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Submissions from 2016
Overcoming Challenges of Common Core Implementation Using an Online Tool, Aslihan Unal
Case Studies to Deepen Understanding and Enhance Parental Involvement Skills in Pre-service Teacher Training Programs, Aslihan Unal, Zafer Unal, and Yasar Bodur
Teaching Assessment With Technology-based Case Studies and Scenario, Aslihan Unal, Zafer Unal, and Yasar Bodur
Introducing and Integrating Common Core State Standards Into Preservice Teacher Training Programs, Zafer Unal, Yasar Bodur, and Aslihan Unal
Introducing and Integrating Parental Involvement Case Studies Into Pre-service Teacher Training Programs, Zafer Unal, Yasar Bodur, and Aslihan Unal
Investigating and Comparing the Impact of Two Strategies (Lesson Design With MS Word and Online Tool) Used for Improving Inservice Teachers' Knowledge, Skills, and Practices on Common Core State Standards (CCSS), Zafer Unal, Aslihan Unal, and Yasar Bodur
Dimensions of Design Activity in a Tabletop Game Design Camp, Keri Duncan Valentine and Lucas J. Jensen
Using Personal Photographs to Enhance Students' Learning Processes, P. Wells and Kristen Dickens
Parents as Key Stakeholders in the Professional Development School, Ellen V. Whitford, Regina Rahimi, L. Butler, D. Stone, and M. Barrett
Encountering Racial Dilemma's in the Classroom: Approaches to Difficult Discussions That Lead to Constructive Engagement, Meca Williams-Johnson
Own It, Share It, Learn It: Undergraduates Research Methods Course and Self-directed Learning, Meca Williams-Johnson
Research Efficacy Beliefs Among Undergraduate Students, Meca Williams-Johnson
Women and Professorial Image: Teaching at the Intersection of Gender, Race, Class, and Emotion in Higher Education Mon, Meca R. Williams-Johnson, Sabrina N. Ross, and Michelle Ann Reidel
Submissions from 2015
Finding the connection between Game-Design and Problem-Solving: Game-Design and Learning Programs, Mete Akcaoglu
Learning Through Inquiry Leads to Change in Practice, Missy M. Bennett and Heather Scott
Using Online Case Studies to Contextualize Diversity Issues: Analysis of Student Responses to Case Studies, Yasar Bodur, Zafer Unal, and Aslihan Unal
Professional preparation program roundtable, Daniel W. Calhoun
The conference is over, now what? Staying connected between conferences, Daniel W. Calhoun
Becoming an integrative practitioner-scholar: Theory, practice, politics, and scholarship, Daniel W. Calhoun and Jason Laker
Navigating the road to publication, Daniel W. Calhoun and Jason Laker
PreK-12 – University partnerships connecting children and nature, Wendy L. Chambers and Lacey D. Huffling
Modifying Middle Grades and Secondary Methods Courses: Transition to edTPA, Gregory Chamblee and Jeffrey S. Hall
A Return to First Things: The Primacy of Aligning CGCP Standards, Richard E. Cleveland
Construct Measurement Using Factor Analysis: Creating & Validating Survey Protocols, Richard E. Cleveland
PBIS: Research and Current Practices, Richard E. Cleveland
Ethics and Multiple Relationships: Recognizing and Addressing the Multiple Relationships Between Doctoral Students and Faculty, Kristen Dickens and C. Ebrahim
Achieving work/life balance in student affairs, Theresa Duggar, Daniel W. Calhoun, Lydia Cross, and Janet Moss
Building collaborative faculty and advisor partnerships for student success, Theresa Duggar, Ben Wentworth, Daniel W. Calhoun, and Lydia Cross
Preparing for Internship: Creating Realistic Site Experiences Using Trained Actors as Clients, C. Ebrahim and Kristen Dickens
