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Submissions from 2018
Educator Development, Virginia Jagla, Kim Winter, Amanda Wall, Dana Bickmore, Heather R. Haverback, and Kriss Kemp-Graham
A community literacy partnership: Malala’s story as a lens for educational equity, Anne Katz
Developing the Critical Literacy Instructional Abilities of Pre-Service Educators, Anne Katz, Patricia G. Holt, and Vivian Bynoe
Review of Force Ripe by Cindy McKenzie, Beverly A. King Miller
The Strong Poetry of Place: A Co/Auto/Ethnographic Journey of Connoisseurship, Criticality and Learning, Tricia M. Kress and Robert L. Lake
Utopia as Praxis: Paulo Freire Twenty Years After His Passing, Robert L. Lake
Chapter 15: Teaching and Learning with Technology, Matthew Marino, Maya Israel, Eleazar Vasquez III, Karin Fisher, and Benjamin Gallegos
21st Century STEM Reasoning, Robert Mayes and Bryon Jason Gallant
Interdisciplinary STEM Through Engineering Design-Based Reasoning, Robert Mayes, Bryon Jason Gallant, and Emma Fettes
Interdisciplinary STEM through Engineering Design-Based Reasoning, Robert Mayes, Casey Martin, and Michelle Thompson
Real STEM: An Interdisciplinary STEM Program, Robert Mayes, Kent Rittschof, Charlie Martin, and Bryon Jason Gallant
A System-Wide, Collaborative, Purposeful, and Sustainable Distributed Leadership Plan Utilizing Teacher Leaders to Facilitate Professional Learning Communities, Juliann Sergi McBrayer, Julie Chance, Summer Pannell, and Pamela Wells
Balance of Instructional and Managerial Tasks as It Relates to School Leaders’ Self-Efficacy, Juliann Sergi McBrayer, Torri Jackson, Summer Pannell, Carl Sorgen, Antonio P. Gutierrez, and Teri Denlea Melton
Transferability and Alignment of Program Exemplars in Alternative Teacher Preparation, Juliann Sergi McBrayer and Teri Denlea Melton
The Correlation Between Self-Efficacy and Time to Degree Completion of Educational Leadership Doctoral Students, Juliann Sergi McBrayer, Teri Denlea Melton, Daniel W. Calhoun, Matthew Dunbar, and Steven Tolman
Scientific and Religious Perspectives on Evolution in the Curriculum: An Approach Based on Pedagogy of Difference, David C. Owens, Rachel S. A. Pear, Hanan A. Alexander, Michael J. Reiss, and Tali Tal
Teachers’ views on and preferences for meeting their professional development needs in STEM, David C. Owens, Troy D. Sadler, Christopher D. Murakami, and Chia-Lin Tsai
A Comparison of Principal Self-Efficacy and Assessment Ratings by Certified Staff: Using Multi-Rater Feedback as Part of a Statewide Evaluation System, Summer Pannell, Lisa White, and Juliann Sergi McBrayer
How Culturally Relevant and Culturally Responsive Healing and Coping Strategies Support the Success of African American Children, Fayth M. Parks
Group Counseling Intervention for Pregnant/parenting Students, C. Prater and Richard Cleveland
Experiences of Female Dropouts: A Study in South Georgia, Regina Rahimi and Delores D. Liston
Seeking Gender Fair Measurement of STEM Reasoning Among Middle Grades and Secondary Students, Kent A. Rittschof, Robert L. Mayes, and Bryon Jason Gallant
Balancing Social Justice and Survival, Sabrina N. Ross
Recognizing the Academic Talents of Young Black Males: A Counter-Story, Sabrina N. Ross and Alma D. Stevenson
Sharing Experiences And Taking Responsibility: White Faculty And Staff Working Toward Racial Justice, Robin Selzer, Peggy A. Shannon-Baker, and Christina Black
My name is Peggy and this is How I Plan, Peggy Shannon-Baker
Review of "Promoting Inclusion in Education Abroad", Peggy Shannon-Baker
A Multicultural Education Praxis: Integrating Past and Present, Living Theories, and Practice, Peggy A. Shannon-Baker
The Affordances and Challenges to Incorporating Visual Methods in Mixed Methods Research, Peggy Shannon-Baker and Cherie Edwards
