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Submissions from 2021
All Means All: An Inclusive Educational Model for Panama to Address the Need for STEM and Literacy, Beverly A. King Miller
Expanding STEM Membership: Using Science Process Skills in a Social Justice Curriculum to Combat Stereotype Threats and Build Self-Efficacy in African American Students, Beverly A. King Miller, Alma D. Stevenson, and Shelli Casler-Failing
A Multi-State Study of the Dominant Discourses in Teacher Candidates' Memories of Writing, Sonia M. Kline, Grace Kang, Chinwe H. Ikpeze, Linda Smetana, Joy Myers, Jenn Raskauskas, R. Scales, K.N. Tracy, and Amanda Wall
Review of the book Autism through a sensory lens: Sensory assessment and strategies, by J. Beaney, Nai-Cheng Kuo and Karin Fisher
Discussion to Support Literacy Learning, Jacquelynn A. Malloy and Leslie D. Roberts
Self-Monitoring Among Secondary and Post-Secondary Students with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: A Systematic Review, Melvin S. Marsh and Stephanie M. Devine
Georgia Management Students’ Perceptions of Faculty Academic Qualifications and Professional Experiences, Juliann Sergi McBrayer, Gregory Quinet, Steve Tolman, and Katherine Fallon
Countering the "Phenomenology of Whiteness": The Nation of Islam's Phenomenology of Blackness, E. Anthony Muhammad
Entering the archives: Developing a topic, E. Anthony Muhammad
Book Review: Action Research for Classrooms, Schools, and Communities. Teachers College Record by Meghan M. Manfra, Taylor A. Norman
Dotting, Slanting and Crossing Lines: Sentence Diagramming as a Scaffold to Teacher Candidates’ Metalinguistic Awareness, Taylor A. Norman
Pre-service Elementary Science Teacher Preparation through Children’s Literature, David C. Owens, Gillian E. McCall, Kimi Jaikaran, Nedra Cossa, and Thomas R. Koballa
Ease into Climate Change Instruction through Ocean Acidification, David C. Owens, Susanne Rafolt, and Erin M. Arneson
Exploring Undergraduates’ Breadth of Socio-scientific Reasoning Through Domains of Knowledge, David C. Owens, Troy D. Sadler, Destini N. Petitt, and Cory T. Forbes
Psychology in a Complex World, J. A. Park, T. Hill, and Abraham E. Flanigan
Courtesy Stigma and Self-care Practices Among Rural HIV/AIDS Healthcare Providers, Fayth M. Parks and Stacy Smallwood
Motivation and Self-Regulated Learning in Computer Science: Lessons Learned From a Multiyear Program of Classroom Research, Markeya S. Peteranetz, Leen-Kiat Soh, Duane F. Shell, and Abraham E. Flanigan
Teacher Awareness of Trauma Informed Practice: Raising Awareness In Southeast Georgia, Regina Rahimi, Delores D. Liston, Amee Adkins, and Jamie Nourzad
“I Don’t Speak Science”: Preparing Monolingual Teachers to Work with Multilingual Learners, Alexandra J. Reyes and Katie L. Brkich
Resource Pedagogies and the Evolution of Culturally Relevant, Responsive, and Sustaining Education, Alexandra J. Reyes and Taylor A. Norman
Matters of Life and Love: Some Preliminary Mappings of Womanist Pedagogical Futures, Sabrina N. Ross
Womanist Inquiry for Social Justice in Curriculum, Sabrina N. Ross
Examining Self-Efficacy and Preparedness to Succeed in Post-Secondary Education: A Survey of Recent High School Graduates, Rachel Saunders, Sejal Parikh Foxx, S. Todd Bolin, Brittany Prioleau, Merry Leigh Dameron, Maylee Vazquez, and Jennifer Perry
Centering Race in Mixed and Multi-Method Research on Implicit Bias: A Systematic Review, Peggy Shannon-Baker
The Palimpsest as an Arts-based Integration Strategy for Mixed Methods Research, Peggy Shannon-Baker
Chapter 116 Queering Mixed Methods Research, Peggy A. Shannon-Baker
Fridges, Peggy A. Shannon-Baker
State of I, Peggy A. Shannon-Baker
Recognizing and supporting queer students from rural areas, Carl Sorgen and Baker A. Rogers
"It's Almost as if I Wrote This": Transnational Migrant Farmworkers Read "Their" Lives, Alma D. Stevenson and Scott Beck
A Culturally Responsive Literacy Approach to Develop Scientific Conceptual Knowledge through Creative Narratives, Alma D. Stevenson and Lacey D. Huffling
Practice Makes Progress: Utilizing a Simulated IEP Meeting in Teacher Preparation, Courtney A. Toledo
