| 2006 GERA Program |
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| Agenda, October 27, 2006 |
| 9:00 AM | 10:30 AM | Noon | 1:30 PM | 3:15 PM |
| 8:00 – 9:00
AM Registration and Continental Breakfast |
9:00 – 10:15
AM Room 217 • Paper Session: Youth at Risk Moderator: Dorothy Battle, Georgia Southern University |
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Two The Relationship Between Academic Setting and Student Performance Cynthia L. Heyward, Georgia Southern University |
9:00 – 10:15
AM Room 218 • Paper Session: Student Achievement Moderator: Sharon Livingston, LaGrange College |
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One A Framework for Instructional Equity: Relationships Between Adequate Yearly Progress Classification and Educator Attributes Tom Hall, Georgia Professional Standards Commission |
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Two The Effect of Parallel Block Scheduling on Student Achievement and Student Discipline Among Elementary School Students Ben Hill Primary School ; Ellen W. Wiley, Larry P. Wiley, Verilette Hinkle and David Monetti, Valdosta State University |
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Three Public Schools outperforming Private Schools? A critical examination of the 2006 NAEP report Carol Thurman & Sujatha Bhagavati, Educational Research Bureau, Georgia State University |
9:00 – 10:15
AM Room 1005 • Paper Session: Art in Inquiry and Practice Moderator: Rick A. Breault, Kennesaw State University |
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One Analyzing the Relationship between Aesthetic and Experiential Inquiry Nicole Harper, Georgia Southern University |
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Two Co-Teaching Through the Eyes of Elementary and Middle Grade Students Harriet J. Bessette, Kennesaw State University |
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Three Once Upon a Time—Until: The Role of the Arts in Georgia’s Educational Quality Kalan Brown, Young Audiences, Woodruff Arts Center-Atlanta |
10:15 – 10:30
AM Break |
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One |
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Two A Collaborative Inquiry: University and PDS Partnership Study on Teacher Retention and Mobility Lydia Criss Mays, Georgia State University |
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Three How Deep is the Georgia Teacher Pool? Winifred C. Nweke, Comfort Y. Afolabi, Gerald M. Eads, Georgia Professional Standards Commission |
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Four The Production of School Counselors: An Analysis of University Graduate Programs in Georgia Brent M. Snow, University of West Georgia |
10:30
AM – Noon Room 217 • Paper Session: Educational Leaders Moderator: William Reynolds, Georgia Southern University |
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One Are School Principal Profiles in the United States Different from Those in China? Tak Cheung Chan, Kennesaw State University |
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Two Illegitimi Non Carborundum: A Research Study into the Causes, Effects and Strategies for Coping with the Professional Victim Syndrome Associated with the Contemporary School Superintendency Walter S. Polka, Georgia Southern University |
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Three Life History of Dr Arthur Dunning: An Ethnographic Study Sharon R. Duhart, Georgia State University |
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Four Accountability Crises: Disjointed Communication and Missed Opportunities Andrew Ann Dinkins Lee, Fort Valley State University |
10:30
AM – Noon Room 218 • Symposium Personal-Passionate-Participatory Inquiry: Research for Social Justice A group of multiethnic practitioner researchers explore research programs on life in schools, families, and communities in the American South and Midwest . Moderator: Ming Fang He, Georgia Southern University Presenters: Robert Lake, Angela McNeal Haynes, Georgia Southern University |
10:30
AM – Noon Room 1005 • Paper Session: Decision Making in Higher Education Moderator: Sharon Livingston, LaGrange College |
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One Learning the Practical Art of Curriculum Deliberation Don Livingston, LaGrange College |
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Two Electronic Assessment and Data Management Systems in Higher Education: An Implementation Case Study Kent Rittschof and Susan Trimble, Georgia Southern University |
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Three Predictive validity of GRE and MAT scores to graduate grade point average Mark J. Fenster, University of Massachusetts-Lowell |
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Four Does playing a lengthy football season adversely impact grades of student athletes? Mark J. Fenster, University of Massachusetts-Lowell |
| Noon – 1:30 Room 115 • Lunch and GERA Business Meeting |
1:30 – 3:00
PM |