Friendly Resistance: Narratives from a Preservice Teacher of Color Navigating Diversity Courses, Chelda Smith Kondo and Christian A. Bracho
Contrasting Mentor and Mentee Critiques of a New Mentoring Program for Pre-Service Teachers, Lina Soares, Scott A. Beck, and Gregory Chamblee
A Deeper Understanding of Metacomprehension: Development of a New Multidimensional Tool, Christian Soto, Antonio P. Gutierrez, Rodrigo Asun, Matthew Jacovina, and Claudio Vasquez
Exploring the Meta-Comprehension Abilities of Students with Intellectual Disabilities, Christian Soto, M. Fernanda Rodriguez Poblete, and Antonio P. Gutierrez
The Need for College Amenities and Their Benefit to the Student and Institution’s Success, Steven Tolman and Christopher Trautman
Using Technology to Support Common Core Based Close Reading Strategy: Preservice Teachers’ Experiences with the Use of New Online Platform, Aslihan Unal, Zafer Unal, and Yasar Bodur
Encouraging Teacher Candidates to Cultivate Habits of Reflection, Amanda Wall
Research Summary: Student Agency, Amanda Wall, Dixie Massey, and Margaret Vaughn
Past, present, future of HIV/AIDS science and practice in psychology, Sherry Wang and Fayth M. Parks
Through a Portanl and Finding Remnants: An Incomplete Report, John A. Weaver
Submissions from 2017
No Global Citizenship? Re-Envisioning Global Citizenship Education in Times of Growing Nationalism, Elizabeth C. Barrow
The Role of Photoblogs in Social Studies Classroom: Learning About People of the Civil War, Elizabeth C. Barrow, Janice Anderson, and Martinette Horner
Toad-ally cool math and science integration, Katie Bkrich, Melony Allen, Lacey D. Huffling, and Catherine E. Matthews
Online Learners And Technology: A Gap In Higher Education And Student Affairs Professional Preparation, Daniel W. Calhoun, Lucy Santos Green, and Panne Burke
Review of 10 Performance-Based Projects for the Math Classroom by Todd Stanley, Shelli L. Casler-Failing
Students With Disabilities: Practical Information for School Counselors in Turkey, Elif Cimsir and Brandon Hunt
School Counselor Evaluation Instrument Pilot Project: A School Counselor Association, Department of Education, and University Collaboration, Richard E. Cleveland and Julie Hartline
Student Happiness, School Climate, and School Improvement Plans: Implications for School Counseling Practice, Richard E. Cleveland and Christopher A. Sink
Impacting Elementary In-Service Mathematics Teachers Content Knowledge, Georgia A. Cobbs and Gregory Chamblee
Enhancing In-Service Elementary Mathematics Teachers’ Content Knowledge: A Discussion of Two U.S. MSP Projects, Georgia Cobbs, Gregory Chamblee, and John Luebeck
Addressing College & Career Readiness Using Field-Based Internships, B. Creamer and Richard Cleveland
Ethical Decision Making, Kristen Dickens and Candace N. Park
Feminization of Poverty, Kristen Dickens and Candace N. Park
Distributed Retrieval Practice Promotes Superior Recall of Anatomy Information, John L. Dobson, Jose M. Perez, and Tracy Linderholm
Opportunity to Start Strong: Integration of Technology in Science Lessons in Early Elementary Grades, Dalila Dragnic-Cindric, Elizabeth C. Barrow, and Janice L. Anderson
Importance of STEM Extracurricular Activities for Students with Disabilities, Karin Fisher
An Exploration of Learner-Centered Professional Development for Reluctant Math Teachers, Ardyth Foster, Joshua K. Lambert, and Jackie HeeYoung Kim
Teaching for Social Justice in the Early Childhood Classroom, Julie C. Garlen, Lisa Kuh, and Beth Coleman
Happily (N)ever After: the Cruel Optimism of Disney’s Romantic Ideal, Julie C. Garlen and Jennifer A. Sandlin
Alabama science literacy threatened by anti-science legislation., Amanda L. Glaze
Amanda Glaze, Georgia Southern University on BioTweeps, Amanda L. Glaze
Bridging the Gaps: Evolution and Pre-service Science Teachers, Amanda L. Glaze