Quantitative Reasoning Learning Progressions in Environmental Science: Rasch Analysis and Student Learning, Jennifer Forrester, Robert Mayes, Kent A. Rittschof, Jennifer D. Schuttlefield Christus, and Franziska Peterson
Technology Integration into Differentiated Mathematics Instruction: Teacher Attitudes, Ardyth Foster and Jackie HeeYoung Kim
Early Childhood Disciplinary Practices and the School-to-Prison Pipeline, Julie C. Garlen
Love is a Song that Never Ends: Disney’s Discourses of Desire, Julie C. Garlen
Disney, Institutionalized Whiteness, and the Difficult Knowledge of Being, Julie C. Garlen and J. A. Sandlin
Disney and Disavowal: Escaping from Tomorrow, Julie C. Garlen and Jennifer A. Sandlin
Disney and the Affective Turn, Julie C. Garlen and Jennifer A. Sandlin
Evidence for Distinct Accuracy and Error Factors in Metacognitive Monitoring, Antonio P. Gutierrez, F. Kuch, Gregory Schraw, and A. S. Richmond
Encouraging students' deep understanding and knowledge building across learning formats, Antonio P. Gutierrez de Blume
A Comparison of Web 2.0 Assessment Tools, Jeffrey Hall, Lucy Bush, and Gregory Chamblee
Web 2.0 Assessment Tools for Mathematics Teachers, Jeffrey S. Hall and Gregory Chamblee
Career Ready or Rushed? Developing Career Exploration in CSCPs, Catherine Hammond and Richard E. Cleveland
Promoting Self-determined Extrinsic Motivation for Meaningful Engagement in Online Learning: Online Peer Tutoring, Jackie HeeYoung Kim
Effects of Role-play for Problem-solving Skills and Engagement in Online Forum, Jackie HeeYoung Kim, J. Carter, and M. Cho
Critical environmental agency in field ecology program, Lacey D. Huffling
Current trends of EE research and applications for EE practice, Lacey D. Huffling
Research symposium closing panel, Lacey D. Huffling
Frogs won’t give you warts, but they can engage students!, Lacey D. Huffling, Aerin W. Benavides, and Catherine E. Matthews
Youths’ identity work: Re-thinking cultural relevance, smartness, & boundaries, Lacey D. Huffling, Heidi Carlone, Aerin W. Benavides, and Catherine E. Matthews
Using nature photography to engage students in EE, Lacey D. Huffling, Terry Tomasek, and Wendy L. Chambers
Global Perspectives: Exploring School-Based Brazilian Librarianship Through Institutional Ethnography, M. Johnston and Lucy Santos Green
Constructing Authentic Reading and Discussion Approaches in our Classrooms, Anne Katz
Follow the Reader: "Teens for Literacy" Student Leaders Launch a Cultural Exchange, Anne Katz
Reflect, React, Record: Close Reading Strategies for Narrative and Informational Text, Anne Katz
Snapshot of Classroom Pedagogy, Anne Katz
Teens for Literacy: A Model for University and Inner-City School District Collaboration, Anne Katz, Allen Berger, John Hobe, and Eileen Diamond
Promoting Equity for Primary and Elementary Grade Students: The Flipped Classroom Model to Restructure Instruction for Student Engagement in Learning, Anne Katz, Jackie Hee-Young Kim, and M. Cho
Presenting with Poise: A Conversation on Writing an Abstract and Sharing Insights at Armstrong’s Student Scholar Symposium, Anne Katz, Autumn Torres, Rachel Anderson, and Taylor Sims
Maxine Greene and the Formation of Social Imagination: An Intellectual Genealogy, Robert L. Lake
Radical Love in Teacher Education Praxis: Imagining the Real Through Listening to Diverse Student Voices, Robert L. Lake
With a Little Help From My (Mostly White) Friends: Searching for Invisible Members of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, Robert L. Lake
SoTL: Transformative or Not?, Delored D. Liston and Regina Rahimi
Unlocking SoTL’s Potential for Transformative Education, Delores D. Liston