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One
Predicting the impact of enrollment and policy changes on teacher demand Gerald M. Eads, Winifred Nweke, Comfort Afolabi, & Thomas Hall, Georgia Professional Standards Commission |
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Two Viewpoints: K-12 School leaders Weigh In On Teacher Certification Routes in Georgia Myrna W. Gantner, University of West Georgia |
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Three Participant-Identified Success Attributes of A Teacher Preparatory Program for High Poverty Schools Kam Fui Lau, Lorrie L. Hoffman & Evelyn B. Dandy, Armstrong Atlantic State University |
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Four Science and Mathematics Teacher Preparation: Rethinking What Works Bonita Flournoy, Columbus State University |
1:30 – 3:00
PM |
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One Fostering Culturally-Responsive Teacher Dispositions: A Diversity Infusion Approach Rosemarie Stallworth-Clark and Mary H. Jackson, Georgia Southern University |
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Two The Progression of the Negro Colleges in the University System of Georgia (1954 - 1964) Sharon R Duhart, Georgia State University |
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Three Impact of Gender on Student Achievement Paulette Harris, Augusta State University and Audie Holmes, Paine College |
1:30 – 3:00
PM |
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One Bridging the Gap: The Support New Teachers Want and What They Receive Shirley P. Andrews and Ellice P. Martin, Valdosta State University |
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Two Principal's Influence on Collaboration Among Teachers & Media Specialists Betty J. Morris, Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, AL |
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Three Teachers as Facilitators in School Technology Advancement Jo Williamson and Traci Redish, Kennesaw State University |
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Four Teacher Leadership and Professionalism Gwendolyn H. Middlebrooks, Spelman College |
1:30 – 3:00
PM |
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One Research to Practice: Helping Teachers Adopt the Picasso Model of Graphic Communication Jerry P. Galloway, Georgia Southern University |
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Two NCLB, Teacher Agency, and the WWIS Survey Ennis Bragg, The Georgia Center for Educational Renewal,Georgia Southern University |
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Three Relating Teacher Candidate Performance to their Students' Academic Achievement Mark J. Fenster, University of Massachusetts-Lowell |
| 3:00 – 3:15
PM Break |
3:15 – 4:30
PM |
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One Preliminary Investigation of Technology Use Among Pre-service Teachers Terry Diamanduros, Elizabeth Downs, Stephen Jenkins, Georgia Southern University |
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Two Improving Online Teaching Through Student Assessment Tools Betty J. Morris, Jacksonville State University |
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Three The Use of Distributed Intelligence in the Formation of a Peer-Mentoring Group Nicole Harper, Georgia Southern University; Jo-Ne Bourassa, Heart of Georgia Technical College; Rebecca Rule, Medical College of Georgia |
| 3:15 – 4:30
PM Room 217 • Paper Session: Standards, Assessment, and Outcomes Moderator: Susan Trimble, Georgia Southern University |
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One The Academy for Learning through Performance Standards and Assessment: A Learner-Centered Paradigm for Science and Mathematics Teachers Vikki K. Collins, Columbus State University ; H. Marguerite Yates, LaGrange College; Donna Pascoe, Columbus State University; Martha Hall, Columbus State University |
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Two Really Unpacking the GPSs Rick A. Breault, Kennesaw State University |
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Three Professional Development School Partnerships (PDS)..What Should The Outcomes Be? Joyce Eskridge, Georgia State University |
| 3:15 – 4:30
PM Room 218 • Symposium: Living in the Shadow of Free Market Ideology: The Corporatization of the Public Schools and Universities Moderator: William M. Reynolds, Georgia Southern University |
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One The Ancient Warriors Taught Us Nothing: Examining the Lack of Protests in Empire C. Steven Page , Georgia Southern University |
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Two A Beautiful Mind: A Portrait of Corporatization and Militarization in Academe James R. Burgess, Georgia Southern University |
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Three Effects of Outsourcing in Today’s Public Schools Nora C. Roberts, Georgia Southern University |
| 3:15 – 4:30
PM Room 1005 • Working Session: GERA Board Members |