Acceptance, Confidence, and Time: Exploring Dynamics of Middle and Secondary Science Teacher Autonomy in Teaching Evolution in the Southeastern United States, Amanda L. Townley
Preparing Teachers for Diverse Schools - An Online Tool for Calculating School Diversity for Field Placements, Aslihan Unal and Zafer Unal
Using Flipped Classrooms in Middle Schools: Teachers’ Perceptions, Aslihan Unal, Zafer Unal, and Yasar Bodur
How Teacher Choice and Voice can Improve Professional Development Design and Implementation, Zafer Unal and Aslihan Unal
Mobile Entanglements and Communitas: The Embodied Nature of Play in Pokémon Go, Keri Duncan Valentine and Lucas J. Jensen
Teacher Visioning: A Systematic Review of the Literature, Margaret Vaughn, Amanda Wall, Roya Qualls Scales, Seth A. Parsons, and Vera Sotirovska
Putting It In Writing, Amanda Wall
Visions of Middle School: How Beginning Teacher Candidates Describe their Early Visions for Teaching, Amanda Wall
Teacher Candidates Collaborate to Create Place-Based Integrated Curriculum, Amanda Wall and Taylor Norman
Faculty-in-Residence: A Model to Enhance Rural Partnerships, Amanda Wall, Michelle Reidel, and Catherine Howerter
Revisiting family involvement: Reimagining involvement to tackle the long-term effects of COVID-19 together, Meca Williams-Johnson
Self-efficacy Insights From Public School Educator Turned Home Educator, Meca Williams-Johnson
Looking Toward the Future: The Educational Aspirations of Rural African American Students, Meca Williams-Johnson and Elise J. Cain
Submissions from 2020
The Lived Experiences of First-Generation College Students of Color Integrating into the Institutional Culture of a Predominantly White Institution, Talisha L. Adams and Juliann Sergi McBrayer
Using Cultural Representations in Video Games to Confront Stereotypes and Misconceptions About Brazil: Favelas, Futebol, and Brasilidade, Daisyane Barreto and Lucas J. Jensen
1860: The Election That Started the War, Elizabeth C. Barrow
Give students a Voice: Teaching using Photovoice, Elizabeth C. Barrow
Latina Parental Involvement: Contributions to Persistence in STEM Fields, Katie Brkich, Alejandro José Gallard Martínez, Alma D. Stevenson, Gillian Ursula Bayne, Wesley B. Pitts, Beth A. Wassell, Lorena Claeys, and Belinda B. Flores
Teachers’ Perceptions of Professional Learning Needs in Relation to Grading and Assessment Practices, Kelly Brooksher, Juliann Sergi McBrayer, and Katherine E. Fallon
Striving to Align with the CAS Standards: Graduate Preparatory Programs in Higher Education & Student Affairs, Daniel W. Calhoun, Steven Tolman, and Kaylee King
Teaching proportionality through robotics, Shelli L. Casler-Failing
Aware I Am Alone: Intersections of Solitude and Mindfulness, Richard Cleveland
Rethinking Social Inquiry in the Wake of Science Studies: Transdisciplinary Pursuits in Times of Climate Change, Information flows and Fading Democracies, Elizabeth de Freitas and John A. Weaver
A Survey of Graduate Students’ Experiences with Multiple Roles and Relationships in Counselor Education Programs, Kristen Dickens, Richard Cleveland, and Lauren Amason
Institutional Conditions that Matter to Community College Students’ Success, Crystal L. Edenfield and Juliann Sergi McBrayer
Exploring Alumni Valuation of an Undergraduate Leadership Program, John D. Egan, Juliann Sergi McBrayer, Steven Tolman, and Pamela C. Wells
Legal brief Endrew F. v. Douglas County, Karin Fisher, Courtney J. Hodge, and Peggy Schaefer-Whitby
Legislative Advocacy for Special Educators, Karin Fisher and Katie Miller
Parent knowledge of the definition of FAPE in light of the Endrew vs. Douglas County School Board decision, Karin Fisher, Cassandra B. Willis, and Barbara E. Ransom
Checking comprehension in online classes, Abraham E. Flanigan
Digital Distraction in the Classroom: Exploring Instructor Perceptions and Reactions, Abraham E. Flanigan and Wayne Babchuk
Impact of Digital Distraction on Lecture Note Taking and Student Learning, Abraham E. Flanigan and Scott Titsworth
Bridging the chasm between evolution and faith, Amanda L. Glaze
Driving reform through communities of practice in scientific fields, Amanda L. Glaze
Hey! There’s a light at the end of this tunnel (hope it’s not a train)…Full speed, head-on, into the unknown, Amanda L. Glaze
