Scholarly Products of Fellows

The Cohort Fellows have been actively involved in conducting research. Some of these research activities have resulted in presentations at national conferences and publications. Below is a listing of our work to date.

Presentations

Cuenca-Sanchez, Y. (2008, April). Reading for ELLs with LD or at risk for reading difficulties. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Council for Exceptional Children, Boston.

Cuenca-Sanchez, Y. (2008, June). Estrategias metodologicas clave para la atencion educativa diversificada. Second International Congress of Special Education in Mexico. Monterrey, Mexico.

Hauth, C.M., Carra, J.S., Gillen, L.H. (2009, April). Taking the 'testiness' out of state standards-based testing. Conference workshop to be presented at the annual meeting of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Conference, Washington.

Hauth, C.M., Freeman P.W., Carra, J.S., Gillen, L.H. (2009, January). Scaffolding student learning using theme based intervention for high stakes testing. Conference workshop presented at the annual preK-12 Fairfax County Public Schools Mathematics Conference, Fairfax.

Mastropieri, M.A., Scruggs, T.E., Mills, S. Irby, N, Cuenca-Sanchez, Y., Thompson, C, Guckert, M., & Regan, K.   (2010, February). Persuading students with emotional disabilities to write fluently.   Paper presented at the George Mason University College of Education and Human Development, Fairfax.

Mastropieri, M.A., Scruggs, T.E., Cuenca-Sanchez, Y., & Marshak, L.   (2008, April). Evidenced-based instructional strategies for maximizing learning. Preconvention workshop presented at the annual meeting of the Council for Exceptional Children, Boston

Mastropieri, M.A., Scruggs, T.E., Cuenca-Sanchez, Y., Irby, N., & Mills, S.B. (2009, February). Persuading students with emotional disabilities to write: Findings from a design experiment.   Paper presented at the George Mason University College of Education and Human Development, Fairfax.

Mastropieri, M.A.   Mills, S., Irby, N., Cuenca-Sanchez, Y., Jakulski, J., Abdulalim, L., Regan, K., & Bronaugh, D. (2009, April). Lessons learned from conducting research in alternative settings. Paper to be presented at annual meeting of the Council for Exceptional Children Conference, Seattle.

Mastropieri, M.A., Cuenca-Sanchez, Y., Irby, N., & Mills, S.B, Scruggs, T.E., Mason, L., & Kubina, R. (April, 2009). Persuading students with emotional disabilities to write: Findings from a design experiment.   Paper to be presented at the annual meeting of the Amrican Educational Research Association Convention, San Diego.

Mastropieri, M.A., & Irby, N, Mills, S., & Cuenca-Sanchez, Y. (2009, April). Persuading students with emotional disabilities to write: Findings from recent research. Paper to be presented at annual meeting of the Council for Exceptional Children Conference, Seattle.

Mastropieri, M., Cuenca-Sanchez, Y., Irby, N., Mills, S., & O'Neill, S. (August, 2008). GMU-PSU study 2007-2008: Behavioral observation findings. Paper presented at the research grant meeting on the Writing instruction for adolescents with behavior disorders: Scaffolding procedural learning to extended discourse (SPLED) grant (funded by USDOE, IES), Penn State University.

Mastropieri, M., Cuenca-Sanchez, Y., Irby, N., Mills, S., & O'Neill, S. (August, 2008). GMU-PSU study 2007-2008. Design experiment finding. Paper presented at the research grant meeting   on the Writing instruction for adolescents with behavior disorders: Scaffolding procedural learning to extended discourse (SPLED) grant(funded by USDOE, IES), Penn State University.

Scruggs, T.E., Mastropieri, M.A., Cuenca-Sanchez, Y., Irby, N., & Mills, S.B. (2008, April). Can teachers really differentiate instruction? Examples from recent research. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Council for Exceptional Children, Boston.

Scruggs, T.E., Mastropieri, M.A., & Marshak, L., & Mills, S. (2009, April). How to differentiate without differentiating: Curriculum enhancements in inclusive content area classrooms.   Paper to be presented at annual meeting of the Council for Exceptional Children Conference, Seattle.

Publications

Mastropieri, M.A., Berkeley, S., McDuffie, K., Graff, H., Marshak, L., Conners, N., Diamond, C.M., Simpkins, P., Bowdey, F. R., Fulcher, A., Scruggs, T.E., & Cuenca-Sanchez, Y. (2009). What is published in the field of special education? An analysis of 11 prominent journals. Exceptional Children, 76, 95-109.

Mastropieri, M.A., Scruggs, T.E., Mills, S., Irby, N., Cuenca-Sanchez, Y., Bronaugh, D.A., Thompson, C., Guckert, M., & Regan, K. (2009). Teaching students with emotional disabilities to write fluently. Behavioral Disorders, 35, 19-40.

Mastropieri, M.A., Scruggs, T.E., Cuenca-Sanchez, Y., Irby, N., Mills, S., Mason, L., & Kubina, R. (in press). Persuading students with emotional disabilities to write: A design study . In T.E. Scruggs & M.A. Mastropieri (Eds.) (2010). Literacy and learning: Advances in learning and behavioral disabilities: Vol. 23 (pp. 237-268) . Oxford, UK: Emerald.   doi:10.1108/S0735-004X(2010)0000023011

Mastropieri, M.A., Scruggs, T.E., & Mills, S. (in press). Special education teacher preparation. In J. Kauffman, D.P. Hallahan, & J. Lloyd (Eds). Handbook of special education. New York: Routledge.

Manuscripts

Mastropieri, M.A., Scruggs, T.E., Mills, S., Irby, N., Cuenca-Sanchez, Y, Bronaugh, D., Thompson, C., & Guckert, M. (in preparation). Persuading students with emotional disabilities to write fluently: A Year 3 replication.

Mastropieri, M.A., Scruggs, T.E., Mills, S., Irby, N., Cuenca-Sanchez, Y, Bronaugh, D., Thompson, C., & Guckert, M. (in preparation).   Persuasive essay writing: Strategies for assisting students with emotional disabilities.