COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
UK represented at American Educational
Research Association meeting
The largest gathering of scholars in the field of education
research takes place annually at the American Educational
Research Association meeting. University of Kentucky
College of Education faculty and graduate students will be in
attendance to showcase innovative studies in a diverse array
of areas. This year’s meeting is being held in Washington,
D.C. in April 2016. The annual event allows participants
to encounter ideas and data that will shape tomorrow’s
education practices and policies, and connect with leading
thinkers from the U.S. and around the world. To learn more,
visit www.aera.net.
UK College of Education presenters include:
Kelly D. Bradley, Anthony P. Setari, poster session, Validating a
Montessori High School Teacher Evaluation Survey
Joseph J. Ferrare, Renee Setari, roundtable session, Flocking
Around the Facts? Measuring the Impact of Evidence on
Philanthropic Convergence in Charter School Reform
Jennifer Wilhelm, Merryn Cole, Ronald Wilhelm (UK College of
Arts and Sciences), poster session, In-Service Teachers’ Alternative
Conceptions of Lunar-Related Concepts
Ryan M. Crowley, Kathleen Owings Swan, roundtable session,
What Kind of Economic Citizen?
Christine Ann Mallozzi, Susan Chambers Cantrell, Margaret
Rintamaa, paper session, Female Struggling Adolescent Readers
and Hegemonic Masculinities: A Necessary Focus
Shannon O. Sampson, Heather Arrowsmith, Kelly D. Bradley,
Richard Kweku Mensah, paper session, Using an Online Learning
Course to Increase Retention and Enhance Experiences in an
Online Program
Ellen L. Usher, Caihong Li, Amanda R. Butz (University of
Wisconsin – Madison), Joanne P. Rojas (UK Human Development
Institute), symposium, What Is True About Grit: Relations With
Self-Regulation and Motivation and New Innovative Interventions
Thomas Guskey (chair), symposium, 100 Years of Grading
Research: Meaning and Value in the Most Common Educational
Measure. Guskey also has a paper in this session, authored with
Susan M. Brookhart, Early Studies of the Unreliability of Grades
Pam Correll, Susan Chambers Cantrell, Victor Malo-Juvera
(University of North Carolina – Wilmington), paper session,
A Mixed-Methods Investigation of Teachers’ Self-Efficacy for
Culturally Responsive Instruction
Ellen L. Usher, Fred Danner, Stephen M. Tonks (Northern
Illinois University), symposium, Person-Centered Research: A
Methodological Answer to Motivation Theory’s Most Critical
Questions
Xin Ma, poster session, School Effects on Relationship Between
Course Load and Achievement in China: Evidence From LargeScale Assessment
Margaret Rintamaa, Nicole C. Miller (Mississippi State
University), Nicole L. Thompson (The University of Memphis), Chris
Cook (Appalachian State University), Penny B. Howell (University
of Louisville), Shawn A. Faulkner (Northern Kentucky University),
poster session, The Complexities of Middle-Level Teacher
Certification: Status Report and Future Directions
Ruixue Liu, Kelly D. Bradley, Meng Fan (University of Delaware),
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poster session, Using Multilevel Modeling in Substantive Research
Margaret Joan Mohr-Schroeder, Christopher R. Rakes (University
of Maryland – Baltimore County), Robert N. Ronau (University
of Cincinnati), Jon Sanderholm (Berea College), Sarah B. Bush
(Bellarmine University), roundtable session, The Critical Role of
Well-Articulated, Coherent Professional Development Design: A
Mathematics and Science Program Evaluation
Lauren Hargrave, Kenneth Maurice Tyler, roundtable session,
Supporting Students: The Significance of Relationships, Behaviors,
Language and Abilities for Student Learning
Cindy Jong, Division K, Section 1 chair (Teaching and Teacher
Education in the Content Areas)
Joseph Waddington, Monica J. Kowalski (University of Notre
Dame), James Mario Frabutt (University of Notre Dame), paper
session, The Use of Annual Student Assessment Data by (Arch)
Diocesan Catholic School Systems
Kristen H. Perry, Leah Katherine Saal ( Loyola University
Maryland), Donita Joy Shaw (The University of Kansas), Fahad
Abdullah Alharbi (The University of Taibah), paper session,
Associations Between Adults’ Education Skills and Political
Efficacy: An Analysis of the Program for the International
Assessment of Adult Competencies
David M. Brown, paper session, “Pleasant Places With
Congenial Companions”: Depictions of College Student Life in
Early 20th-Century Fiction
Xin Ma, Maricela Guerra (California State University
– Bakersfield), Jianjun Wang (California State University –
Bakersfield), paper session, A Comparative Study of Canonical
Correlation Between Student Mathematics and Science
Achievements in TIMSS (Trends in International Mathematics and
Science Study)
Joseph J. Ferrare, Yougeon Lee (University of Wisconsin –
Madison), paper session, Finding One’s Place or Losing the Race?
The Unequal Impacts of Switching Majors on College Degree
Completion
Jing Yuan, Letao Sun, poster session, Examining the Individual
Differences in Mathematics Achievement: An Application of
Quantile Regression
Gene Wilhoit, Linda Darling-Hammond (Stanford University),
Paul K. Leather (New Hampshire Department of Education),
invited speaker session, New Approaches to Accountability
Todd Hurst, roundtable session, The Discursive Construction of
Democratic Leadership by School Superintendents on Twitter
Victoria Sherif, roundtable session, Examination of Rural High
School Students’ Per