American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, April 2018

 

The College of Education at the University of South Carolina is proud to announce a list of faculty and graduate students who will present and/or participate in the AERA annual meeting in April.

 

The research of our faculty and students is changing the profession and impacting educational policies, procedures and learning in the classroom. The AERA annual meeting is an excellent opportunity to share that research with colleagues across the country.

Jon Pedersen, Dean of the UofSC College of Education

 

Assessment in Early Childhood Settings

Fri, April 13, 12:00 to 1:30pm, Crown Plaza Times Square, Times Square A Room
A Case for Item-Level Examination of a Quality Rating Improvement System Tool Using Rasch Analyses- Vasanthi Rao, Kelvin Pompey

Initial Validation of a State-Developed Observation Instrument for Childcare Quality-Tammiee Dickenson, Yin Burgess, Noelle P McInerney

Contrasting Rural and Urban Teacher Leadership

Sheraton Roundtable Session 1
Fri, April 13, 12:00 to 1:30pm, Sheraton New York Times Square, Second Floor, Empire Ballroom East

Images of Rural Science and Mathematics Teacher Leadership: Influence of a Professional Development Program- Christine Lotter, Jan Yow

Expanding Notions of Family Literacy Across Time and Communities

Fri, April 13, 2:15 to 3:45pm, New York Hilton Midtown, Fourth Floor, Harlem Suite

Family Literacy Beyond Early Childhood and the Elementary Years- Catherine F. Compton-Lilly

Critical Analyses of Children's and Young Adult Literature: Uncovering Discourses of Power and Representation About Latinx Communities

Fri, April 13, 2:15 to 3:45pm, Millennium Broadway NY Times Square, Fourth Floor, Rm 4.02-4.03

A Critical Content Analysis of Immigration in Latinx Children’s Books- Eliza G. Braden

Research, Evaluation, Assessment, and Accountability in Schools: Featuring the Analytic Explorations of Graduate Student Scholars

Poster Session 4
Sat, April 14, 8:15 to 9:45am, New York Hilton Midtown, Third Floor, Americas Hall 1-2 - Exhibit Hall

Educator Perceptions of Student Learning Objectives in Evaluating Teacher Effectiveness- Xumei Fan, Leigh D’Amico, Heather Bennett Grohn

Accounting for Race in Teacher Preparation and Retention

Sheraton Roundtable Session 6
Sat, April 14, 12:25 to 1:55pm, Sheraton New York Times Square, Second Floor, Empire Ballroom East

“Playing School”: Storying the Early Childhood and Imaginative Play Experience of Black Male Teachers- Nathaniel Bryan, Toni Williams

Advanced Issues in Multilevel Modeling

Poster Session 6
Sat, April 14, 12:25 to 1:55pm, NY Hilton Midtown, Third Floor, Americas Hall 1-2-Exhibit Hall

Application of a Multivariate Multilevel Growth Model With Dyadic Data-Tammiee Dickenson, Ryan Carlson

Learner Analytics and Design Thinking: Using Technology to Assess and Support Learners

Sat, April 14, 12:25 to 1:55pm, Westin New York at Times Square, Fifth Floor, Melville Room
Eye Tracking as a Measure of Expertise in Surgical Simulation- Melissa Duffy

Schools and Improvement Reforms

Sat, April 14, 2:15 to 3:45pm, Park Central Hotel NY, Mezzanine Level, Manhattan A Room

School Climate and School Effectiveness Across Respondent Groups: A Multilevel Investigation-Mihaela Ene, Elizabeth Leighton, Kathleen McGrath, Christine DiStefano, Diane Monrad

Teaching, Learning, and Making

Millennium Hotel Roundtable Session 6
Sat, April 14, 2:15 to 3:45pm, Millennium Broadway New York Times Square, Eighth Floor, Gallery 8

How Teachers Use Pinterest: Similarities and Differences in Teachers’ Uses of Pinterest for Instructional Planning- Rachelle Curcio

Models of Co-Teaching and Mentor Relationships

Sheraton Roundtable Session 8
Sat, April 14, 4:05 to 5:35pm, Sheraton NY Times Square, Second Floor, Empire Ballroom East

A Professional Planning Partnership With Boundaries: A Closer Look at Mentoring Relationships- Rachelle Curcio

Using Family-School-Community Partnerships to Enhance Early Literacy and Biliteracy

Sat, April 14, 4:05 to 5:35pm, NY Marriott Marquis, Seventh Floor, Columbia Room

Exploring Family Engagement Across Stakeholders in a State Initiative to Improve Early Literacy- Lauren E McMillin, Artie Maharaj, Ashlee A Lewis, Dawn Coleman, Bryanna Nelson, Tammiee Dickenson

