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Submissions from 2027
EmpathVR: Teaching Empathy for ADHD Through Virtual Reality, Lucas J. Jensen and Mete Akcaoglu
Submissions from 2023
Leveraging Technology to Engage Students in Discussions, Elizabeth C. Barrow
Crisis Detection and Response; A Sustainable, Accessible, Feasible, Effective (SAFE) Community and School Safety Planning, Mary Jo Carney, Juliann S. McBrayer, Chad Posick, and Dawn Tysinger
Engaging in productive struggle: Pre-service teacher's experience in face-to-face vs. online methods classes, Shelli Casler-Failing
Engaging in Productive Struggle: Preservice Teachers' Experiences in Face-to-Face vs. Online Methods Classes, Shelli L. Casler-Failing
Addressing Trauma in Context: Domain Relevance in Resilience Services, Richard E. Cleveland
Protecting our Protectors, Richard E. Cleveland
Sustainable Physical & Mental Readiness Training for Tactical Athlete Operators, Richard E. Cleveland
Revealing the Stories of a Place: Designing Curricula on an Island, Ariel Cornett, Delandrea Hall, Kathryn L. Haughney, Cynthia C. Massey, Amanda Wall, and Kania Greer
The Experiences of Georgia Special Education Teachers During the Pandemic, Karin Fisher, Edie Grice, Adia Greer, and Laura Echezabal
The Experiences of Special Education Teachers During the Pandemic, Karin M. Fisher and Edie Grice
Supporting Inclusion/accommodations for Students With Disabilities in STEM Extracurriculars: A FIRST Robotics Needs Assessment, Andre Grossberg, Karin M. Fisher, Kania Greer, Anish Sankuratri, Sophia Caiello, and Asanshay Gupta
Blue Table Talk: Exploring Nuerodiversities, Part 2, Kathryn L. Haughney
Instructional Technologist, Instructional Designer, Learning Designer, etc., and Teacher: What are these roles and how are they connected?, Charles B. Hodges
Leveraging Diverse Picture Books to Conceptualize Equity and Social Justice Pedagogies in Mathematics Teacher Education, Alesia M. Moldavan
"Celebrating"' the "divisive": "Responding" to the appropriation of Malcolm X, E. Anthony Muhammad
Graduate Faculty Perceptions of Student Readiness: Supporting Graduate Students' Success, Regina Rahimi, Lina B. Soares, and Amanda L. Townley
KEYS to Teaching Success: OER to Support Georgia’s Preservice Teachers, Nancy L. Remler
Fostering Scientific Literacy Through Connected Discourse, Amanda L. Townley
My Science or My Soul: Evolution Teaching and Learning in the United States, Amanda L. Townley
Submissions from 2022
Integrating Technology Into the Classroom: How to Buffer Against the Temptation of Digital Distractions, Anna C. Brady, Yeo-eun Kim, and Jacqueline von Spiegel
Facilitating Productive Struggle in an Online Mathematics Methods Course: Experiences of Secondary Education Preservice Teachers, Shelli L. Casler-Failing
Input and Output: Using LEGO Robots to Understand Functions, Shelli L. Casler-Failing
Understanding Unit Rates and Slope Using LEGO Robots, Shelli L. Casler-Failing and Erin Schmidt
Understanding Unit Rates and Slope Using LEGO Robots, Shelli L. Casler-Failing and Erin Schmidt
K-8 Preservice Teachers’ Numeracy (Number Sense) Knowledge, Gregory Chamblee, Tuyin An, Ha Nguyen, L. Delgado, Eryn M. Maher, and Heidi Eisenreich
Structured or Unstructured Note Taking? Investigating the Impact of Guided Note Taking on Students’ Performance, Caitlin J. Criss and Anna C. Brady
Introduction to Universal Design for Learning and Assistive Technology, Stephanie M. Devine, Kathryn L. Haughney, Adam C. Carreon, and Karin Fisher
Using I-Connect and Peer Mentors to Build the Self-Monitoring Skills of Young Adults With Intellectual and Developmental Disability, Stephanie M. Devine, Cynthia C. Massey, and Kathryn L. Haughney
Using Peer-Coaching and a Self-Monitoring App to Improve On-Task Behavior for a College Student with Autism and Intellectual Disability, Stephanie M. Devine, Cynthia C. Massey, and Kathryn L. Haughney
I Can't Remember Which Fraction to Keep or Flip: Building Understanding of Fraction Division with the CRA Instructional Model, A. Disney, Karin Fisher, A. Lorden, and H. Eisenreich
Preparing for the “New Normal”: Two Years Into Emergency Remote Teaching, Elizabeth Downs, Cordelia D. Zinskie, and Lucas Jensen
An Initial Look at the Emergency Remote Training Needs of Teachers, Elizabeth Downs, Cordelia D. Zinskie, and Lucas J. Jensen
