Distinguished Paper Session 1

Saturday, April 06 8:00am – 10:00am
The Westin Harbour Castle, Lower Level, Dockside 6
Chair: Tabitha McKinley, New Jersey Department of Education
Discussant: Leslie Zenk, University of North Carolina Charlotte
Discussant: Jeanne Powers, Arizona State University

• California Educational Research Association
  • How urban California educators engage academic optimism to maximize equity in student learning within low socio-economic status (SES) schools
    • Teri Marcos, National University; Donald Wise, Fresno State University; Susan Belenardo, University of California, Irvine; William Loose, Azusa Pacific University; Wayne Padover, National University
• New England Educational Research Organization
  • Teaching in the mirror – Autobiographical portraits of interns learning to teach
    • Bryan Mascio, University of New Hampshire
• Eastern Educational Research Association
  • A person-centered approach to understanding teachers’ classroom practices and perceived school goal structures
    • Helenrose Fives, Nicole Barnes, and Kit SaizdelaMora, Montclair State University
• Georgia Educational Research Association
  • An examination of K-12 teachers’ assessment beliefs and practices in relation to years of teaching experience
    • Aslihan Unal, College of Education, Georgia Southern University; Zafer Unal, College of Education, University of South Florida

Distinguished Paper Session 2

Sunday, April 07 8:00am – 10:00am
The Westin Harbour Castle, Lower Level, Dockside 6
Chair: Michael Green, Hudson Valley Community College
Discussant: Thanh Truc Nguyen, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
Discussant: Ana Martinez-Aleman, Boston College

• Mid-Western Educational Research Association
  • Virtual ethnography: The post possibilities of not being there
    • Lauren Angelone; Xavier University
• Northeastern Educational Research Association
  • Ensuring equity: Local school system’s policies and practices related to supporting homeless students and families
    • Katie L. Filling and Maria Y. Finger-Elam, Baltimore County Public Schools
• Northern Rocky Mountain Educational Research Association (withdrawn, not presenting)
  • Exploring how engineering faculty, graduates, and undergraduates evaluate hidden curriculum via emotions and self-efficacy
    • Idalis Villanueva, Marialuisa Di Stefano, Laura Gelles, and Katherine Youmans, Utah State University
• Rocky Mountain Educational Research Association (withdrawn, not presenting)
  • Disclosure experiences of LGB students in evangelical universities
    • Jordan N. James, Oklahoma State University

Distinguished Paper Session 3

Monday, April 08 8:00am – 10:00am
The Westin Harbour Castle, Lower Level, Dockside 6
Chair: Thanh Truc Nguyen, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
Discussant: Kelly Demers, St. Anselm College
Discussant: Mike Nelson, University of Central Oklahoma

• Arizona Educational Research Organization
  • Not just academics: The effects of perceived classroom environment on math achievement
    • Dillon McGill, Teach for America; Jake Winfield, Arizona State University
• Southwest Educational Research Association
  • Preschool children’s seriation learning progressions while interacting with touch-screen math apps
    • Emma P. Bullock, Sam Houston State University
• Florida Educational Research Association
  • The effects of student-generated drawing and imagination on learning a computer-based science text
    • Li Cheng and Carole R. Beal, and Albert D. Ritzhaupt, University of Florida
• Southern Carolina Educators for Practical Use of Research
  • School-level factors impacting arts achievement for fourth graders: A longitudinal analysis
    • Ning Jiang, Bradley D. Rogers, Xinxin Hu, and Ashlee Lewis, University of South Carolina

Distinguished Paper Session 4

Monday, April 08 12:00pm – 2:00pm
The Westin Harbour Castle, Lower Level, Dockside 6
Chair: Randall Parker, Louisiana Tech University
Discussant: Grant Morgan, Baylor University
Discussant: George Harrison, University of Hawaii at Manoa

• Hawai‘i Educational Research Association
  • A new research method for uncovering achievement gap patterns in large scale assessments to better inform policy and practice
    • Hugh Dunn, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa; Malkeet Singh, Wake County Public School System
• Mid South Educational Research Association
  • Adopting a meta-generative way of thinking in the field of education via the use of Bayesian methods
    • Prathiba Natesan, University of North Texas; Peter J. Boedeker, Boise State University; Anthony J. Onwuegbuzie, Sam Houston State University
• Louisiana Educational Research Association
  • The significance of the imbalance of accountability mandates
    • Lakesha N. Reese-Penn and Adam C. Elder, Southeastern Louisiana University
• Virginia Educational Research Association
  • Examining the validity and reliability of a student teaching evaluation instrument
    • Sarah P. Hylton, Thomas J. Ward, Christopher R. Gareis, and Jacob D. Joseph, The College of William and Mary

Board Meeting

Saturday, April 06 2:00pm – 3:00pm
The Westin Harbour Castle, Lower Level, Dockside 7

Chair: Randall Parker, Louisiana Tech University

Michael Green, Hudson Valley Community College
Tabitha M. McKinley, New Jersey Department of Education
Thanh Truc T. Nguyen, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa

Business Meeting and Reception

Saturday, April 06 5:30pm – 7:30pm
The Westin Harbour Castle, Lower Level, Dockside 9

Chair: Randall Parker, Louisiana Tech University

Michael Green, Hudson Valley Community College
Tabitha M. McKinley, New Jersey Department of Education
Thanh Truc T. Nguyen, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa