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Submissions from 2020
Cultivating Water Literacy in Stem Education: Undergraduates' Socio-scientific Reasoning About Socio-hydrologic Issues, David C. Owens, Destini N. Petitt, Diane Lally, and Cory T. Forbes
Socio-Scientific Issues as Contexts for the Development of STEM Literacy, David C. Owens and Troy D. Sadler
An Examination of the Impact of Educational Leadership Field Experience Structure on Instructional Leadership Preparedness, Summer Pannell and Juliann Sergi McBrayer McBrayer
School Counselor Self-Efficacy in Advocating for Self: How Prepared Are We?, Jennifer Perry, Sejal Parikh Foxx, Maylee Vazquez, Rachel Saunders, Stanley Bolin, and Merry Leigh Dameron
Preventative Techniques to Curb Bullying, E. Ray and Abraham E. Flanigan
Preface: The Rural and the Radical: The Shadow of Progressive Politics in Forgotten Places and the Dangers of Caricature, William M. Reynolds
The Hell of Lies, Denial, and Distraction: Critical Environmental Pedagogy Through Popular Dystopic Films, William M. Reynolds
Series Editors’ Foreword: Make Friends with Chaos in Chaotic Times, William M. Reynolds and Bradley J. Porfilio
Culturally Responsive Planning, Instruction, and Reflection for Young Children With Significant Disabilities, Christopher J. Rivera, Kathryn L. Haughney, Kelly A. Clark, and Robai N. Werunga
How to Turn Children Into Readers, Leslie D. Roberts
The Dialectic of Racial Justice: Maxine Greene’s Contributions to Morally Engaged and Racially Just Education Spaces, Sabrina N. Ross
Incorporating global perspectives in the Pre-K-12 classroom, Peggy Shannon-Baker
"Those who can’t hear must feel”: Confronting racism, privilege, and self with pre-service teachers, Peggy Shannon-Baker
Unlearning heteronormative discourse: Let’s talk about LGBTQI children in early childhood teacher education, Peggy Shannon-Baker
Parents’ want their voices to “matter”: Perspectives on school enrollment in a shrinking urban school district, Peggy Shannon-Baker, Bradley Porfilio, and Bobbie Plough
Toward a radical Black humanity, Chelda Smith Kondo
Perspectives, Training, and Preparedness of Frequently and Infrequently Addressed Crisis Events in Online Learning Environments, Jeffrey A. Tysinger, Dawn Tysinger, Juliann Sergi McBrayer, and Terry D. Diamanduros
Designing an Interactive Gamified Online Case Study Platform for Preparing Preservice Teachers to Work With Parents, Zafer Unal, Aslihan Unal, and Yasar Bodur
Influencing Professional Practice Through Academic Service Learning AS(L): Pre-Service Teachers Share Their Perceptions, Sharryn Walker and Anne Katz
How Teacher Candidates Support Student Agency in an Early Field Experience, Amanda Wall
Review of Five Feet Apart by R. Lippincott, Amanda Wall and Dorothy Mortimore
2020 Notable Books For a Global Society: Booklist for Grades PreK–12 To Foster Empathy and Social Emotional Learning, Fran Wilson, Sandip LeeAnne Wilson, Mary Ellen Oslick, Junko Sakoi, Joyce Herbeck, Yvonne Siu-Runyan, Meredith Zepf, Ann DiGiacomo, Anne Katz, and Osha Smith
Submissions from 2019
The Perceived Stressors and Coping Skills of Graduate Students: A Development and Validation Study, Alyse Anekstein, Pamela Wells, Richard Cleveland, Nicole C. Hill, Alexandria Kerwin, and Holly H. Wagner
Pass/fail grading in medical school and impact on residency placement, Brittany Ange, Juliann Sergi McBrayer, Daniel W. Calhoun, Antonio P. Gutierrez de Blume, Paul Wallach, and Elena Wood
Creating a Task-Analysis for Teaching Emergent Literacy Skills to Students with Autism, Joshua N. Baker, Christopher Rivera, Stephanie M. Devine, and Lee Mason
Every Picture Tells a Story: Teaching the Past with Photoblogs, Elizabeth C. Barrow
A History Teacher in South Korea: Teaching Elections as an Outsider, Elizabeth C. Barrow and Evelyn Alex Ford
Book Review of Technology and Engagement: Making Technology Work for First-Generation College Students , Daniel W. Calhoun and Matt S. Dunbar
The promotion: Examining the intersectionality of psychosocial identity development, moral development, and self-authorship, Daniel W. Calhoun, Steven Tolman, and Brandin Howard
Extending Tobin’s Mindfulness in Education, Richard Cleveland
Professional Dilemma: Unteachable Teacher?, Richard Cleveland
