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Presentations

Note: In addition to the following papers authored and/or co-authored by our faculty, a number of other recent talks by graduate students were presented.

Eslinger, P., Wang, J., Blair, C., Baker, D., Thorne, S., Gamson, D., Yang, Q.X., Rohrer, L. (May 2006). Developmental fMRI Changes Associated with Relational Reasoning. Presentation at the International Society for Magnetic Resonance Medicine, Seattle.

Baker, R., & Passmore, D. (April 2006). The Power of Information Markets. Presentation at the 2006 Human Resource Planning Society Annual Global Conference, Tucson, Ariz.

Carney, J. (April 2006). Assessment of Professionals' Abilities to Recognize Bullying and its Consequences. Presentation at the American Counseling Association and Canadian Counseling Association Joint Conference, Montreal, Canada.

Carney, J., Hazler, R., & Sterner, W. (April 2006). Creative Integration of Biological Measures into Counseling Research and Practice. Presentation at the American Counseling Association and Canadian Counseling Association Joint Conference, Montreal, Canada.

Carney, J., & Karajic, A. (April 2006). Excellence in Communications. Presentation at Chi Sigma Leadership Training Day during the American Counseling Association and Canadian Counseling Association Joint Conference, Montreal, Canada.

Choi, I., & Land, S.M. (April 2006). Instructor Modeling and Online Guidance for Peer-Questioning during Online Discussion. Presentation at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco.

Colbeck, C.L. (April 2006). Balance and Discipline: Faculty Work and Family Time in Chemistry and English. Presentation at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco.

Dooris, M.J., & Guidos, M. (May 2006). Tenure Achievement Rates at Research Universities. Presentation at the Association for Institutional Research (AIR) Annual Forum, Chicago.

Dwyer, F.M., Ching, Y., Ke, F., & Lin, H. (April 2006). Effects of Animation in Facilitating Student Achievement: A Meta-Analytic Assessment. Presentation at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco.

Dwyer, F.M., & Dwyer, C. (March 2006). The Evolutionary Development of Animation Based Research for Instructional Purposes. Presentation at the Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education, Orlando, Fla.

Dwyer, F.M., Ke, F., Lin, H., & Ching, Y. (April 2006). Does Animation Promote Learning for Students at Various Educational Levels? Presentation at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco.

Fadigan, K. (April 2006). Sisters in Science in the Community. Roundtable session presented at the National Association of Research in Science Teaching Annual International Conference, San Francisco.

Fadigan, K. (May 2006). Program evaluation. Workshop presented at the Mid-Atlantic YouthALIVE! Professional Development Meeting, Camden, N.J.

Gamson, D.A. (April 2006). Reinventing the American School District, 1925–1975. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco.

Gamson, D.A., Cummings, E., Knipe, H., Baker, D., Blair, C., & Thorne, S. (April 2006). The Fall and Rise of Intellectual Rigor: The Case of School Mathematics, 1890–2000. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco.

Gol-Guven, M., & Johnson, J. (May 2006). Mothers' Ideas, about Toddler Play and Development, Through Cultural Lens. Presentation at the 32nd annual meetings of the Association for the Study of Play, St. Catherine's, Ontario, Canada.

Gray, K. (May 2006). Counseling Teens in Uncertain Times. Keynote address at the Career Counselors In-Service Conference. Milwaukee.

Harper, S.R. (March 2006). Crash: The Problematic Convergence of Race and Masculinities among College Men. Presentation at the American College Personnel Association Annual Convention, Indianapolis.

Harper, S.R. (March 2006). Out-of-Class Engagement Trends among College Student-Athletes: Implications for Collaboration. Presentation at the American College Personnel Association Annual Convention, Indianapolis.

Harper, S.R. (April 2006). Mentoring Doctoral Students: Reaching a Balance between Teaching and Nurturing. Presentation at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco.

Harper, S.R., & Burt, B.A. (March 2006). Staying Power: Innovative Approaches to Improve African American Male Retention. Presentation at the American College Personnel Association Annual Convention, Indianapolis.

Harper, S.R., Cuyjet, M.J., Rome, K., Bledsoe, T., & Martin, B.E. (March 2006). Panel on Improving the Status of African American Male Undergraduates: Part 1. Presentation at the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA) Annual Conference, Washington, D.C.