Putting the “School” Back in School Counseling, A. D. Lynn, C. T. William, and Richard E. Cleveland
Georgia STEM Leadership Institute Participant, Robert Mayes
Quantiative Reasoning: Interdisciplinary STEM 21st Century Reasoning Modality, Robert L. Mayes
Quantitative Reasoning: Interdisciplinary STEM 21st Century Reasoning Modality, Robert L. Mayes
Institute for Interdisciplinary STEM Education, Robert L. Mayes and Kania Greer
21st Century STEM Reasoning, Robert L. Mayes and Shawn Jackson
Empowering Underachieving Youth with Developmentally Appropriate Web 2.0 Technology Tools, Linda Ann McCall and Jackie HeeYoung Kim
Georgia Southern University CPED Design: Why Would We Do This?, Teri Denlea Melton, Juliann Sergi McBrayer, and D. Jensen
The Pinar Project, Marla B. Morris, Reta Ugena Whitlock, and Mary Aswell Doll
Barriers to mental health access in rural communities, Fayth M. Parks
How culture connects to healing and recovery, Fayth M. Parks
Identity & Agency: Lessons from the Life of Robert Smalls, Fayth M. Parks
Why Challenge to Lead? Sanford's Theory of Challenge and Support, Fayth M. Parks
Mental health service barriers in rural U.S. Southern communities, Fayth M. Parks and Philip W. Gold
Girls Leaving School: Advocating Change, Regina Rahimi and Delores D. Liston
Social Justice in the Classroom Through the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Regina Rahimi and Delores D. Liston
“Imagine:” Radical Love Abides in Cruel and Unforgiving Times, William M. Reynolds
Forgotten Places in the New Gilded Age of Greed and Insensitivity, William M. Reynolds
The Disney Curriculum Pedagogies of Being and Buying, Jennifer A. Sandlin and Julie C. Garlen
Using Multiple and Mixed Methods to Investigate Emotions in Educational Contexts, Paul A. Schutz, Jessica T. DeCuir-Gunby, and Meca Williams-Johnson
It’s not just a story, It’s Science!, Heather C. Scott
Blue Bloods and Red Knots of Sapelo Island: An Investigation into Inquiry, Heather C. Scott, Missy M. Bennett, V. Albritton, C. Dean, L. Ike, C. Jackson, E. Lozano, D. Morgan, A. Palmer, L. Stallard, and M. Troutt
Looking for Learners: The Legacy of Technological Content Knowledge (TCK), Scott W. Slough, Michael L. Connell, and Gregory Chamblee
Avoiding “Front Street Pedagogy” in Higher Education, Chelda Smith Kondo
Culturally Relevant Pedagogy in Multicultural Teacher Education: A Paradoxical Objective, Chelda Smith Kondo
Weaving CRP into EdTPA Implementation: Pitfalls and Potentials, Chelda Smith Kondo, A. Lewis, and A. Wells
Migrants Students Scaffolding Their Stories: From Critiquing Socio-Culturally Relevant Mentor Texts to Publishing Collaborative Narratives, Alma D. Stevenson and Scott A. Beck
Using an Online Tool to Design Lessons Aligned with Common Core Standards, Aslihan Unal
Using an Online Platform for Teaching Assessment Via Case Studies -Scenarios, Aslihan Unal and Kymberly Drawdy
Implementing Assessment Case Studies in Teacher Education With the Aid of Web Technology, Aslihan Unal, Kymberly Drawdy, and Zafer Unal
Tracking Teacher Education Candidates' Field Placements in Diverse Schools, Aslihan Unal, Zafer Unal, and Yasar Bodur
Implementing Parental Involvement Online Case Studies in Preservice Teachers' Education, Zafer Unal and Aslihan Unal
Designing Common Core Close Reading Lessons With a New Online Tool, Zafer Unal, Aslihan Unal, and Yasar Bodur
Scenario-based Approach for Teaching Parental Involvement to Preservice Teachers, Zafer Unal, Aslihan Unal, and Yasar Bodur
How to Parlay Your Phone Interview to an on Campus Interview, Pamela Wells and Richard E. Cleveland
