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Submissions from 2018

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Seek solutions for ‘Mixed immigration status’ families, Scott A. Beck

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Teaching Contentious Books Regarding Immigration: The Case of Pancho Rabbit, Scott A. Beck and Alma D. Stevenson

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Integrating LEGO Robotics Into a 5th Grade Cross Curricular Unit to Promote the Development of Narrative Writing Skills, Shelli L. Casler-Failing

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Robotics and math: Using action research to study growth problems, Shelli L. Casler-Failing

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The Effects of Integrating LEGO Robotics into a Mathematics Curriculum to Promote the Development of Proportional Reasoning, Shelli L. Casler-Failing

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A walk within two worlds: Faith, science, & evolution advocacy, Amanda L. Glaze

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Dr. Workload, or: How I learned to be more productive and put self care first, Amanda L. Glaze

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Dr. Workload, or: How I learned to be more productive and put self-care first, Amanda L. Glaze

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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

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From worldviews to classrooms: Framing evolution acceptance in pre-service science teachers in the southeastern United States, Amanda L. Glaze

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Looking back at Epperson, fifty years later, Amanda L. Glaze

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Student Feature: Coloring Cell Biology: Book review Cellfies: A Cell Biology Coloring Book by Hannah Sage Yoder, Amanda L. Glaze

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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

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21st Century STEM Reasoning, Robert Mayes and Bryon Jason Gallant

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Interdisciplinary STEM Through Engineering Design-Based Reasoning, Robert Mayes, Bryon Jason Gallant, and Emma Fettes

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Interdisciplinary STEM through Engineering Design-Based Reasoning, Robert Mayes, Casey Martin, and Michelle Thompson

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Real STEM: An Interdisciplinary STEM Program, Robert Mayes, Kent Rittschof, Charlie Martin, and Bryon Jason Gallant

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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

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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

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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

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Encouraging Teacher Candidates to Cultivate Habits of Reflection, Amanda Wall

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Research Summary: Student Agency, Amanda Wall, Dixie Massey, and Margaret Vaughn

Submissions from 2017

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No Global Citizenship? Re-Envisioning Global Citizenship Education in Times of Growing Nationalism, Elizabeth C. Barrow

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The Role of Photoblogs in Social Studies Classroom: Learning About People of the Civil War, Elizabeth C. Barrow, Janice Anderson, and Martinette Horner

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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

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Toad-ally cool math and science integration, Katie Bkrich, Melony Allen, Lacey D. Huffling, and Catherine E. Matthews

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Review of 10 Performance-Based Projects for the Math Classroom by Todd Stanley, Shelli L. Casler-Failing

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Impacting Elementary In-Service Mathematics Teachers Content Knowledge, Georgia A. Cobbs and Gregory Chamblee

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Enhancing In-Service Elementary Mathematics Teachers’ Content Knowledge: A Discussion of Two U.S. MSP Projects, Georgia Cobbs, Gregory Chamblee, and John Luebeck

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Opportunity to Start Strong: Integration of Technology in Science Lessons in Early Elementary Grades, Dalila Dragnic-Cindric, Elizabeth C. Barrow, and Janice L. Anderson

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Alabama science literacy threatened by anti-science legislation., Amanda L. Glaze

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Amanda Glaze, Georgia Southern University on BioTweeps, Amanda L. Glaze

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Bridging the Gaps: Evolution and Pre-service Science Teachers, Amanda L. Glaze

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Divided We Fall: The Evolution Controversy as a Driver for Rethinking Science Education, Amanda L. Glaze

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Earth's Oceans: Review of Sex in the Sea: Our Intimate Connection with Sex Changing Fish, Romantic Lobsters, Kinky Squid and Other Salty Erotica of the Deep by Marah J. Hardt, Amanda L. Glaze

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Evolution: Review of Darwin's Backyard: How Small Experiments Led to a Big Theory by James Costas, Amanda L. Glaze

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Human Evolution and Celebrity Fossils: Review of Seven Skeletons by Lydia Pyne, Amanda L. Glaze

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Review of Think-a-lot Tots Series by Amanda L. Glaze, Amanda L. Glaze

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Science is full of stories, discoveries and characters that are too often ignored in schools, Amanda L. Glaze

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Teaching Evolution Requires More Than Evidence, It Takes Empathy, Amanda L. Glaze

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The history of science is like an Indiana Jones-style treasure hunt— this is how we can engage learners, Amanda L. Glaze

The impact of celebrity fossils on anthropology and the story of human evolution: Review of Seven Skeletons: The Evolution of the World’s Most Famous Human Fossils, Amanda L. Glaze

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Scan-o-rama Series: Review of Scan-o- rama: Deadly Predators by Anna Claybourne, Lacey D. Huffling

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Understanding African-American Students’ Problem-Solving Ability in the Precalculus and Advanced Placement Computer Science Classroom, Cristal Jones-Harris and Gregory Chamblee

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Language for Science: Pre-Service Teachers Develop Science Concepts Through Language Study, Alisa Leckie and Amanda Wall

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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

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Toad-ally cool math and science integration, Catherine E. Matthews, Melony Allen, Lacey D. Huffling, and Katie Brkich

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21st Century Pedagogical Content Knowledge and Science Teaching and Learning, Scott Slough and Gregory Chamblee

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21st Century Pedagogical Content Knowledge and Science Teaching and Learning, Scott Slough and Gregory Chamblee

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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

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Taking it to the Streets: Teaching Methods and Curriculum Courses On-Site with Partner Schools, Amanda Wall and Christine Draper

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Curriculum Integration: An Overview, Amanda Wall and Alisa Leckie

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Interactive Whiteboards Research and the Mathematics Classroom: A LearnTechLib Review, Gregory Chamblee

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Science teachers are afraid to teach evolution: we must listen to the reasons why., Amanda L. Glaze

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Three ways to put the E into STEM, Amanda L. Glaze

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Socio-Scientific Argumentation as a Driver for Science Learning, Kania Greer and Amanda L. Glaze

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Re-inhabiting place in contemporary rural communities: Moving toward a critical pedagogy of place, Lacey D. Huffling, Heidi B. Carlone, and Aerin W. Benavides

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Educator Development, Virginia Jagla, Kim Winter, Amanda Wall, Dana Bickmore, Heather Rogers Haverback, and Kriss Kemp-Graham

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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

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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

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Learning Through Inquiry Leads to Change in Practice, Heather C. Scott, Yasar Bodur, and Missy M. Bennett

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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

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Advisory Programs, Amanda Wall

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As I See It, Amanda Wall

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From the Roots Up: Building Students’ Vocabulary Knowledge through Latin and Greek, Amanda Wall

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Research to Guide Practice, Amanda Wall

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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

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Migrants, Farming, and Immigration: Beginning a Dialogue in Agricultural Education, Scott A. Beck and Yasar Bodur

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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

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“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

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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

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A Comparison of Web 2.0 Assessment Tools, Jeffrey S. Hall, Lucy Bush, and Gregory Chamblee

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Student Athletes’ Perception of Sexual Harassment, Lynn Hunt Long, Regina Rahimi, and Delores D. Liston

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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

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Looking for Learners: The Legacy of Technological Content Knowledge (TCK), Scott Slough, Micahel Connell, and Gregory Chamblee

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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

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Quantitative Reasoning Learning Progression: The Matrix, Robert L. Mayes, Jennifer H. Forrester, Jennifer D. Schuttlefield Christus, Franziska Peterson, and Rachel Walker

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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