Harper, S.R., & Harris III, F. (March 2006).Identifying and Eradicating Racial Disparities: A Student Affairs/Academic Affairs Collaborative Approach. Presentation at the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA) Annual Conference, Washington, D.C.

Harper, S.R., & Museus, S.D. (March 2006). The Racial Realities of Campus Environments: Research Findings and Implications

Harper, S.R., Nichols, A.H., Ingram, T.E., Davis, R.J., & Young, E. (March 2006). Panel on Improving the Status of African American Male Undergraduates: Part 2. Presentation at the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA) Annual Conference, Washington, D.C.

Harper, S.R., & Quaye, S.J. (March 2006). Not by Accident: Intentionally Facilitating Structured Opportunities for Cross-cultural Learning. Presentation at the American College Personnel Association Annual Convention, Indianapolis.

Gasman, M., & Harper, S.R. (April 2006). Mentoring Doctoral Students: Reaching a Balance Between Teaching and Nurturing. Preconference session presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco.

Laker, J.A., Harper, S.R., Davis, T., Eberly, C., & Westfal, S. (March 2006). Patriarchy is Not a Person: A Dialogue about Gender, Men and Privilege. Presentation at the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA) Annual Conference, Washington, D.C.

Mmeje, K.C., Harper, S.R., & Harris III, F. (March 2006). Explaining and Reducing the Overrepresentation of College Men among Campus Judicial Offenders. Presentation at the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA) Annual Conference, Washington, D.C.

Patton, L.D., Harper, S.R., Bridges, B. K., McClure, M. L., Howard-Hamilton, M. F., & Lazarus-Stewart, D. (March 2006). Being the Difference: Black Faculty and Scholarship in Student Affairs. Presentation at the American College Personnel Association Annual Convention, Indianapolis.

Tran, M., Jacobson, S.C., & Harper, S.R. (March 2006). Renewing Our Commitment to a Diverse Greek Community. Presentation at the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA) Annual Conference, Washington, D.C.

Heid, M.K. (March 2006). Observations on Mathematical Understandings of and for Secondary Mathematics Teachers. Presentation at the Third Annual Conversations Among Colleagues Conference, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

Heid, M.K. (April 2006). Carpe diem! There is more to secondary school mathematics than textbook math. Presentation at the Eighty-fourth Annual Conference of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, St. Louis.

Heid, M.K., Peters, S., Fratto, C., & Perkinson, D. (April 2006). Making and Managing Distinctions: The Case of Sampling Distribution. Research presession of the Eighty-fourth Annual Conference of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, St. Louis.

Heid, M.K., & Zembat, I.O. (April 2006). Representational and Object Understanding of Mathematical Entities: The Case of Function. Research presession of the Eighty-fourth Annual Conference of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, St. Louis.

Sullivan, P.L., Heid, M.K., & Akar, G.K. (April 2006). Prospective Secondary Mathematics Teachers’ Ways of Mathematical Thinking: Procedural and Conceptual Approaches to Weighted Mean. Research presession of the Eighty-fourth Annual Conference of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, St. Louis.

Jackson Jr., A. (May 2006). Introductory presentation at the second annual “The Future is in Our Hands Through Multicultural Education” conference, Pittsburgh.

Janke, E.M., & Colbeck, C.L. (April 2006). Learning Professional Roles: The Situated Curriculum. Presentation at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco.

Johnson, J. (May 2006). Advancing Play: More Reflections on a Journey Through Play. Past-President's Panel presentation at the 32nd annual meetings of the Association for the Study of Play, St. Catherine's, Ontario, Canada.

Kelly, G.J. (April 2006). Learning to Write Scientific Arguments within a Disciplinary Framework. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco.

Kelly, G J., & Prothero, W. (April 2006). Computer-Based Tools for Developing Scientific Argumentation in University Student Writing. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco.

Brenner, M.E., Bianchini, J., Goto, K., Cavazos, L., & Kelly, G.J. (April 2006). Promoting Equity Through Professional Development in Science and Mathematics: Teacher Research and Conceptual Change. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco.

Lambert, A.D., Terenzini, P.T., & Lattuca, L.R. (May 2006). More than Meets the Eye: Curricular and Programmatic Effects on Student Learning. Presentation at the Association for Institutional Research (AIR) Annual Forum, Chicago.

