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Submissions from 2018
Seek solutions for ‘Mixed immigration status’ families, Scott A. Beck
Teaching Contentious Books Regarding Immigration: The Case of Pancho Rabbit, Scott A. Beck and Alma D. Stevenson
Integrating LEGO Robotics Into a 5th Grade Cross Curricular Unit to Promote the Development of Narrative Writing Skills, Shelli L. Casler-Failing
Robotics and math: Using action research to study growth problems, Shelli L. Casler-Failing
The Effects of Integrating LEGO Robotics into a Mathematics Curriculum to Promote the Development of Proportional Reasoning, Shelli L. Casler-Failing
A walk within two worlds: Faith, science, & evolution advocacy, Amanda L. Glaze
Dr. Workload, or: How I learned to be more productive and put self care first, Amanda L. Glaze
Dr. Workload, or: How I learned to be more productive and put self-care first, Amanda L. Glaze
Évangélisme contre théorie de l’évolution dans le Sud-Est des États-Unis: Tenter de dépasser les conflits par la littératie scientifique et le dialogue, Amanda L. Glaze
From worldviews to classrooms: Framing evolution acceptance in pre-service science teachers in the southeastern United States, Amanda L. Glaze
Looking back at Epperson, fifty years later, Amanda L. Glaze
Student Feature: Coloring Cell Biology: Book review Cellfies: A Cell Biology Coloring Book by Hannah Sage Yoder, Amanda L. Glaze
Teaching and learning science in the 21st century: challenging critical assumptions in post-secondary science, Amanda L. Glaze
Controversial Before Entering My Classroom: Exploring Pre-Service Teacher Experiences with Evolution Teaching and Learning in the Southeastern United States, Amanda L. Glaze and M. Jenice Goldston
Learning frog calls when you can't hear: Fieldwork with high school students who are deaf and hard-of-hearing, Lacey D. Huffling, Aerin W. Benavides, Catherine E. Matthews, Mary V. Compton, Stephanie Kurtts, and Heidi B. Carlone
Educator Development, Virginia Jagla, Kim Winter, Amanda Wall, Dana Bickmore, Heather R. Haverback, and Kriss Kemp-Graham
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
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
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
Contrasting Mentor and Mentee Critiques of a New Mentoring Program for Pre-Service Teachers, Lina Soares, Scott A. Beck, and Gregory Chamblee
Encouraging Teacher Candidates to Cultivate Habits of Reflection, Amanda Wall
Research Summary: Student Agency, Amanda Wall, Dixie Massey, and Margaret Vaughn
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
Progress and Backlash in the Wake of Obergefell: Reaching Conservative Southern Teachers through the Power of Literature, Scott A. Beck, Dina C. Walker-DeVose, Laura E. Agnich, Caren Town, and Trina Smith
Toad-ally cool math and science integration, Katie Bkrich, Melony Allen, Lacey D. Huffling, and Catherine E. Matthews
Review of 10 Performance-Based Projects for the Math Classroom by Todd Stanley, Shelli L. Casler-Failing
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
Opportunity to Start Strong: Integration of Technology in Science Lessons in Early Elementary Grades, Dalila Dragnic-Cindric, Elizabeth C. Barrow, and Janice L. Anderson
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
Scan-o-rama Series: Review of Scan-o- rama: Deadly Predators by Anna Claybourne, Lacey D. Huffling
Understanding African-American Students’ Problem-Solving Ability in the Precalculus and Advanced Placement Computer Science Classroom, Cristal Jones-Harris and Gregory Chamblee
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
21st Century Pedagogical Content Knowledge and Science Teaching and Learning, Scott Slough and Gregory Chamblee
21st Century Pedagogical Content Knowledge and Science Teaching and Learning, Scott Slough and Gregory Chamblee
Envisioning Our Practice: Examining and Interpreting Pedagogical Visions of Four Early-Career Teacher Educators, Margaret Vaughn, Seth A. Parsons, Roya Q. Scales, and Amanda Wall
Taking it to the Streets: Teaching Methods and Curriculum Courses On-Site with Partner Schools, Amanda Wall and Christine Draper
Curriculum Integration: An Overview, Amanda Wall and Alisa Leckie
Pre-Service Teachers’ Initial Thoughts about Motivation, Amanda Wall and Samuel D. Miller
Submissions from 2016
Failing Schools / Ambiguous Amendment: Georgia Governor Deal’s Opportunity School District Proposal, Scott A. Beck
Shifting Racialized Identities Among Mexican Heritage Women of the Rural South Brown Faces in Black and White Places, Scott A. Beck and Alma D. Stevenson
