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LITD Participation at AERA 2006
 
Posted by: Colleen
 
Members of LITD and our collaborators participated in numerous sessions at the 2006 American Educational Research Association Conference (http://www.aera.net). The American Educational Research Association (AERA), founded in 1916, is concerned with improving the educational process by encouraging scholarly inquiry related to education and evaluation and, by promoting the dissemination and practical application of research results.

Papers

  • A Comparative Analysis of Classroom Observation Instruments Used to Evaluate and Assess Early-Career Teachers
    Kimberly A. Lawless, Jennifer I Berne (National Louis University), James W. Pellegrino, Susan R. Goldman

  • A Design-Based Approach to Technology Integration Professional Development for Inservice Teachers
    Louanne I. Smolin, Kimberly A. Lawless, Joshua L. Radinsky

  • A SEEK Web Tutor: Fostering Critical Thinking While Learning About Causes of Volcanic Eruption
    Arthur C. Graesser (The University of Memphis), Moongee Jeon (University of Memphis), Jennifer Wiley, Susan R. Goldman, Tenaha O'Reilly (University of Memphis), Bethany McDaniel (University of Memphis)

  • RoomQuake: Learning, Self-Concept, and Growth of a Community of Practice in a Persistent Whole-Classroom Simulation
    Tom Moher, Syeda Hussain, Michael Barron, Mark Thompson

  • Sustaining Children's Interest in a Virtual Peer Storytelling Context
    Shaunna MacLeod, Traci O'Day, Colleen Kehoe, Francis Allende-Pellot, Susan R. Goldman

  • The Impact of Domain Knowledge and Navigation on Learning Online
    Kimberly A. Lawless, Peter G. Schrader (University of Nevada-Las Vegas), Hayley J. Mayall (Northern Illinois University)

Symposium Presentations

  • Copresent Distributed Simulations of Science Phenomena for K-8 Learners: A Technology Designers' Round-Robin Symposium
    Tom Moher, Chris Quintana (University of Michigan), Yvonne Rogers (Indiana University), Richard Joiner (University of Bath)

  • Going Where the Greatest Needs Are: Gauging Progress in Urban Teacher Education by Our Impact on the Hardest-to-Staff Schools
    Victoria Chou, Joshua L. Radinsky, Jane Fleming, Dan S. Miltner

  • Keeping Learning Front and Center in School Literacy Reform
    Taffy E. Raphael, Kathryn H. Au (University of Hawai'i-Manoa), Susan R. Goldman

  • Teaching and Learning Middle-Grades Science with GIS: Multiple Research Perspectives on Learning with Visual Data

    • Design Affordances of Representational Artifacts as Mediators of Sense-Making With Complex Data

      Joshua L. Radinsky, Kimberly Alamar (Whittier Elementary School), Carlos Rodriguez (Inter-American Magnet School), Jose Trigueros (Whittier Elementary School), Jennifer Leimberer (Chicago Public Schools)

    • Quiet Students in Small-Group Work: Emergence of Student Roles as Data Investigators

      Sonia Oliva, Joshua L. Radinsky, Francis Allende-Pellot, Ivan Liceaga, Melissa Singer, Rita Sacay (North Shore School District 112), Kimberly Alamar (Whittier Elementary School), Jose Trigueros (Whittier Elementary School), Carlos Rodriguez (Inter-American Magnet School), Susan R. Goldman

    • Gestural, Visual, and Verbal Components of Sense-Making in Classroom Investigations Using Complex Visual Data

      Melissa Singer, Sonia Oliva, Francis Allende-Pellot, Ivan Liceaga, Rita Sacay (North Shore School District 112), Joshua L. Radinsky

    • Emerging Conceptual Understandings in GIS Investigations

      Rita Sacay (North Shore School District 112), Susan R. Goldman, Melissa Singer, Sonia Oliva, Francis Allende-Pellot, Ivan Liceaga, Joshua L. Radinsky

Paper Discussions

  • Predicting Navigation on the WWW With User Variables: Prior Knowledge, Experience, and Interest
    Peter G. Schrader (University of Nevada-Las Vegas), Kimberly A. Lawless, Hayley J. Mayall (Northern Illinois University)

Session Chairs

  • Beyond the Mouse and Keyboard: New Technologies to Assess and Scaffold Learning
    Tom Moher

  • Teaching and Learning Middle-Grades Science with GIS: Multiple Research Perspectives on Learning with Visual Data
    Susan R. Goldman

Discussants

  • Computers as Metacognitive Tools for Enhancing Learning
    Susan R. Goldman

  • Human and Virtual Agents to Support Student Engagement and Learning
    Tom Moher

  • Investigating the Affordances of Technology for Supporting and Assessing Inquiry in Science Learning
    James W. Pellegrino

  • Making Assessment Work to Support Instruction
    James W. Pellegrino

  • Validities of Standards-Based Science Inquiry Assessments: Integrating Studies of Alignment, Performance, and Cognition
    James W. Pellegrino

Apologies for any omissions. Please contact colleenk@uic.edu to make corrections.
 
 
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