CEHD Represented at More than 110 Sessions at AERA

July 9, 2012

This year, CEHD faculty and students were represented at more than 110 sessions (!) at the American Educational Research Association's (AERA) annual conference in Vancouver.

The presentations at AERA advance knowledge about education and the use of research to improve education. The list of presentations also offers a glimpse at current faculty research interests and the exciting work underway within George Mason University's College of Education and Human Development.


According to Teachers, Teaching Is...
  • Michelle Buehl
  • Ana Taboada
Artistically Asking About School: Picturing City Youth as Writers, Artists, and Citizens
  • Kim Sheridan
  • Kristien Zenkov
The Beginning of a Collaborative, Longitudinal Professional Development Project
  • Seth Parsons
  • Leila Richey
  • Allison Ward-Parsons
Bridging the Gap: E-Portfolios Fostering 21st-Century Skills in Studio Art Courses
  • Josh Yavelberg
Changing Practices and Minds: The Effects of Just-in-Time Professional Development Teachers and Their Students
  • Paula Azevedo
  • Gary Galluzzo
Classroom Observation Across Grade Levels and Settings
  • Rob Smith
Cognitive Processes and Self-Regulated Learning
  • Faye Huie
A Content-Driven Collaboration Model for Engineering Faculty Development
  • Margret Hjalmarson
The Design of Stimulus Tasks To Promote Interdisciplinary Research in Brain-Based Research in Mathematics
  • Eamonn Kelly
Development of ACTIV (Adapted Captioning Through Interactive Video) 1.0 Through Design Research: Innovative Form of Learning for Students With Various Abilities and Needs
  • Anna Evmenova
Division C New Directions Session: Bringing Research Into Practice
  • Brittany Hott
Dynamics of Engagement and Disaffection in a Social Studies Classroom Context
  • Michelle Buehl
  • Rebecca Caufman
  • Faye Huie
  • Lauren Serpati
  • Ana Taboada
The Effect of a Horseshoe Crab Citizen Science Project on Student Self-Efficacy and Career Trajectories
  • Suzanne Hiller
Engaging Middle Schoolers in Social Studies: Teachers' Structure and Autonomy Support for Reading American History
  • Jori Beck
  • Leila Richey
  • Betty Sturtevant
  • Ana Taboada
Enhancing Spatial Visualization and Mental Rotation Abilities Through Developing Serious Educational Games
  • Len Annetta
Establishing Principles for Design-Based Psychometric Theory
  • Brenda Bannan
  • Eamonn Kelly
Evaluation of Person Fit Under the Least Squares Distance Model of Cognitive Diagnosis
  • Dimiter Dimitrov
An Examination of How Teachers Make Sense of Data in Professional Learning Communities
  • David Brazer
  • Michelle Van Lare
Examining History Textbooks: Are Texts More "Considerate" After 20 Years?
  • Sheri Berkeley
  • Katherine Bradley-Black
  • Peggy King-Sears
Experience of Instructors in Online Learning Environments: Identifying and Regulation Emotions
  • Pam Baker
  • Kelley Regan
  • Anna Evmenova
From Research to Transformative Action: Interpreting Research Critically from Raced, Decolonial and Womanist Perspectives
  • Rachel Grant
Head Start Teachers' Needs, Supports, and Practices for Including Young Children With Disabilities
  • Julie Kidd
  • Leah Muccio
Hearts and Minds: A Meta-Synthesis of Plays Cocreated With African American Adolescents
  • Mary Stone Hanley
How Do We Reconcile NCATE (National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education) and Social Justice (Broadly Defined)?
  • Diana D'Amico
The Impact on Achievement of Teaching for Meaning among Middle School Mathematics Students
  • Venkata Patnam
Implications for Learning From Reflection and Portfolios
  • Rebecca Fox
Inquiry-Based Instruction in a Secondary Mathematics Methods Course: A Catalyst for Faculty and Course Development
  • Toni Smith
International Journal of Education Policy and Leadership
  • Penny Earley
Investigating Advanced Professional Learning of Early Career and Experienced Teachers Through Portfolios as Boundary Objects
  • Rebecca Fox
  • Jie Tian
  • Steve White
Learning Mathematics With Technology: The Influence of Virtual Manipulatives on Different Achievement Groups
  • Jennifer Suh
Leveraging Technology for School Reform: Cross-Case Analysis of Award-Winning Secondary Schools
  • Lynne Schrum
As Long as It's Not Shakespeare: In-School Playwriting Instruction for the Urban Language Arts Classroom