Selecting Mindfulness-Based Interventions (MBIs), Richard Cleveland
Top 5 Need to Know Regarding Mindfulness, Richard Cleveland
What Do I Need to Know, and How Can I Get the Answers? Needs Assessment from a ‘Not Nosy’ School Counselor, Richard Cleveland
The Effects of a Computer-Aided Listening Comprehension Intervention on the Generalized Communication of Students With Autism Spectrum Disorder and Intellectual Disability, Belva C. Collins, Diane Browder, Kathryn L. Haughney, Caryn Allison, and Kathy Fallon
Just Eat!: The Case of the Martinez Family, Kristen Dickens
Evolution education is a complex landscape, Ryan D. P. Dunk, M. Elizabeth Barnes, Michael J. Reiss, Brian Alters, Anila Asghar, B. Elijah Carter, Sehoya Cotner, Amanda L. Glaze, Patricia H. Hawley, Jamie L. Jensen, Louise S. Mead, Louis S. Nadelson, Craig E. Nelson, Briana Pobiner, Eugenie C. Scott, Andrew Shtulman, Gale M. Sinatra, Sherry A. Southerland, Emily M. Walter, and Jason R. Wiles
Professional dilemma: Unteachable teacher?, Jason Durrell, Richard E. Cleveland, and Laurie A. Carlson
ESSA, students with disabilities and robotics, Karin Fisher
Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders Who Participate in FIRST Robotics, Karin Fisher, Benjamin Gallegos, and Taylor Bousfield
Teaching, Reflecting and Learning: Exploring Teacher Education Study Abroad Programs as Transformational Learning Opportunities, Allison Freed, Aerin W. Benavides, and Lacey D. Huffling
A Deeper Perspective on Darwin: Review of The Quotable Darwin collected and edited by Janet Browne, Amanda L. Glaze
Children's Books for Home and Classroom: Review of A Brief History of Life on Earth by Clémece Dupont, Amanda L. Glaze
Christian biologist: faith and evolution can coexist, Amanda L. Glaze
Evolution in Our Everyday Lives: Review of Dinner with Darwin: Food, Drink, & Evolution, Amanda L. Glaze
How we know what we know about evolution comes from an intersection of specialties and perspectives, Amanda L. Glaze
Our evolutionary underpinnings: evolution education in the 21st century, Amanda L. Glaze
Review of Forgotten Beasts: Amazing Creatures That Once Roamed the Earth by Matt Sewell, Amanda L. Glaze
Review of Little Kids First Big Book of Science edited by K. Zoehfeld., Amanda L. Glaze
Review of Ocean: Secrets of the Deep edited by S. Weiss and F. DeAmicis, Amanda L. Glaze
Review of The Book of Caterpillars edited by David G. James, Amanda L. Glaze
Review of The world of dinosaurs by M. Norell, Amanda L. Glaze
Review of Wilderness: Earth’s amazing habitatsedited by M. Cassany and M. Navarro, Amanda L. Glaze
Unique Scientist: Dr. Amanda L. Glaze, Amanda L. Glaze
Acceptance, understanding, and experience: Exploring obstacles to evolution education among Advanced Placement teachers, Amanda L. Glaze and Jenice Goldston
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
School Counselors, Multiple Student Deaths, and Grief: A Narrative Inquiry, Michael D. Hannon, Raman K. Mohabir, Richard Cleveland, and Brandon Hunt
Innovation in Preservice Teacher Preparation: Undergraduate Research in Special Education, Kymberly Harris, Meca Williams-Johnson, and Dana Sparkman
Upending the learning design: Will flipping the classroom work for everyone?, Jackie HeeYoung Kim
Exploring the Complexity of Students' Scientific Explanations and Associated NOS Views Within a Place-Based Socioscientific Issue Context, Benjamin C. Herman, David C. Owens, Robert T. Oertli, Laura A. Zangori, and Mark H. Newton
Why the Okefenokee?, Lacey D. Huffling
Chapter 8. Science Educators’ Perspectives on Learning to Utilize Citizen Science in Our Teaching, Lacey D. Huffling, Heather Scott, Regina Collins, Britt Gantt, Hayward Johnson, and Melissa Weeks
Creating Culturally Relevant Science Stories: Connecting Students’ Lives to Pedagogy, Lacey D. Huffling and Alma D. Stevenson
Clinical Rehabilitation Counseling, Brandon Hunt
Integrating Social Media in Online Instruction, Lucas J. Jensen
Accessing the Pokélayer: Augmented Reality and Fantastical Play in Pokémon Go, Lucas J. Jensen, Keri Valentine, and Joshua P. Case
Constructing Arts-Based Literacy Practices through Kwame Alexander’s The Playbook, Anne Katz
Quantitative Reasoning and Its Role in Interdisciplinarity, Robert Mayes
