39th Annual Conference
October 22-24, 2008
Rocky Hill, Connecticut.
Conference Theme: Strengthening Educational Research
Conference Co-Chairs and Proceedings Editors:
Helen Marx, University of Connecticut
Tom Levine, University of Connecticut
Submissions from 2008
Measuring College Student Satisfaction: A Multi-Year Study of the Factors Leading to Persistence, Felice D. Billups
The Relationship Among Leadership Preparation Practices and Leader, School, and Student Outcomes in K-8 Schools, Donna Braun, Robert Gable, and Stacey Kite
The Effect of Direct Instruction versus Discovery Learning on the Understanding of Science Lessons by Second Grade Students, Marisa T. Cohen
Improving Automaticity with Basic Addition Facts: Do Taped Problems Work Faster Than Cover, Copy, Compare?, James Cressey and Kristin Ezbicki
A Confirmatory Factor Analytic Study Examining the Dimensionality of Educational Achievement Tests, Nina Deng, Craig Wells, and Ronald Hambleton
A case study of teachers' mathematics content knowledge and attitudes toward mathematics and teaching, Brian R. Evans
Learning to lead: Examining the moderator role in debrief conversations among professional developers, Heather K. Harkins
Family Myths, Beliefs, and Customs as a Research/Educational Tool to Explore Identity Formation, William E. Herman
Empowering Teachers as Leaders: A Hard Sell, Rochelle Goldberg Kaplan, Kevin Walsh, Hilary A. Wilder, Geraldine Mongillo, Christopher Mulrine, and Dorothy Feola
Development of an Instrument to Measure University Students' Social Ties and Social Distance with a Particular Focus on Racial and Ethnic Diversity, Vanessa E. Kass
Improving the Self-Esteem of At-Risk Youth, Gavrielle Levine, Deborah Majerovitz, Elizabeth Schnur, Charletta Robinson, and Cadine Soman
An Activity Theoretical Approach to Designing Curriculum and Instruction That Shift the Means and Ends of History Education, Thomas H. Levine
Rigorous Curriculum and SAT, Feifei Li, Thanos Patelis, and Robert Lissitz
Measuring Teachers’ Perceptions of Grading Practices: Does School Level Make a Difference?, Xing Liu
Learning about Self Far From Home: A Pre-service Teacher’s Intercultural Development During an International Program, Helen A. Marx
Cognition and Student Learning Through the Arts, Steven A. Melnick, Judith T. Witmer, and Martha J. Strickland
Preservice, Secondary Social Studies Teachers' Perceptions of Gender Equity, Margaret M. Monaghan
Using a Longitudinal Data Mart to Examine the Effects of Student Mobility on Test Performance Over Time, Richard F. Mooney and Barbara Q. Beaudin
Factors Related to Mental Health of Native Americans in Eastern Tribes, Chung-Fan Ni, Felicia Wilkins-Turner, Valerie Ellien, Corinne Harrington, and Diane E. Liebert
Addressing Misconceptions about Heat Transfer in Undergraduate Chemical Engineering Instruction, Katharyn E. K. Nottis, Michael J. Prince, and Margot A. Vigeant
The Use of Music to Teach Life Skills to Students with Emotional Disbilities in the Classroom, Williams Emeka Obiozor
Professional Development Initiatives that Bridge, Develop and Support Learning Environments for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse School Communities in the US and Guatemala, Miriam Pepper-Sanello, Adrienne Andi Sosin, Michelle Zucaro, and Cynthia Rainbow
E-Mail is Not Just for Old Fogeys: A Modest Study of E-Preferences Across Generations, Barbara Rosenfeld and Lisa Novemsky
Measuring Middle School Achievement Growth With Student Growth Percentile Methodology, Rachel Slaughter
The Effect of Deleting Anchor on the Classification of Examinees, Tia Sukin and Lisa Keller
A Qualitative Study of the Assistive Technology Decision-Making Process in Four Pennsylvania School Districts, Philip Tucker, Sheila Jones, and Michelle Cappa
Anxiety and Depression as Comorbid Factors in Drinking Behaviors of Undergraduate Students in an Urban Private University, Charles Vohs, Robert Gable, Cynthia Ward, Joseph Barresi, Ronald Martel, and Dameian Slocumb
Attitudes of University Students toward Individuals with Exceptionalities and Inclusive Practices: A Baseline Analysis of Students Enrolled in the Introductory Course, Maureen Walsh, Sheila Dove Jones, James Krause, Emeka Obiozor, Angela Pang, Deborah Stryker, Barbara Wert, Barbara Wilson, Walter Zilz, and Eileen Astor-Stetson
A Validation of the Collaborative Alternative Magnet School for Leadership (CAMS) Student Survey, Wei Xia, Mary E. Yakimowski, Maureen Bransfield, and Carolyn McNally
The Relationship between AP English Language Performance and College Outcomes, Xinhui Xiong, K. D. Mattern, and E. J. Shaw
Prospective EFL (English as a Foreign Language) Teachers’ Perceptions of Learner Autonomy, Ozgur Yildirim
Global Learning Community Network: Heritage Language Learning Project Using Social Interaction Software, Melda N. Yildiz
On the Way to Becoming Global Citizens: Use of ICT by Ukrainian Students, Mariya Yukhymenko and Scott W. Brown