Divided We Fall: The Evolution Controversy as a Driver for Rethinking Science Education, Amanda L. Glaze
Evolution: Review of Darwin's Backyard: How Small Experiments Led to a Big Theory by James Costas, Amanda L. Glaze
Human Evolution and Celebrity Fossils: Review of Seven Skeletons by Lydia Pyne, Amanda L. Glaze
Review of Think-a-lot Tots Series by Amanda L. Glaze, Amanda L. Glaze
Science is full of stories, discoveries and characters that are too often ignored in schools, Amanda L. Glaze
Teaching Evolution Requires More Than Evidence, It Takes Empathy, Amanda L. Glaze
The history of science is like an Indiana Jones-style treasure hunt— this is how we can engage learners, Amanda L. Glaze
Reporting Behaviors of Faculty and Staff to a Campus Behavior Assessment Team, Kerry Greenstein and Daniel Calhoun
The Effects of Strategy Training and an Extrinsic Incentive on Fourth- and Fifth- Grade Students’ Performance, Confidence, and Calibration Accuracy, Antonio P. Gutierrez
“You Can Sort of Feel It:” Exploring Metacognition and the Feeling of Knowing Among Undergraduate Students, Antonio P. Gutierrez, Pamela Wells, C. Amelia Davis, and Jason Parker
Effects of Role-Play for Problem-Solving Skills and Engagement in Online Forums, Jackie Hee-Young Kim
Book Review: New Directions in Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge Research: Multiple Perspectives by Myint Swe Khine, Jackie HeeYoung Kim
Professional Development for Technology Integration Into Differentiated Math Instruction, Jackie Hee-Young Kim, Ardyth Foster, and Moon-Heum Cho
Commentary: Response of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education to an Interview with Joseph South Regarding the Preparation of Educators to Evaluate the Efficacy of Educational Technology, Charles B. Hodges, Jeffrey P. Carpenter, and Arlene C. Borthwick
Self-Efficacy: A Rationale for Badging in Learning Contexts, Charles B. Hodges and Rachel S. Harris
Scan-o-rama Series: Review of Scan-o- rama: Deadly Predators by Anna Claybourne, Lacey D. Huffling
Counseling people Living with HIV/AIDS, Brandon Hunt
Understanding African-American Students’ Problem-Solving Ability in the Precalculus and Advanced Placement Computer Science Classroom, Cristal Jones-Harris and Gregory Chamblee
With a Little Help From My (Mostly White) Friends: Searching for Invisible Members of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, Robert L. Lake
Myles Horton and the Highlander Folk School: An Enduring Exemplar of Rural Education for Democratic Engagement, Robert L. Lake and Andy Blunden
Mamma Don’t Put That Blue Guitar in a Museum: Greene and Freire’s Duet of Radical Hope in Hopeless Times, Robert L. Lake and Tricia M. Kress
Using Attitude Measures and Student Narratives About Diversity to Enhance Multicultural Teaching Effectiveness, Robert L. Lake and Kent Allan Rittschof
Language for Science: Pre-Service Teachers Develop Science Concepts Through Language Study, Alisa Leckie and Amanda Wall
Promises and Practices: A Case Study on Compulsory Education Policy Implementation in a Large Migrant-Inflow City in China, Shuyin Liu, Wenyang Sun, and Elizabeth C. Barrow
Toad-ally cool math and science integration, Catherine E. Matthews, Melony Allen, Lacey D. Huffling, and Katie Brkich
Multicultural Counseling Competence, Candace N. Park and Kristen Dickens
Let’s keep taming the plague: The ongoing struggle of citizens, science, and AIDS, Fayth M. Parks
Building blocks for information literacy, Judi Repman, Randal D. Carlson, and Elizabeth Downs
Curriculum and Place, William M. Reynolds
“Day Light Again”: “Déjà Vu”, William M. Reynolds
Voluntary Subservience and Capitalist Religion in the Era of Reality Television Politics, William M. Reynolds
We’re All Homeschooling Now, William M. Reynolds