Quantitative modelling biology undergraduate assessment, Robert L. Mayes, Kent Allan Rittschof, Joseph Dauer, and Bryon Jason Gallant
Impact of Interdisciplinary STEM on Student Affect and Reasoning, Robert Mayes, Kent Allan Rittschof, and Bryon Jason Gallant
Navigating the Politics of the Superintendency, Teri Denlea Melton, LaTanya Reeves, Juliann Sergi McBrayer, and Alexis Q. Smith
The Dynamic Integration of Content and Language during Bilingual Discussion of Mathematics Word Problems, Alandeom W. Oliveira, Carla Meskill, Karen Gregory, Patterson Rogers, and Shelli L. Casler-Failing
Overcoming Motivational Barriers to Understanding and Accepting Evolution Through Gameful Learning, David C. Owens
Secondary Science and Mathematics Teachers’ Environmental Issues Engagement through SocioScientific Reasoning, David C. Owens, Benjamin C. Herman, Robert T. Oertli, Amy A. Lannin, and Troy D. Sadler
Teaching Practices for Enactment of Socio-scientific Issues Instruction: An Instrumental Case Study of an Experienced Biology Teacher, David C. Owens, Troy D. Sadler, and Patricia Friedrichsen
Enhancing Motivation to Learn in a Biology Laboratory Course Through Gaming: A Design Case, David C. Owens, Cindi Smith-Walters, and Angela T. Barlow
Re-Authoring to Reconcile Religious Beliefs with Sexual Orientation: A Narrative Study, Karen D. Parker, Kristen Dickens, and Barbara Herlihy
“Languaging Race” - “Racing Language” - “Raciolinguistics” in the Contested Multicultural/Multilingual/Multiracial World, Alexandra Reyes
Critical Media Literacy in the Time of Lies, William M. Reynolds and Bradley Porfilio
Barbara Marinak: A.B. Herr Award – 2016, Leslie D. Roberts
Birds: Using eBird to Create a Connection Between Kids and Nature, Heather C. Scott
Visual methods and representations in mixed methods (and) social network research: A discussion, Peggy Shannon-Baker and Jonathan C. Hilpert
Battling heteronormativity in teacher education: Reflections on a human development course from a teacher and student, Peggy Shannon-Baker and Ingrid Wagner
What do I need to know, and how can I get the answers? Needs assessment from a ‘not nosy’ school counselor, Jennifer Sharp, Brandie Oliver, Tom Keller, Nick Abel, and Richard E. Cleveland
Front Streeting: A challenge in preparing culturally diverse teachers for diverse students, Chelda Smith Kondo
Mama, am I hip-hop? Unpacking the intersections of race, culture, and gender with a young Black boy, Chelda Smith Kondo
Latinas’ Heritage Language as a Source of Resiliency: Impact on Academic Achievement in STEM Fields, Alma D. Stevenson, Alejandro José Gallard Martínez, Katie Brkich, Belinda B. Flores, and Wesley Pitts
Faculty and Staff Perceptions of Organizational Units and Collaboration Impact, Jennifer Syno, Juliann Sergi McBrayer, and Daniel W. Calhoun
Pedagogical Approach to Developing the Hiring Practices of Higher Education Administrators, Steve Tolman and Daniel Calhoun
The social stratification of professional development within student affairs, Steven Tolman and Daniel W. Calhoun
Academic Qualifications and Practitioner Experiences of Educational Leadership Doctoral Faculty in Georgia, Steven Tolman, Juliann Sergi McBrayer, and Deborah Evans
Educational Leadership Doctoral Faculty Academic Qualifications and Practitioner Experiences in Georgia, Steven Tolman, Juliann Sergi McBrayer, and Deborah Evans
An Examination of K-12 Teachers' Assessment Beliefs and Practices in Relation to Years of Teaching Experience, Aslihan Unal and Zafer Unal
Preservice and inservice teachers’ beliefs about parental involvement and their selection of parental involvement strategies, Aslihan Unal, Zafer Unal, and Michael R. Sampson
Measuring Diversity in Teacher Candidate Practicum Placements and Its Relationship to Outcomes, Zafer Unal, Aslihan Unal, and Yasar Bodur
Inservice teachers’ beliefs about classroom assessment and their selection of classroom assessment strategies, Zafer Unal, Aslihan Unal, and Michael R. Sampson
Promoting This We Believe and the AMLE Standards with Teacher Candidates, Amanda Wall
Curriculum SF (Speculative Fiction): Reflections on the Future Past of Curriculum Studies and Science Fiction, John A. Weaver
Preface, John A. Weaver
Life Out of Sequence: Data Driving Life and Science Studies, John A. Weaver and Thiago Ranniery
