40th Annual Conference
October 21-23, 2009
Rocky Hill, Connecticut.
Conference Theme: Using Educational Research to Improve Student Learning
Conference Proceedings Co-Editors:
Thomas Levine, University of Connecticut
Helen Marx, Eastern Connecticut State University
Conference Program Co-Chairs:
Elizabeth Stone
Peter Swerdzewski
Maureen Ewing
Submissions from 2010
The Effect of College Student Demographic Variables on Teacher Enmeshment, Mark S. Walzer and Katharyn E.K. Nottis
Submissions from 2009
Developing a Scale to Assess Self-Efficacy for Response to Intervention Practices in Schools, Susan K. Barnes and Melinda S. Burchard
The Relationship of Self-Efficacy and GPA, Attendance, and College Student Retention, Stephen P. Becker and Robert K. Gable
Surviving a Doctoral Program: Student Perspectives of Support Services, Felice D. Billups and Stacey L. Kite
Flame or Fizzle? A Comparative Case Study of the SPARC Experience, Cynthia Bushey
Kindling SPARC: The Emergence of Social Perceiving-Acting Reciprocal Conversations, Cynthia Bushey
What's inside the Pandora's box of student teaching? Lessons learned from student teachers education personnel preparation, Lucia Buttaro
The Effectiveness of Imagery Interventions on the Vocabulary Learning of Second Grade Students, Marisa Cohen
The Black-White Achievement Gap Amongst Struggling Readers: A Case Study of Early Intervention Outcomes in Massachusetts, Emily Dexter and Jessica Simon
High Stakes Testing Literature Review and Critique, Youness Elbousty
Establishing a Professional Learning Community in a High School Setting, Youness Elbousty and Kirstin Bratt
Behavioral and academic effects of Skillstreaming the Adolescent for at-risk middle school students, Amy Evans and Candice Stefanou
The New York City Teaching Fellows Program: A Case Study in Alternative Certification in Mathematics, Brian Evans
The Homework Debate: How Much Homework is Helpful for Students to Acquire Mathematical Procedural Knowledge?, Nicholas D. Hartlep and Jacqueline Gosz
A Researcher's Dilemma: A Comparison of Estimated versus Actual College G.P.A., William E. Herman and Gena C. Nelson
From Concrete to Abstract: Teaching for Transfer of Learning when Using Manipulatives, Penina Kamina and Nithya N. Iyer
Examining the Challenges of Teaching for Social Justice in Sarajevo, Brian Kirby Lanahan and Peter McDermott
Encouraging Healthy Lifestyle Choices Among At-Risk Youth: The RESOLVE Program, Gavrielle Levine, Deborah Majerovitz, Elizabeth Schnur, Charletta Robinson, and Cadine Soman
Validating the Instrument: Students' Perceptions on Learning Calculus, Su Liang
The Effect of Mathematics Self-Efficacy on Mathematics Achievement of High School Students, Xing Liu and Hari Koirala
Who Drops out? A Study of Secondary School Dropouts in Connecticut, Xing Liu and Y.H. Alison Zhou
Financial Planning for College: What Parents Do To Prepare, Catherine A. Manly and Ryan S. Wells
The Relationship of Student Demographics to 10th Grade MCAS Test Anxiety, Peggy McCaleb-Kahan and Rolfe Wenner
Validation of a Reader Self Perception Scale (RSPS2) for Use in Grades 7 and Above, Steven A. Melnick, William A. Henk, and Barbara A. Marinak
How Qualified Are You and How Long Will You Stay?: An Exploratory Study of Novice Teachers' Perceptions of Preparation, Inducation and Attrition, Maria Boeke Mongillo
Community Needs Assessment of Native Americans and One Year Follow-up Evaluation, Chung-Fan Ni, Felicia Wilkins-Turner, Valerie Ellien, Corinne Harrington, and Diane E. Liebert
Undergraduate Engineering Students' Understanding of Heat, Temperature, and Radiation, Katharyn E.K. Nottis, Michael Prince, Margot Vigeant, Sarah Nelson, and Kathryn Hartsock
An International Professional Development Collaboration in Literacy Education, Miriam Pepper-Sanello and Adrienne Andi Sosin
Why & How Instructors Grade Participation in, Susan L. Rogers
Social Networking Obliterates Etiquette: Thumbs Drum in Rise of Multitasking Rudeness, Barbara Rosenfeld and Lisa Novemsky
Are Today's General Education Teachers Prepared to Meet the Needs of Their Inclusive Students?, Kate Rosenzweig
Available Classroom Supports for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders in Public Schools, Cheryl A. Sandford
Parallel Reflections: The Interdisciplinary Process of Co-Constructing Meaning, Martha J. Strickland, Jane B. Keat, Jane M. Wilburne, and Beatrice Adera
The Impact of Tagging/Metadata Creation Exercises on College Freshmen’s Metacognitive Skills, Hilary Wilder
Curry in Cambridge: The First Year, Eleanor Vernon Wilson