Lattuca, L.R. (April 2006).Learning to Change: A Study of NSF-Funded Planning Grants for Educational Innovation. Presentation at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco.

Lin, K.-P., & Shouse, R. (April 2006). East Meets West: Principal Leadership and Taiwan School Reform. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco.

Lindsay, B. (April 2006). Black Education: A Transformative Research and Action Agenda for the New Century. Presentation at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco.

Lindsay, B. (April 2006). Conceptualizing/Doing Transformative Black Education Research Globally: “You Do Your Work, It Will Make Its Way”. Presentation at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco.

Lindsay, B. (April 2006). HIV/AIDS Education in an International Context in Service that Saves: How Teacher Education Can Respond to the HIV/AIDS Crisis and How the HIV/AIDS Crisis Can Humanize Teacher Education. Presentation at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco.

Liu, W.-R., Yawkey, T.D., & Chen, W. (April 2006). Assessment in ESL Classrooms: From Teachers’ Perspectives. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco.

McDonald, S.P. (April 2006). Defining Inquiry in Practice: The Invisible College for Inquiry Science Study. Presentation at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco.

Mitra, D.L. (April 2006). Student Voice in School Reform: From Listening to Leadership. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco.

Mitra, D.L. (April 2006). Sustaining Student Voice Initiatives—What Really Matters? Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco.

Prakash, M.S. (April 2006). Polyphilia and the Politics of Friendship—An Introduction to Jerry Brown. Presentation at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco.

Prakash, M.S., & Stuchul, D.L. (April 2006). Gandhi, Berry, Illich: Diversity in Postmodern “Yes’s”; Unity in Their Modern “No”. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco.

Prakash, M.S., & Stuchul, D.L. (April 2006). Measuring What Matters: Ecological Literacy and Wholistic Assessment. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco.

Prins, E. (April 2006). Participatory Photography as a Research Method: A Tool for Empowerment or Surveillance? Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco.

Reason, R.D. (March 2006). Facilitating Research in the Profession: Roundtable Discussion Sponsored by Senior Scholars. Presentation at the American College Personnel Association Annual Convention, Indianapolis.

Shin, M., & Johnson, J. (May 2006). Play and Literacy Experiences in Home Settings of American Korean, and American Kindergarten Children. Presentation at the 32nd annual meetings of the Association for the Study of Play, St. Catherine's, Ontario, Canada.

Shouse, R. (May 2006). Civic Leadership in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence. Presentation at the annual film festival, Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

Stuchul, D.L. (April 2006). Ivan Illich’s Invitation to Awareness—A Retrospective. Introduction to inaugural meeting of the Ivan Illich Special Interest Group at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco.

Adelman, C., Goldrick-Rab, S.Y., Terenzini, P.T., & Umbach, P.D. (May 2006). Institutional Effects Analysis: A Moot Question in an Age of Mobility? If Not, How Do We Do It? Presentation at the Association for Institutional Research (AIR) Annual Forum, Chicago.

Volkwein, J.F., & Baker, V.L. (May 2006). Undertaking Alumni Studies. Presentation at the Association for Institutional Research (AIR) Annual Forum, Chicago.

Volkwein, J.F., Lattuca, L.R., Domingo, R.J., & Harper, B.J. (May 2006). The Impact of Accreditation on Student Experiences and Learning Outcomes. Presentation at the Association for Institutional Research (AIR) Annual Forum, Chicago.

Volkwein, J.F., Yin, A.C., Cosgrove, J.R., Zhou, Y., & Sweitzer, K.V. (May 2006). Penn State Graduate Certificate Program and On-line courses in Institutional Research. Presentation at the Association for Institutional Research (AIR) Annual Forum, Chicago.

Volkwein, J.F., & Zhang, T. (May 2006). What Do IR Offices Do? Presentation at the Association for Institutional Research (AIR) Annual Forum, Chicago.

Weaver, L.D., & Colbeck, C.L. (April 2006). Janus in a Community of Practice: Two Profiles of Power. Presentation at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco.

Publications

Desimone, L., Smith, T., Baker, D., & Ueno, K. (2005). Assessing barriers to the reform of U.S. mathematics instruction from an international perspective. American Education Research Journal, 42 (3): 501–535.

