Articles

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Career Changers as First-Year Teachers in Rural Schools (with Holly Anderson), Journal of Research in Rural Education (2011)

The challenges novice teachers face as they adjust to inservice teaching are well documented. However,...

 

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Information Literacy Follow-Through: Enhancing Pre-Service Teachers' Information Evaluation Skills Through Formative Assessment (with Sara Seely and Margie Ruppel), Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian (2011)

An investigation into pre-service teachers' information evaluation skills at a large university suggests that formative...

 

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Enhancing Preservice Elementary Teachers’ 21st Century Information and Media Literacy Skills (with Sara Seely), Action in Teacher Education (2011)

This two-semester pedagogical study investigated the effectiveness of an approach to information and media literacy...

 

Once a Struggling Student… (with Kim DeWit), Educational Leadership (2010)

Teachers who faced tough challenges as K–12 students tell what they learned from their experience.

 

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Fourth Graders as Models for Teachers: Teaching and Learning 6+1 Trait Writing as a Collaborative Experience (with Shari Griffin), Literacy Research and Instruction (2010)

Performance on standardized writing assessments indicates that less than one-third of American K-12 students are...

 

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The Analysis of an Unsuccessful Novice Teacher’s Induction Experiences: A Case Study Presented Through Layered Account, The Qualitative Report (2010)

Although induction support is heralded as an effective way to reduce high attrition among beginning...

 

Using Music to Engage Children in Literacy and History (with Georgia Newlin), Kodaly Envoy (2010)

The article offers several instructional techniques which integrate literacy, music and history for K-12 students....

 

Characteristics and Experiences That Contribute to Novice Elementary Teachers’ Success and Efficacy, Teacher Education Quarterly (2009)

This article reports the results of a case study about elementary school teachers’ induction experiences....

 

On Borrowed Time: How Four Elementary Preservice Teachers Learned to Teach Social Studies in the NCLB Era, Social Studies Research and Practice (2009)

This study presents the findings of a qualitative investigation about four elementary preservice teachers’ experiences...

 

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Exploring Social Studies through Multicultural Literature: Legend of the St Ann’s Flood, The Social Studies (2009)

The search for literature that is high quality, high interest, written at age-appropriate levels for...

 

Contributions to Books

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The Professional Handbook: Developing Professionalism and Reflective Skills While Connecting Theory and Practice Through Technology, Technology Implementation and Teacher Education: Reflective Models (2010)

"This book present viewpoints of the international authors, who are teacher educators, highlighting their best...

 

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The Professional Handbook: Developing Professionalism and Reflective Skills While Connecting Theory and Practice Through Technology, Technology Implementation and Teacher Education: Reflective Models (2010)
 

Presentations

How Teachers, Classrooms, and Schools Can Go "Global" (Invited Presentation) (with Sara Seely and Margie Ruppel), Global Connections, Cultures, and Issues: Bringing the World into the Classroom Conference, Idaho Human Rights Education Center, (2009)
 

Interactive Instructional Strategies to Deepen Historical Understanding Through Children’s Literature (with Diane Boothe), Idaho Council for History Education Conference (2009)
 

Music That Engages Children in Literacy & History (with Georgia A. Newlin), Organization of American Kodály Educators Annual Conference (2009)
 

Use Music to Engage Children in Literacy and History, Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development Annual Conference (2009)