

Implementing Model Curriculum Standards

Jose A. Villavicencio, Columbus State University

Room 218

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

Presentation Materials Available

1:15 PM

Imagining Mattering: Hip Hop Civics Ed, Intersectionality & Black Joy

Bettina L. Love, University of Georgia

Room 111 (Magnolia Room)

1:15 PM - 2:15 PM

2:30 PM

Educators: We must not be Afraid to Teach the Civil War History!

Noran L. Moffett, Fayetteville State University
Nurah-Talibah N. Moffett, Clark Atlanta University

Room 210

2:30 PM - 3:45 PM

Effect of Integrating Children’s Literature in Elementary Mathematics

Lyn Thomas, Mercer University
Jay Feng, Mercer University

Room 210

2:30 PM - 3:45 PM

A Phenomenological Case Study of Foster Home-Based Parental Involvement with the Education of High School Youth in Foster Care

Kwanza Oliver, Argosy University - Atlanta Campus

Room 212

2:30 PM - 3:45 PM

Definitions of Parent Involvement Given by Korean Immigrants Parents

Yanghee Kim, Kennesaw State University
Sohyun An, Kennesaw State University
Hyun Chu Kim, Kennesaw State University

Room 212

2:30 PM - 3:45 PM

Knitting the Tri-intersectional Narratives of Possible Selves: Perceptions of African American Females at a Single Gendered High School

Cheryl Jamison, Mercer University

Room 217

2:30 PM - 3:45 PM

Mentoring the Black Female Graduate Student in the For-Profit Academy

Qiana Cutts, Argosy University - Atlanta Campus

Room 217

2:30 PM - 3:45 PM

Occupational Stress and Wellness of Teachers in an Urban School District

Qiana Cutts, Argosy University - Atlanta Campus

Room 217

2:30 PM - 3:45 PM

A Three Year Evaluation of Spirituality among Graduate and Professional Degree Students at a Private Institution of Higher Education

Bobby C. Jacob, Mercer University
Lucy Bush, Mercer University
Jeffrey S. Hall, Mercer University
W. Loyd Allen, Mercer University
Elaine C. Harris, Mercer University
Angela O. Shogbon, Mercer University
Wesley N. Barker, Mercer University

Room 218

2:30 PM - 3:45 PM

Promising Practices for Supervisors of Teacher Candidates Enrolled in Yearlong, Co-taught Clinical Experiences

Toni Strieker, Kennesaw State University
Daphne Hubbard, Kennesaw State University
Megan Adams, Kennesaw State University
Neporcha Cone, Kennesaw State University

Room 218

2:30 PM - 3:45 PM

Presentation Materials Available

Writing in the Disciplines: An Analysis of the Demands of College Writing Tasks

Jinrong Li, Georgia Southern University
Xiaomei Song, Georgia Southern University

Room 218

2:30 PM - 3:45 PM

Saturday, October 17th
9:00 AM

A Research Study on the Reasons for High Employee Turnover Rates in a Manufacturing Facility

Tiffany E. Lewis, Nova Southeastern University

Room 210

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM

Presentation Materials Available

Hopscotch Building: a Model for the Generation of Qualitative Research Designs

Ivan M. Jorrín Abellán, Kennesaw State University

Room 210

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM

Microfinance, Education, and Women's Empowerment in Mali

Camille Sutton-Brown-Fox, Kennesaw State University

Room 210

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM

A Case Study Analysis of Parents’ Perceptions of Epstein’s Six Typologies of Parental Involvement in a K-12 Diverse School District

Chantara Rumph-Carter, Argosy University - Atlanta Campus

Room 212

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM

Civic Education in the Advanced Placement Classroom

Erin Goff, Valdosta State University

Room 212

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM

Evaluating a Behaviorist and Constructivist Learning Theory for 21st Century Learners

Paul F. Sidney, Armstrong Atlantic State University

Room 212

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM

Presentation Materials Available

Action Research in the Pk-12 Classroom

LaTasha Jones, Georgia State University
Quiana Cutts, Argosy University - Atlanta Campus
Kate Maloney
Lisa Stone, Georgia Southern University
Keisha Carter

Room 217

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM

An Instrument to Study the State-Wide Implementation of edTPA: Validating the edTPA Levels of Integration Survey

Ruchi Bhatnagar, Georgia State University
Jihye Kim, Kennesaw State University
Joyce E. Many, Georgia State University

Room 218

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM

Motivations of College Major Choices Based on Gender

Aniko Horne, Georgia Southwestern State University
Judy O. Grissett, Georgia Southwestern State University

Room 218

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM

Struggling with the Implementation of edTPA: Understanding the Concerns of edTPA Coordinators in Georgia

Ruchi Bhatnagar, Georgia State University
Tamra Ogletree
Morgin Jones, Georgia State University
Clarice Thomas, Georgia State University
Jihye Kim, Kennesaw State University
Shannon Howrey, Kennesaw State University
Shaneeka Favors, Georgia State University

Room 218

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM

10:30 AM

Developmental Trajectories of the Children of the Incarcerated: From an Educational Psychological Perspective

Meagan C. Arrastia, Valdosta State University

Room 129

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

Presentation Materials Available

Middle Grade Math for Girls and their Moms: A Project in Action

Edgar E. Rivas, Argosy University - Atlanta Campus

Room 129

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

Strategic Alliance of Second Life in an Executive Nursing Track

Diana Meeks, Chamberlain College of Nursing

Room 129

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

Student Perceptions of Caring Mathematics Instruction

Andrew B. Spires, Georgia State University

Room 129

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

Presentation Materials Available

Using an Online Tool to Design Lessons Aligned with Common Core Standards

Aslihan Unal, Teaching and Learning, College of Education, Georgia Southern University

Room 129

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

A Case Study: Non-Hispanic Elementary Teachers' Perceptions of the Latino Education Culture

Edgar E. Rivas, Argosy University - Atlanta Campus

Room 210

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

Leading Diversity in the Masses: An overview of the NCBI model for Academic and Student Affairs Professionals

Jymmyca L. Wyatt PhD, The University of North Georgia

Room 210

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

Negotiating Words & Worlds: An Autoethnography of Linguistic Identity Development

Clarice Thomas, Georgia State University

Room 210

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

Undergraduate Research in Georgia Classrooms

Courtney Hartman, Georgia Southern University
Jessica Davis, Georgia Southern University
Meredith Eby, Georgia Southern University
Meca Williams-Johnson
Yasar Bodur, Georgia Southern University

Room 217

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

Presentation Materials Available