Holiday Edition: Children’s Books: Review of Little Kids Big Book of Why by Amy Shields, Amanda L. Glaze
Leveraging communities of practice to build integrated professional learning communities for STEM education, Amanda L. Glaze
Review of Extreme Ocean by Sylvia A. Earle and Glen Phelan, Amanda L. Glaze
Review of Glow Down Deep by Lisa Regan, Amanda L. Glaze
Review of Nature at Night by Lisa Regan, Amanda L. Glaze
Review of Sharks by Anne Schreiber, Amanda L. Glaze
Review of So Cool! Sharks by Crispin Boyer, Amanda L. Glaze
Review of The Ultimate Book of Sharks by Brian Skerry, Elizabeth Carney, and Sarah Wassner Flynn, Amanda L. Glaze
The Generalized Acceptance of EvolutioN Evaluation (GAENE) 3.0: Enhancement and validation of a new measure of acceptance, Amanda L. Glaze, Scott Snyder, Randolph A. Devereaux, and Mike U. Smith
Utilization and Perceived Utility of Institutional Administrative and Student Affairs Assessment Resources, Cynthia D. Groover, Juliann Sergi McBrayer, Richard E. Cleveland, and Amy Jo Riggs
Impact of Literacy Across Content on Middle School Students' Reading Comprehension in a Rural Context, Antonio P. Gutierrez de Blume, Anne Katz, and Jenna Bass
Quality of Feedback in Higher Education: A Review of Literature, Kathryn L. Haughney, Shawnee Wakeman, and Laura Hart
COVID-19 Crisis and Faculty Members in Higher Education: From Emergency Remote Teaching to Better Teaching through Reflection, Charles B. Hodges and Denver Fowler
Instructional Design for Emergency Remote Teaching (ERT) - Job Aid, Charles B. Hodges, Stephanie L. Moore, Barbara B. Lockee, and M. Aaron Bond
Elevating Student Voice: The Role and Importance of Literacy Coaches for K–12 Teachers, Anne Katz, Kaitlynn Cooper, JoEllen McCarthy, Bilal Polson, Kathy Smith, and Caitlin Spears
Rethinking Our Work as Literacy Educators: Cultivating Critical Thinking Skills among Graduate Students in an Online Learning Environment, Anne Katz and Sharryn Larsen Walker
An Integrative STEM NIH Grant: Designing Equitable Curriculum to Collaborate with Undergraduate Science Majors and Spark Connections, Anne Katz and Karla Sue Marriott
Pedagogical Cases in Integrating Technology Into Instruction: What Can We Do to Celebrate Faiure?, Jackie Hee-Young Kim and Lucas J. Jensen
Transgressing for Access: A Call for Higher Education Reform to Support Black Females in STEM, Beverly A. King Miller
Walking in Two Worlds: An Autoethnographic Reflection of Establishing a STEM Program in Panama City, Panama, Beverly A. King Miller
What Writing Processes do Teacher Candidates Use? Findings from a Think-Aloud Protocol, Tracy Linderholm, Amanda Wall, Xiaomei Song, and Whitney Carter
Cultivating teacher candidates who support student agency: Four promising practices, Dixie D. Massey and Amanda Wall
Undergraduate Quantitative Biology Impact on Biology Preservice Teachers, Robert Mayes, Tammy Long, Lacey D. Huffling, Aaron Reedy, and Brad Williamson
Instructional Leadership Practices and School Leaders' Self-Efficacy, Juliann Sergi McBrayer, Carter Akins, Antonio P. Gutierrez de Blume, Richard E. Cleveland, and Summer Pannell
Doctoral Candidacy Examination Scores and Time to Degree Completion, Juliann Sergi McBrayer, Steven Tolman, and Katherine E. Fallon
Keeping Our Students Safe: Examining Perceptions of Crisis Frequency and Preparedness of Educators in a Statewide Online Charter School, Juliann Sergi McBrayer, Dawn Tysinger, Jeffrey A. Tysinger, Terry D. Diamanduros, and Katherine Fallon
Conservative philanthropy and HBCUs: Historical Trends and the Current Landscape, E. Anthony Muhammad
Weaponizing Religion: A Document Analysis of the Religious Indoctrination of Slaves in Service of White Labor Elites, E. Anthony Muhammad
Policing and the Black Community: History, Reality and the Rudiments for Change, E. Anthony Muhammad and Jack Monell
Effects of Mass Trials versus Distributed Trials During a Shared Story Reading for Students with Moderate to Severe Disabilities, Mona Nasir-Tucktuck, Joshua N. Baker, Cori More, K. Ryan Wennerlind, and Stephanie M. Devine
Methods of a Narrative Inquirist: Storying the Endured Teacher Identity, Taylor A. Norman