Drago, R., Colbeck, C.L., Stauffer, D., Varner, V., Burkum, K., Fazioli, J., Guzman, G.Y., Habasevich, T. (2006). The avoidance of bias against caregiving: The case of academic faculty. American Behavioral Scientist, 49 (9): 1222–1247.

Colbeck, C.L., & Michael, P.W. (2006). Public scholarship: Re-synthesizing Boyer’s four domains. In J.M. Braxton (ed.), Delving further into Boyer’s research on scholarship. New Directions for Institutional Research, No. 129, 7–20. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Colbeck, C.L., & Michael, P.W. (2006). Individual and organizational influences on faculty members’ engagement in public scholarship. In R.A. Eberly and J. Cohen (eds.), Laboratory for public scholarship and democracy. New Directions for teaching and learning, No. 105, 17–26. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Heid, M.K., Larson, M., Fey, J.T., Strutchens, M., Middleton, J.A., Gutstein, E., et al. (2006). The challenge of linking research and practice. Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 37 (2): 76–86.

Kelly, G. (2006). Epistemology and educational research. In J.L. Green, G. Camilli, and P.B. Elmore (eds.), Handbook of complementary methods in education research, 3rd edition. Mahwah, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.

Reason, R.D., Terenzini, P.T., & Domingo, R.J. (2006). First things first: Developing academic competence in the first year of college. Research in Higher Education, 47 (2): 149–175.

Volkwein, J.F., & Sweitzer, K.V. (2006). Institutional prestige and reputation among research universities and liberal arts colleges. Research in Higher Education, 47 (2): 129–148.

Grants Awarded

Foley, Henry C., Hallacher, Paul M., Pugh, Tanna M., Pantano, Carlo G., Huss, Ronald J., Geiger, Roger L.
$250,000
COP: Department of Community and Economic Development The Pennsylvania State University Innovation Grant: I-99 Corridor and Philadelphia Navy Yard KIZs
7/1/05–6/30/07

Loomis, Fred D., Rothwell, William J.
COP: Department of Labor & Industry
$1,700,381
Careerlink Training Curriculum and Credentialing Program
2/8/05–2/6/07

Mason, Linda H., Kulikowich, J.M., Murphy, P.K., Sperling, Rayne A.
U.S. Department of Education
$297,739
TWA & Plan
1/1/06–12/31/06

Peck, Kyle L.
Minitab, Inc.
$8,969
Toru Fujimoto—Language Verification for Japanese 14 Project
5/16/06–8/15/06

Peck, Kyle L., Terenzini, Patrick T., Wijekumar, Kausalai J., Clariana, Roy B., Van Horn, Barbara L., Prins, Esther S.
U.S. Department of Education
$1,220,000
Mid-Atlantic Collaborative for Applied Research in Education (M-Care) Tasks 1–5
3/23/06–12/31/06

Proposals

Goehring, Elizabeth, Fisher, Charles R., Carlsen, William S., Williams, Catherine S.
National Science Foundation
$882,352
Collaborative Research: From Local to Extreme Environments: Deepening Earth Systems Science Understanding with GLOBE
8/1/06–7/31/10

De Onna, Janetta S.
North Central Workforce Investment Board
$25,426
Improving Healthcare Through Supervisory Training
4/1/06–6/30/06

Faircloth, Susan C., Stout, Jonathan E.
U.S. Department of Education
$892,922
Preparing Rural American Indian Special Educators (PRAISE): A Collaborative Leadership Model
8/15/06–8/14/10

Hamilton, KayLynn, Van Horn, Barbara L., Carman, Priscilla S., Wilson, Amy T., Webster, Suzanne S.
COP: Department of Education
$479,283
Workforce Education Research Center (WERC)—Year 3
7/1/06–6/30/07

Saxe, David W.
U.S. Department of Education
$700,000
Penn State Congressional Academy Project
7/1/06–6/30/09

Sherow, Sheila M.
Pennsylvania Literacy Corps Management Project Program Year 2006–2007
$99,975
COP: Department of Education
7/1/06–6/30/07

Tippeconnic, John W., Faircloth, Susan C.
U.S. Department of Education
$999,045
American Indian Leadership Program: Master's in Educational Administration to Prepare School Principals
8/15/06–8/14/10

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