Meaningful Mentoring Practices: Preservice Teachers and Mentors

Sun, April 15, 10:35am to 12:05pm, Park Central Hotel New York, Broadway

The Manifestation of Professional Mentoring Interactions Within the Internship- Rachelle Curcio

Novel Approaches to Large-Scale Assessment Data Analysis and Practice

Sun, April 15, 10:35am to 12:05pm, NY Hilton Midtown, Fourth Floor, East Suite

Rater Cognition in Teachers: Applying the Rater Cognition Model in a Large-Scale Assessment System- Elizabeth Leighton, Robert Johnson, Ashlee A. Lewis

Historical Perspectives on Black Education: Ideology and Access

Sun, April 15, 2:45 to 4:15pm, New York Marriott Marquis, Fourth Floor, Ziegfeld

Becoming an African American Progressive Educator: Narratives From 1940s Black Progressive High Schools- Craig Kridel

Conceptual and Empircal Advances in Classroom Assessment

Marriott Roundtable Session 44
Sun, April 15, 2:45 to 4:15pm, New York Marriott Marquis, Fifth Floor, Westside Ballroom Salon 2

A Comparison of Assessment Experts’ and Educators’ Perspectives on Ethics Issues in Classroom Assessment- Jin Liu, Robert Johnson, Xumei Fan, Ruiqin Gao

Paulo Freire, Critical Pedagogy, and Emancipation Roundtable

Millennium Hotel Roundtable Session 11
Mon, April 16,10:35am to 12:05pm, Millennium Broadway NY Times Square, Eighth Floor, Gallery 8

The Spiritual and Theological Roots of Freire’s Concept of Hope- James D. Kirylo

Constructivist Practices in Teaching

Park Central Roundtable Session 13
Mon, April 16, 10:35am to 12:05pm, Park Central Hotel New York, Ballroom Level, Forum

A Social Constructive Examination of the Use of Writing in Mathematics: A Fifth Grade Case Study- Christie Lynn Martin

Surveys in Educational Research

Marriott Roundtable Session 57
Mon, April 16, 12:25 to 1:55pm, NY Marriott Marquis, Manhattan Ballroom

Effects of Item Position on Psychometric Information From Affective Surveys-Steve Barth, Christine DiStefano, Fred Greer

Interactive Roles of University Supervisors and Mentors With Preservice Teacher

Sheraton Roundtable Session 24
Mon, April 16, 12:25 to 1:55pm, Sheraton NY Times Square, Second Floor, Metropolitan East Room

Shared Learning Experiences and the Development of Mentoring Partnerships During the Internship – Rachelle Curcio

Critical Teachers and Teacher Educators: Lessons From the Resisters

Mon, April 16, 12:25 to 1:55pm, New York Hilton Midtown, Concourse Level, Concourse C Room

Teacher Awareness, Conscious Positionality, and Academic Achievement: Learning From Our Teacher Identities- Toni M. Williams

Examining Learning Environments Across Diverse Contexts

Poster Session 16
Mon, April 16, 4:05 to 5:35pm, NY Hilton Midtown, Third Floor, Americas Hall 1-2 - Exhibit Hall

Examining Students’ Perspectives in the Context of Enterprise Learning: What Do Students’ Perceptions Reveal About Their Learning Environment? – Christie Lynn Martin, Constance Shepard, Ashlee A. Lewis, Tammiee S. Dickenson

Research on School Discipline Policy: Exploring Bias, Race, and Local Context

Mon, April 16, 4:05 to 5:45pm, New York Hilton Midtown, Second Floor, Clinton Suite

Implicit Bias in Low-Level School Discipline: A Mixed Methods Approach- Paul Fram

Methodological Advances to Improve Survey Data Collection and Analysis

Tue, April 17, 8:15 to 9:45am NY Marriott Marquis, Fourth Floor, Ziegfeld

Using Integrative Data Analysis to Investigate School Climate Across Multiple Informants- Kathleen McGrath, Elizabeth Leighton, Mihaela Ene, Christine DiStefano, Diane M. Monrad

Organizational conditions and diversity outcomes in higher education

Tue, April 17, 2:15 to 3:45pm, New York Marriott Marquis, Fifth Floor, Booth

Undergraduate Students’ Perceptions of Campus Climate: A Sense of Belonging as a Predictor of Satisfaction- Xumei Fan

Below is a list of other participants in the event.           

Chairs                                             Meetings                                Discussant

Daniella Cook                                 James Kirylo                              Catherine F. Compton-Lilly

Jin Liu                                             Todd Lilly

Susan Schramm                            Lemuel Watson

Rose Ylimaki

 

University of South Carolina College of Education Reception

Sunday, April 15, The Liberty

The UofSC College of Education reception at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) will be on Sunday, April 15, 2018, from 5-8:00 p.m. at The Liberty, located at 29 West 35th Street in New York, NY.

Hors d’oeuvres and drinks will be served.