  • Mary Stone Hanley
  • Jenice View
Multiple Instrumental Case Studies of Inclusive STEM-Focused High Schools: Opportunity Structures for Preparation and Inspiration (OSPrI)
  • Erin Peters Burton
No Need for Chaperones: The Role of Field Trips in Teacher Professional Development
  • Supriya Baily
  • Stacia Stribling
Organizational Theory and Instructional Leadership
  • David Brazer
Pay Attention and Take Some Notes: Lessons on Citizenship and Multimodal Instruction From Middle School Youths' Slam Poems
  • Anthony Pellegrino
  • Kristien Zenkov
Please Write: A Self-Study of Using the Pedagogy of Letter Writing
  • Anastasia Samaras
The Relationship Between Mathematical Content and Pedagogical Knowledge and Teacher Characteristics
  • Toni Smith
The Role of Interpreters in Sense-Making for Women Leaders
  • Penny Earley
The Role of Religion and Church in Mediating Peace in Burundi and Sierra Leone
  • Elavie Ndura
School Leaders, Student Achievement, and Innovations: Lessons From Three Exemplars
  • Lynne Schrum
School Reform in a High Poverty Elementary School: A Grounded Theory Case Study of Capacity Building
  • Stephanie Dodman
See You on the Square: The Contested Nature of Teachers' Public Activism
  • Katy Swalwell
Self-Reflection: Deepening Student Self-Assessment and Increasing Efficacy
  • Melissa Miller
  • Kristen Anthony
  • Audrey Rackley
SIG-Learning and Teaching in Educational Leadership
  • Scott Bauer
Situated Learning for Teaching: Implementing Lesson Study at a Professional Development School to Develop Reflective Practitioners
  • Jennifer Suh
The Status of Statistical Analysis in Single-Subject Research: A Comparative Analysis of Available Techniques
  • Anna Evmenova
Student Work Products as a Teaching Tool for Nature of Science Pedagogical Knowledge
  • Erin Peters Burton
Studying Clinical Experience in Teacher Education
  • Libby Hall
Sustaining Mathematics Professional Development Partnerships: A Self-Study to Examine the Roles of School-University Partners
  • Jennifer Suh
Teacher Development During Advanced Master's Course Work and Impact on Their Learning a Year Later
  • Dominique Banville
  • Rebecca Fox
  • Steve White
A Teacher Educator's Efforts to Develop Thoughtfully Adaptive Teachers
  • Seth Parsons
Teacher Variables Associated With Teachers' Beliefs and Awareness of Their Students' Mathematics Dispositions
  • Toni Smith
Teachers' Attitudes Toward Education Research: Scale Validation and Analysis
  • Gary Galluzzo
  • Nancy Holincheck
Teaching and Learning With Historical Documents, Textbooks, and Expository Texts
  • Brittany Hott
Teaching Elementary Students With Autism Spectrum Disorders to Write Persuasive Essays
  • Margo Mastropieri
Teaching for Forgiveness Among Teachers in Three Arab Countries
  • Ilham Nasser
  • Shelley Wong
Teaching Middle School Students With Emotional and Behavioral Disabilities to Write Essays Persuasively
  • Nancy Cerar
  • Margo Mastropieri
Teaching Peer-Revision to Middle School Students With Emotional and Behavioral Disabilities: Can They Do It?
  • Margo Mastropieri
  • Sara Mills
Teaching Students With Emotional and Behavioral Disorders to Self-Advocate Through Writing
  • Margo Mastropieri
  • Tom Scruggs
Textbook Characteristics That Support or Thwart Comprehension: An Evaluation of Social Studies Texts
  • Sheri Berkeley
  • Peggy King-Sears
  • Jessica Vilbas
Uncovering Orientalisms in Occupied Palestine: Transforming English Language Teacher Education
  • Ilham Nasser
  • Shelley Wong
Using Early Childhood Education to Build Social Capital among Immigrant Families
  • Colleen Vesely
Using Project-Based Learning to Teach 21st-Century Skills: Findings From a Statewide Initiative
  • Mary English
Validation of the CAST-R (Common Assessment for Special Education Teachers: Reading)
  • Sheri Berkeley
  • Dimiter Dimitrov
  • Mary Guckert
  • Kelley Regan
Visual Artistic Development in Digital Media Contexts
  • Kim Sheridan
What Does This Have to Do with Teaching? Writing Personal Narratives in Teacher Preparation
  • Ilham Nasser
What Makes Mixed-Methods Research "Scientific"?
  • Joe Maxwell
Where to Find Online Counseling and Direction: Analysis of College Sexual Assault Service Websites
  • Megan Tucker



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