Promoting Equitable Access to STEM in a Summer Herpetology Fieldwork Program, Aerin W. Benavides, Amy Germuth, Catherine E. Matthews, Heidi Carlone, Lacey D. Huffling, and Mary Ash
Field Ecology: A Practical but Imaginable Contestation of Neoliberalism, Heidi B. Carlone, Aerin W. Benavides, Lacey D. Huffling, Catherine E. Matthews, Wayne Journell, and Terry Tomasek
Interactive Whiteboards Research and the Mathematics Classroom: A LearnTechLib Review, Gregory Chamblee
Science teachers are afraid to teach evolution: we must listen to the reasons why., Amanda L. Glaze
Three ways to put the E into STEM, Amanda L. Glaze
Socio-Scientific Argumentation as a Driver for Science Learning, Kania Greer and Amanda L. Glaze
Re-inhabiting place in contemporary rural communities: Moving toward a critical pedagogy of place, Lacey D. Huffling, Heidi B. Carlone, and Aerin W. Benavides
Educator Development, Virginia Jagla, Kim Winter, Amanda Wall, Dana Bickmore, Heather Rogers Haverback, and Kriss Kemp-Graham
Facilitating Middle Level Pre-Service Teachers’ Literacy Integration in Early Field Experiences, Alisa Leckie and Amanda Wall
Quantitative Reasoning: Rasch Measurement to Support QR Assessment, Robert Mayes
Response 1: Quantitative Reasoning in Stem Disciplines, Robert Mayes
Forcing the World to Fit Pre-Existing Prejudices: Why and How Global Education Has Failed in the State of Georgia, Michelle Reidel and Scott A. Beck
Performance-based Instruction in the Science Classroom, Heather C. Scott
Learning Through Inquiry Leads to Change in Practice, Heather C. Scott, Yasar Bodur, and Missy M. Bennett
Migrant Students’ Emergent Conscientization through Critical, Socioculturally Responsive Literacy Pedagogy, Alma D. Stevenson and Scott A. Beck
Unlikely partners: The voucher specimen project & science service learning, Terry M. Tomasek, Lacey D. Huffling, Catherine E. Matthews, and Heidi B. Carlone
Advisory Programs, Amanda Wall
As I See It, Amanda Wall
From the Roots Up: Building Students’ Vocabulary Knowledge through Latin and Greek, Amanda Wall
Research to Guide Practice, Amanda Wall
Review of Adolescents Rewrite Their Worlds: Using Literature to Illustrate Writing Forms by V. Yenika-Agbaw & T. Sychterz, Amanda Wall and Scott Beck
Submissions from 2015
Migrants, Farming, and Immigration: Beginning a Dialogue in Agricultural Education, Scott A. Beck and Yasar Bodur
Migrant Students Scaffolding and Writing their Own Stories: From Socio-Culturally Relevant Enabling Mentor Texts to Collaborative Student Narratives, Scott A. Beck and Alma D. Stevenson
“Someday I’m going to have papers!” (¡Algún día, yo voy a tener papeles!): Mixed-Status Families in the Rural South, Scott A. Beck and Alma D. Stevenson
Unthinkable Selves: Identity Boundary Work in a Summer Field Ecology Enrichment Program for Diverse Youth, Heidi B. Carlone, Lacey D. Huffling, Terry Tomasek, Tess A. Hegedus, Catherine E. Matthews, Melony Allen, and Mary C. Ash
A Comparison of Web 2.0 Assessment Tools, Jeffrey S. Hall, Lucy Bush, and Gregory Chamblee
Student Athletes’ Perception of Sexual Harassment, Lynn Hunt Long, Regina Rahimi, and Delores D. Liston
Quantitative Reasoning in Environmental Science: Rasch Measurement to Support QR Assessment, Robert L. Mayes Dr., Kent Allan Rittschof, Jennifer H. Forrester, Jennifer D. Schuttlefield Christus, Lisa C. Watson, and Franziska Peterson
Implementing Co-Teaching Models in University Settings to Enhance Teacher Candidates’ Self-Efficacy towards working within Inclusion Settings, Regina Rahimi and T. Franklin
Looking for Learners: The Legacy of Technological Content Knowledge (TCK), Scott Slough, Micahel Connell, and Gregory Chamblee
Middle Grades Teachers' Use of Motivational Practices to Support Their Visions and Identities as Middle Grades Educators, Amanda Wall and Samuel D. Miller
Submissions from 2014
Mathematics and Computational Thinking., Robert Mayes, R. Lehrer, and G. Jones
Quantitative Reasoning Learning Progression: The Matrix, Robert L. Mayes, Jennifer H. Forrester, Jennifer D. Schuttlefield Christus, Franziska Peterson, and Rachel Walker
Discovery/Computational Science, Robert L. Mayes and Bryan Shader
To Flip or Not to Flip, Heather C. Scott
Helpful Guidelines and Strategies for Explicit Vocabulary Instruction of Greek and Latin Morphemes, Amanda Wall
Submissions from 2013
Discussion on religion in schools deserves accurate information, not hyperbole, Scott A. Beck
Discussion on religion in schools deserves accurate information, not hyperbole, Scott A. Beck
Interactive Whiteboards and Teaching: Are We Repeating History?, Gregory Chamblee
Teaching Algebra and Geometry with GeoGebra: Preparing Pre-Service Teachers for Middle Grades/Secondary Mathematics Classrooms, Jeffrey S. Hall and Gregory Chamblee
