IERI at AERA 2008
The following schedule contains details of the 2008 AERA sessions that included presentations by our IERI colleagues.
12:00 – 1:30pm
Characteristics of Effective Middle School Science Curriculum Materials: Results and Implications of a 6-Year Interdisciplinary Study
Building/Room: Sheraton New York Hotel & Towers / Executive Conference Center, Conference Room F, Lower Lobby
Sharon J. Lynch (Chair)
Janice H. Earle (Discussant)
Establishing Effects of Curriculum Materials: Quasi-Experimental Implementation Studies of Middle School Science Curriculum Units
Curtis L. Pyke, William Andrew Watson
Evidence of Project 2061 Instructional Strategies in Classroom Implementations: Relationship to Class Achievement
Sharon J. Lynch
Off the Page and Into the Classroom: Characteristics of Three Middle School Science Curriculum Units in Their Social and Cultural Context of Use
Joel Kuipers, Gail Brendel Viechnicki, Laura J. Wright, Lindsey Anne Massoud
2:15 – 3:45pm
Enhancing Mathematics Learning With Technology: Civic, Teacher, Student, and Content Perspectives on Scaling Up SimCalc
Building/Room: Hilton New York / Murray Hill Suite B, 2nd Floor
Jeremy Roschelle (Chair)
4:05 – 5:35pm
Computer Games and Team and Individual Learning
Building/Room: Sheraton New York Hotel & Towers / Carnegie Suite East, 3rd Floor
What Do We Know About Assessment in Games?
Eva Baker, Girlie C. Delacruz
| TUESDAY, MARCH 25, 2008 |
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10:35 – 11:15am
Critical Examination of Race, Ethnicity, Class, and Gender in the K-12 Classroom
Building/Room: Hilton New York / Trianon Ballroom / Petit Trianon, 3rd Floor
Teacher-Student Racial and Ethnic Congruence: Race Still matters in the Classroom
Antionette Stroter, Deborah Tatar
10:35am – 12:05pm
Approaches to Enacting and Evaluating Science Curriculum
Building/Room: Hilton New York / Green Room, 4th Floor
Fidelity of Implementation to Instructional Strategies as a Moderator of Science Curriculum Unit Effectiveness
Carol L. O'Donnell, Sharon Lynch
Scaling Up Peer-Assisted Learning Strategies and Students' Reading Achievement: A Multi-Site Longitudinal Randomized Control Trial
Building/Room: New York Marriott Marquis Times Square / Marquis Ballroom, Salon B, 9th Floor
Douglas Fuchs (Chair)
Scaling Up Peer-Assisted Learning Strategies: Effects on Elementary School Students Reading Achievement
Kristen L. McMaster, Laura Saenz
When Controls Perform as Experimental: Documenting and Exploring the Improved Reading Performance of Kindergartners in the Nashville Public Schools from 1997 to 2005
Christopher J. Lemons, Douglas Fuchs, Lynn S. Fuchs
Factors Related to Fidelity of a Peer-Assisted Learning Strategies Intervention for Kindergarten Reading
Marc Landon Stein, Mark Berends
Factors Predicting Sustainability of Kindergarten Peer-Assisted Learning Strategies
Devin M. Kearns, Coby Meyers
Research at Work in Practice: Improving District Leadership and School Programs of Family and Community Involvement
Building/Room: New York Marriott Marquis Times Square / Westside Ballroom, Salon 2, 5th Floor
Longitudinal Effects: District Leaders' Influence on School Partnership Programs
Joyce L. Epstein, Claudia Galind, Steven B. Sheldon
12:25 – 1:55pm
Empirically Determining the Instructional Sensitivity of an Accountability Test: Alternative Approaches
Building/Room: New York Marriott Marquis Times Square / Westside Ballroom, Salon 3, 5th Floor
Empirically Determining the Instructional Sensitivity of an Accountability Test
Eva Baker
2:15 – 3:45pm
Posters in Language Arts and Literacy
Building/Room: Hilton NY / Americas Hall, 3rd floor
A Longitudinal Study of the Development of Reading Fluency and Comprehension in the Early Elementary School Years
Paula Schwanenflugel
| WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 2008 |
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8:15 – 9:45am
Research on Reform in Science Instruction
Building/Room: New York Marriott Marquis Times Square / Barrymore Room, 9th Floor
Classroom and Teacher Contextual Effects on Students’ Science Concept Learning: A Multilevel Analysis
Vasuki Rethinam, Curtis L. Pyke, Sharon J. Lynch
Improving Science Teaching and Learning
Building/Room: New York Marriott Marquis Times Square / Majestic Complex, Majestic Room, 6th Floor
Effects of Scaffolded Guided Instruction (SGI) on Science Achievement: Randomized Experiments of Efficacy and Effectiveness
Rick Vanosdall, Michael Klentschy, Kathryn Sloane Weisbaum, Larry Hedges
Building Capacity Among Doctoral Students: AERA and Spencer Dissertation Fellows and Their Research
Building/Room: Sheraton New York Hotel & Towers / Metropolitan Ballroom, Metropolitan West, 2nd Floor
Cultivating College Dreams: Institutional Culture and Social Pathways to Attainment