Introduction to Mursion, Karin Fisher
Legislative Advocacy for Special Education, Karin K. Fisher and K. Miller
Spiritfarer: A Relaxing Exploration Around Themes of Death and Loss, Noah Glaser, Maggie Center, Tina Riedy, Lucas J. Jensen, Joe Griffin, and Jim Shifflett
Use of Multicultural Texts to Promote Culturally Relevant Tasks in Teacher Education, Dittika Gupta, Alesia Mickle Moldavan, and Angela Bullard
Without It, It’s Incomplete: Incorporating Narratives of Georgia’s Gullah Geechee Community in the Classroom, Delandrea Hall, Ariel Cornett, Michelle Ann Reidel, Amee Adkins, Alexandra J. Reyes, and Peggy Shannon-Baker
Demonstrating Self-Determination: Interactive Presentations for the Self-Determined Learning Model of Instruction (SDLMI) using Pear Deck, Kathryn L. Haughney, Cynthia C. Massey, and Stephanie M. Devine
Exploring Faculty Experiences With Technology-supported Collaboration in College Classrooms, Jackie HeeYoung Kim, Cynthia C. Massey, Montana Smithey, and H. Cha
How Can We Better Train Educators for Emergency Remote Teaching?: Hermeneutic Phenomenological Analysis, Jackie HeeYoung Kim and E. Anthony Muhammad
Is Metacognition Enough? Comparing Two Workshop Interventions in College Biology, Lauren C. Hensley, Amy E. Kulesza, Joshua Peri, Anna C. Brady, Christopher A. Walters, David M. Sovic, and Caroline A. Breitenberger
Ideas for Choice-Based Assessment in a Classroom, Eric Hogan
Using Two-Mode Networks to Better Understand Resource Attainment, Eric Hogan and Sean Forbes
Autonomy in Assessment: Graduate Students' Experiences and Thoughts on Implementation, Eric Hogan and Marlynn Griffin
Co-Teaching Professional Development: Did it work? Yes, no, maybe so!, Catherine Howerter and Courtney Toledo
A Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) About Mixed Methods Research: Past, Present, and Future, Melissa Kossman, Omolola Alade, Sheryl Chatfield, Elisabeth Kutscher, Pamela Musoke, Antigoni Papadimitriou, Sha Shafee, Peggy A. Shannon-Baker, S. Thiem, and R. Yang
Employment for Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: A Gap in the Continuum, Cynthia C. Massey, Kathryn L. Haughney, and Stephanie M. Devine
Systematic Instruction Strategy Training to Increase EmployAbility of Adults with IDD, Cynthia C. Massey, Kathryn L. Haughney, and Stephanie M. Devine
Improving Preservice Mathematics Teachers' Mindfulness, Anxiety and Self-Efficacy to Impact Student Outcomes, Cynthia C. Massey and E. Anthony Muhammad
Preservice Special Education Teachers’ Experience of a Math Methods Course: An Examination of Perceived Anxiety and Self-Efficacy, Cynthia C. Massey and E. Anthony Muhammad
Writing for ABT, William McComas, Valerie Haff, Kathleen Westrich, Amanda L. Townley, William H. Heyborne, Kate N. Walker, Emily Weigel, and Suann Yang
An Interdisciplinary Pathway to Activating Productive Struggle through Problem-Based Learning, Regina McCurdy, Taylor A. Norman, Elizabeth C. Barrow, and Shelli L. Casler-Failing 3762344
Struggling in Math: Ensuring it is Productive, Regina McCurdy, Taylor A. Norman, Elizabeth C. Barrow, Shelli L. Casler-Failing, and Amanda Wall
Taking Grades out of Field Experiences through an Ungrading Model, Regina McCurdy, Taylor A. Norman, Elizabeth C. Barrow, Shelli L. Casler-Failing, and Amanda Wall
You Can Do It: Embracing Productive Struggle to Empower Students, Alesia M. Moldavan and Montana Smithey
Elijah Muhammad, Paulo Freire, and the Nation of Islam’s Conscientização, E. Anthony Muhammad
The Hermeneutics of Hip Hop: Examining David Banner’s Music Production Process Through the Lens of Hans-Georg Gadamer’s Fusion of Horizons, E. Anthony Muhammad
Self-Regulation in the Classroom: Using an Understanding of the Tides as a Model for Students’ Time Management Skills, Taylor A. Norman, David C. Owens, Alisa Leckie, R. Warner, and B. Wells
Ready or Not? The Effectiveness of Online Support Modules for Graduate Students, Regina Rahimi, Lina Soares, and Amanda L. Townley
Kicking and Screaming: The Shift to Online Instruction in Teacher Education, Michelle Reidel and Taylor Norman
I Thought I was One of the Good Ones: Books to Challenge White Complacency, Michelle Reidel, Taylor Norman, and Elizabeth C. Barrow
Cultivo Una Rosa blanca: The Power of the Simple Verse for Connection and Learning, Alexandra J. Reyes
