Project MiddleData: Presentations/Papers

Project MiddleData presentations at peer-reviewed statewide, regional, and national conferences and publications

2003-2004

2004-2005

Published Papers and Presentations from 2004-2005:

Beal, C., Ross, M., Robertson, A., Andrews, D., Pope, C. & White, S. (2005). Establishing a two-way digital bridge that increases partners' technology expertise and promotes global understanding. Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education, 16th International Conference.
Beal, C., Andrews, D., Ross, M., Grable, L.L., & Beal, A. (2004, November). Building an integrated curriculum based on students' concern for a community problem: Takes theory to practice and beyond. National Middle School Association, Minneapolis, MN.
Beal, C., Ross, M., Beal, A., Grable, L., & Andrews, D. (2004, November). Expert Master Teachers Use Technology to Stay Informed and Up to the Minute When Building Curriculum Integration Units that Meet the Needs of All Students. National Middle School Association, Minneapolis, MN.
Bradburn, F., Grable, L.L., & Stallings, B. (2004, December). Making an IMPACT in North Carolina. North Carolina Educational Technology Conference, Greensboro, NC. Grable, L.L. & Reed, R.R. (2004. December). Instructional strategies for a global society: Online resources for curriculum integration. North Carolina Educational Technology Conference, Greensboro, NC.
Buxton, J.B., Pope, C., & Spires, H. (2004). A hole in the middle: Bringing focus to middle grades education in North Carolina. Friday institute, White Paper 1.
Grable, L.L. (2005, August) Professional development in technology rich K-8 schools: All that jazz. American Association of Physics Teachers, Salt Lake City, UT.
Grable. L.L. (2005, January). Technology in elementary and middle schools under NCLB: The right stuff. American Association of Physics Teachers, Albuquerque, NM.
Grable, L.L., Johnson, J., Reed, R., Ross, M., & Suh, J. (2005, June). Meet in the middle: Rural schools connect with future teachers. National Educational Computing Conference, Philadelphia, PA.
Grable, L.L., Overbay, A., & Osborne, J. (2005, March). Instructional activities, use of technology, and classroom climate: What lies beneath. Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education, Phoenix, AZ.
Grable, L.L., Ross, M., & Reed, R. (2005, March). Technology proficiency for teacher preparation faculty and preservice students: We’re off to the see the wizard. Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education, Phoenix, AZ.
Middle Grades Academy:A Vision for Middle Grades Education in North Carolina (Beal, C. Carter, G., Dalton, P., Pope, C. O’Steen, W. Grable, L. Norwood, N.)
Overbay, A., Grable, L.L., & Vasu, E.S. (in press) Evidence based education: Postcards from the edge. Journal of Technology and Teacher Education.
Overbay, A., Grable, L.L., Vasu, E.S. (2005, April). Evaluating school programs under NCLB: Lessons learned from Year 1 of a statewide technology evaluation. American Educational Research Association, Montreal, Canada.
Overbay, A., Osborne, J., Grable, L.L., Steelman, J. (2005, April). IMPACTing middle school students’ technology skills: Results from Year One of a technology integration initiative. American Educational Research Association, Montreal, Canada.
Patrick, M., Carter, G., & Wiebe, E. (2005).Visual Representations of DNA Replication: Middle Grades Students’ Perceptions and Interpretations. Journal of Science Education and Technology. 14(3), 353-365.
Patrick, M., Carter, G. & Wiebe, E. (November, 2004). Simple and rich representations of DNA replication: Middle schoolers’ understanding and preferences. Presented at Association of Teacher Educators Regional Meeting.
Patrick, M., Carter, G.,Wiebe, E., Park, J. & Butler, S. (March, 2005) Middle Grade Students’ Interpretations of Topographic Maps. National Meeting of National Association of Research in Science Teaching, Dallas, TX.
Pope , C.A. (2005). Being an adaptive teacher in a multimodal environment: Or...don't let the glitches get you down. (collaborative article with ECU, under review)
Pope , C.A. (2005). Developing techno-savvy teachers for a new generation of learners: Looking toward the future. Association of Retired Faculty, NC State University.
Pope, C. and Beal, C. (2004). Building a new middle school. Middle School Task Force, Orange County Schools, NC.
Reed, R.R. & Grable, L.L. (2004, October). It's a global world & technology makes it go round! World View Symposium, Chapel Hill, NC.
Steelman, J., Grable, L.L., & Vasu, E.S. (2004). Expanding global awareness: The use of student-developed multimedia created in a cooperative learning environment. The International Journal of Social Education, 19, 41-50.
White, S. A Technology Enriched Approach to Social Studies Preservice Education in Project MiddleData Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education International Conference (SITE) 2005:1 SITE 2005--Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference

Published Papers and Presentations from 2003-2004:

Beal, C., Dalton, P., Jenkins, E., Beal, A., Ross, M., Privette, C., & Grable, L.L. (2003). Forming a Help Yourself Yourself club: Teaching development theories to your students to help them understand their own adolescence and take responsibility for their futures. National Middle School Association, 30th Annual Conference.
Bull, P., Alibrandi, M., & White, S. (2004). A 2004 perspective: problems that affected and proposed technology integration during the practica experiences of preservice social studies teachers. Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education, 15th International Conference.
Grable, L.L., & Reed, R. (2003). Online tools for schools: Free Web sites to promote school partnerships. North Carolina Educational Technology Conference, Greensboro, NC. December 2003.
Haase, D., & Grable, L.L. (2004). No science teacher left behind: Involving higher ed in K-12. American Association of Physics Teachers, Miami, FL. January 2004.
Hollebrands, K.F. & Stohl, H. (2004). The interplay between technology design and students' control of problem solving. In D. McDougall (Ed.), Proceedings of the twenty-sixth annual meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. Toronto, Canada.
Kersaint, G., Horton, B., Stohl, H., & Garofalo, J. (2003). Technology beliefs and practices of mathematics education faculty. Journal of Technology and Teacher Education 11(4), 549-577.
O’Steen, W. (2004). Experiential education in the public school classroom. Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. New Orleans, Louisiana, March 2004.
O’Steen, W. (2004). The search for community in educational organizations: Service-Learning as a vehicle for creating learning communities. North Carolina Compact Service-Learning Conference. Elon, North Carolina, March 2004.
Overbay, A., Grable, L., & Vasu, E. (2004). Scientifically-based research: postcards from the edge. Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education, 15th International Conference. Received Research Paper Award.
Park, J., Slyhuis, D., & Dotger, S. (2004). Researching student use of school science images. Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education, 15th International Conference.
Pope, C. (2003). The future of English education. In Simmons, J., The history of English education. (Under review)
Pope, C.A. (2003). The 'highly qualified' teacher: Retaining student partnerships. In The Britton session: Teacher research in an age of 'scientific inquiry.' National Council of Teachers of English Fall Convention. San Francisco, CA.
Pope, C., & Christopher, L. (2004). An update on developing techno-savvy English language arts teachers. Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education, 15th International Conference.
Pope, C. & Golub, J. (2004). The road we've taken: An updated report from
Cyberspace. In proposed themed issue of English Education, Technology and English Education. (Under review)
Renninger, K. A., Sinclair, N., Hand, V. M., Stohl, H., Alejandre, S. & Underwood, J. S. (July 2004). Students' interest for and work with applet-enhanced word problems. Paper presented at the Sixth International Conference of the Learning Sciences, Santa Monica, CA.
Ross, M., Beal, C., & Dalton, P. (2004). Forming a help yourself yourself club: integrating web-based technology to teach development theories to empower early adolescents. Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education, 15th International Conference.
Stohl, H. (accepted, in press). Facilitating students' problem solving:Prospective teachers' learning trajectory in a technological context. Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education.

Tarr, J.E., Stohl, H., & Rider, R. (under review). When data and chance collide: Drawing inferences from simulations. Submitted for the 2006 NCTM Yearbook on Data and Chance.
Stohl, H. (Chair), Maher, C., English, L., Berry, E., Tarr, J. E., Pratt, D., & Shaughnessy, J. M. (April 2004). Research on students' learning of probability: Implications and connections. Research symposium and papers presented at Research Presession of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Philadelphia PA.
Underwood, J., Hoadley, C., Stohl, H., Hollebrands, K, DiGiano, C., & Renninger, K. A. (accepted, in press). IDEA: Identifying design principles in educational applets. Educational Technology Research and Development.
White, S. (2004). Students learning, students leading with GIS. Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education, 15th International Conference.