Lara C. Perez-Felkner
10:35am – 12:05pm
Representational Affordances of Different Modeling and Visualization Tools (MVTs) in Facilitating Student-Centered Science Learning
Building/Room: Hilton New York / Hudson Suite, 4th Floor
Mapping a Model-Based Learning Progression From Genetics to Evolution: Representational Affordances and Epistemological Underpinnings
Janice Gobert, Paul Horwitz, Barbara C. Buckley
11:25 – 12:05pm
Investigations and Reports: Using Accountability to Improve School Performance
Building/Room: New York Marriott Marquis Time Square / Broadway Ballroom, Broadway North, 6th Floor
Triangulating: Using National Survey Data to inform the Interpretation of Randomized Controlled Experiment with Teachers
Deborah Tatar, Jason Ravitz, Antionette Stroter
12:25 – 1:55 pm
Discourse and Text in Mathematics Classrooms
Building/Room: Hilton New York / Concourse D, Concourse Level
Identifying Differences in Patterns of Classroom Discourse and their Relationship to Mathematics Achievement Scores
Jessica Pierson
2:15 – 3:45pm
Curriculum Alignment and Course-Taking Patterns on Science and Mathematics
Building/Room: New York Marriott Marquis Times Square / Jolson Room, 9th Floor
Changing a Middle School Science Curriculum, One Unit at a Time
Curtis Pyke, William Andrew Watson, Rob Ochsendorf, Sharon J. Lynch
Digital Media and a New Looking Glass for Learning: Theoretical, Methodological, and Empirical Issues for 3D Multi-User Virtual and Serious Game Environments
Building/Room: Sheraton New York Hotel & Towers, Executive Conference Center, Conference Room D, Lower Lobby
Chris J. Dede (Chair)
Data Mining for Assessment of Student Learning in the River City MUVE
Jody E. Clarke, Chris J. Dede
Exploring Frameworks for capturing Students Mathematical Identities in Diverse Classroom Settings
Building/Room: New York Marriott Marquis Times Square / Majestic Complex, Winter Garden Room, 6th Floor
Studying New Forms of Identity in Mathematics Classrooms With Integrated Communication and Representational Infrastructures
Stephen Hegedus, Bill Penuel, Maria Blanton
| THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 2008 |
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8:15 – 10:15am
Adolescent Identity Development: Looking at the Role of Culture and Self-Concept
Building/Room: New York Marriott Marquis Times Square / Shubert Complex, Plymouth Room, 6th Floor
Cultural Pride and Identidad: An Interactive Model of Identity and Ethnicity
Lara C. Perez-Felkner
11:25am – 12:05pm
Technology as an Agent of Change in Teaching and Learning, 2
Building/Room: New York Marriott Marquis Times Square, Broadway Ballroom, Broadway North, 6th Floor
Chris J. Dede (Chair)
A Conceptual Framework for the Scalability of Learning Environments
Jody E. Clarke, Chris J. Dede
12:25 – 1:55pm
Exploring Mathematics Curriculum
Building/Room: Sheraton New York Hotel & Towers, Madison Suite 4, 5th Floor
Assessing Curriculum Implementation: Insights From the Comparing Options in Secondary Mathematics Project
Melissa D. Mcnaught, James E. Tarr, Douglas A. Grouws
2:15 – 3:45pm
Mapping “Geography of Opportunity” in a Large-Scale Randomized Experiment on Enhancing Mathematics With Technology
Building/Room: Hilton New York / East Suite, 4th Floor
Janice H. Earle (Chair)
Larry V. Hedges (Discussant)
Mitchell J. Nathan (Discussant)
Mapping “Geography of Opportunity” in a Large-Scale Randomized Experiment on Enhancing Mathematics With Technology
Jeremy Roschelle, Nichole Shechtman, Deborah G. Tatar
4:05 – 5:35pm
Scaling and Measurement Issues in Survey Research
Building/Room: Hilton New York / Concourse D, Concourse Level
Using Measurement Principles to Construct and Restructure a Teacher Perception Survey
Jessica Cunningham, Kelly Bradley, Jeffrey Osborn
| FRIDAY, MARCH 28, 2008 |
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10:35am – 12:05pm
Motivation, Affect, and Engagement in Game-Based Learning Environments
Building/Room: Hilton New York, Sutton Complex, Sutton Center, 2nd Floor
How Attaining Special "Powers" Affects Student Engagement and Learning in an Immersive, Collaborative Simulation
Jody E. Clarke, Chris J. Dede, Edward Dieterle, Diane Jass Jass Ketelhut, Brian C. Nelson
Scaling-Up Interventions: The Case of Mathematics
Building/Room: Hilton New York / Gibson Suite, 2nd Floor
Douglas H. Clements (Chair)
Julie Sarama (Chair)
12:25 – 1:55pm
Reading and Comprehension 2: Activity, Ability, Achievement, and Appreciation
Building/Room: Hilton New York / Sutton Complex, Regent Parlor, 2nd Floor
Effect of Text Cohesion and Self-Explanation on the Comprehension of Science Texts
Yasuhiro Ozuru, Stephen Briner, Rachel Best, Danielle McNamara
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