Engaging Families of Multilingual Learners in the Upper Grades, Alexandra J. Reyes
Engaging Families of Multilingual Students in the Upper Grades, Alexandra J. Reyes
Providing Effective Professional Development for your Colleagues, Alexandra J. Reyes
Navigating Curriculum and Critique in a Community-based Heritage Language Program: A Collaborative Autoethnography, Alexandra J. Reyes and Jamie Schissel
Series Editor Introduction, William M. Reynolds
Increasing Participation in STEAM for Individuals with Disabilities through Video Game Design, Matthew Schmidt, Noah Glaser, and Lucas J. Jensen
Objectivity: A Wynterian Reading of a Master Narrative in Educational Research, Peggy Shannon-Baker
Mixed Methods Research in Education: Methodological Contributions of Five Example Studies, Peggy A. Shannon-Baker
Doctoral Colloquium—Confronting Death: Lived Experiences from Players of the Serious Game Spiritfarer, Jim Shifflett, Noah Glaser, Lucas J. Jensen, Tina Riedy, and Maggie Center
Neurodiversity and the Classroom Panel Presentation, M. Smith, J. King, N. Matarrese, and Karin Fisher
How Two Heritage Language Programs Foster Immigrant-School-Community Engagement in the New Immigrant South, Wenyang Sun and Alexandra J. Reyes
Role Playing the IEP Meeting: “It’s something I can actually accomplish, Courtney Toledo
Choosing Qualitatively Oriented Mixed Methods Research, Courtney A. Toledo and Peggy Shannon-Baker
A Leap of Faith: Fostering Discourse to Break Barriers to Science Literacy, Amanda L. Townley
Capstone Client Presentation on Evolution Education Research, Amanda L. Townley
Evolution and Religion in the United States, Amanda L. Townley
Teachers' Perception of Their Ability to Implement Differentiated Instruction, Aslihan Unal, Zafer Unal, and Yasar Bodur
Designing Flipped Classroom Lessons With the Use of a Reliable Evaluation Rubric, Zafer Unal and Aslihan Unal
Helping Preservice Teachers Learn About the Code of Ethics Through Case Studies, Zafer Unal and Aslihan Unal
Diversity in the Field Schools: Why Representation Matters, Zafer Unal, Aslihan Unal, Yasar Bodur, and Michael R. Sampson
Submissions from 2021
Is voting a privilege that can be taken away?: How one middle grades social studies methods class investigated the history of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, Elizabeth C. Barrow
Looking Beyond the Battles: A Review of Civil War Standards Across the United States, Elizabeth C. Barrow
Anti-racism in White Educators’ Classrooms: A Complicated Journey Toward Conscientization Maturation, Elizabeth C. Barrow and Taylor A. Norman
How do I do this?: Using a critical friendship to harness RPCK in a social studies methods class, Elizabeth C. Barrow and Taylor A. Norman
Context and Values in Educational Technology Research, Rebecca Y. Bayeck, Spencer P. Greenhalgh, Tutaleni I. Asino, and Lucas J. Jensen
Children’s Books as Instructional Tools in EFL, Scott A. Beck
Perusall: An Electronic Silver Lining in a Dark COVID Cloud, Scott A. Beck
The Struggle Is Real: Creating Opportunities for Productive Struggle in All Content Areas, Shelli Casler-Failing, Elizabeth C. Barrow, Amanda L. Glaze, and T. Norman
Learning to teach with robots in a mathematics methods course, Shelli L. Casler-Failing
Using Critical Self-Reflection to Promote Multicultural Competence and Cultural Sensitivity Among Trainees, M. Cavins and Jennifer Perry
Children and Silence, Richard E. Cleveland
Aware, Accepting and Able: A Mindfulness-Based Approach Supporting P-12 Students through COVID-19, Richard E. Cleveland and Jennifer Perry
Managing Difficult Conversations Workshop, Lisa Costello, Nikki DiGregorio, Rochelle Bornett Lee, Alexandra J. Reyes, Peggy Shannon-Baker, Stacy Smallwood, and Clare Walsh
Recognizing Bias Workshop, Lisa Costello, Nikki DiGregorio, Rochelle Bornett Lee, Alexandra J. Reyes, Peggy Shannon-Baker, Stacy Smallwood, and Clare Walsh
Unpacking Privilege Workshop, Lisa Costello, Nikki DiGregorio, Rochelle Bornett Lee, Alexandra J. Reyes, Peggy Shannon-Baker, Stacy Smallwood, and Clare Walsh
Providing Accessible Texts for Adolescents/Young Adults With Intellectual and Developmental Disability, Stephanie M. Devine
Building Tech-based Self-Monitoring Skills in College Students with IDD, Stephanie M. Devine, Kathryn L. Haughney, Cynthia C. Massey, and Julie Pickens