The Syracuse University School of Education is well represented by our faculty, students, and alumni at the American Educational Research Association’s 2020 Annual Meeting, held virtually April 7-12. Presentation titles, times, and direct links are listed. The full program including abstracts is available on the AERA website.
- Wednesday, April 7
- Thursday, April 8
- Friday, April 9
- Saturday, April 10
- Sunday, April 11
- Monday, April 12
Virtual Reception for Doctoral Students and Alumni
Friday, April 9, 2021
4-5 pm EDT
Join us for a virtual reception for alumni, students, faculty, and emeriti faculty from across the School of Education! Wear your orange and show us how you’re #ProudToBeSOE. There will be drawings for Syracuse University swag and faculty books during the event’s breakout rooms.
Wednesday, April 7, 2021
Division D Graduate Student in Progress Research Gala – Poster Session
1-2 p.m. EDT
- Choosing schools, choosing belonging: Examining school choice decisions among return migrants in India
Adrienne Lee Atterberry
Thursday, April 8, 2021
SIG-Lesson Study Poster Sessions
Research on Teacher Learning Through Lesson Study
2-3 p.m. EDT
- What Makes a Model? Using Lesson Study to Promote Changes in Scientific Modeling
Sharon Dotger
Kelly Chandler-Olcott
Jennifer Heckathorn - The Collective Experiences of Teachers Working to Build School-Wide Lesson Study
Sharon Dotger
Jennifer Heckathorn
BethAnn Kempf, Burton Street Elementary School
Christy Allen, Burton Street Elementary School
Julie Kielbasinski, Burton Street Elementary School
Mary Ann McIntosh, Burton Street Elementary School
Learning Environments Poster Sessions
The Impact of the Learning Environment on Student and Educator Outcomes
5-6 p.m. EDT
- Content Learning, Computer-Based Instruction, Mathematics Learning Interest, and Achievement Among Middle Schoolers
Lei Jin
Yue Zhang, Santa Clara University
Friday, April 9, 2021
Division K, Division K – Section 5 Roundtable Sessions
Equity and Ableism in Preservice Teacher Education
9:30-10 a.m. EDT
- Ableist Notions of Professionalism in Dispositions Assessments
Katie Roquemore
SIG Sessions, SIG-Research in Mathematics Education Roundtable Sessions
Studying Language in Mathematics Classrooms
9:30-10 a.m. EDT
- Reframing Equitable Communication Mechanism to Blur Research Practice Boundaries
Nicole Fonger - Using Visual and Linguistic Resources: ESL Learners’ Communication of Mathematical Ideas
Miriam RA Kabagorobya
Nicole Fonger
Nigar Altindis
SIG Sessions, SIG-Second Language Research Paper and Symposium Sessions
English Learners With Disabilities and Opportunity to Learn
10:40am to 12:10pm EDT
- “Better Opportunity, Better Life”: Constructing Community Cultural Wealth for Parents of English Learners With Disabilities
Chelsea Stinson
SIG Sessions, SIG-Critical Educators for Social Justice Paper and Symposium Sessions
Critical Educators for Social Justice Dissertation Awards: Highlighting Emerging Scholars
12:20 to 1:20pm EDT
- Martin Alberto Gonzalez
SIG Sessions, SIG-Online Teaching and Learning Paper and Symposium Sessions
Attending to Design Issues in Online Courses
4:10 to 5:40pm EDT
- Instructional Design Features of Self-Paced MOOCs
Moon-Heum Cho
Lei Zhang, Shanghai International Studies University
Saturday, April 10, 2021
Division G, Division G – Section 5 Paper and Symposium Sessions
Accepting the Responsibility to Examine and Innovate With Frameworks Used in Education Research
10:40am to 12:10pm EDT
- Framing Black Girl Leadership Practices With Transgressive Leadership
Courtney Maudlin
SIG Sessions, SIG-Science Teaching and Learning Paper and Symposium Sessions
Science Teaching and Learning: Preservice Teacher Training
10:40am to 12:10pm EDT
- I’ll Tell You About It: Understanding Preservice Teachers’ Construction of Scientific Explanations Through Clinical Simulations
Jennifer Heckathorn
Sharon Dotger
Benjamin Dotger
SIG Sessions, SIG-Special and Inclusive Education Research Paper and Symposium Sessions
Challenging the Abstract Subject: Beth Harry’s Contributions to Disability Research
12:20-1:20 p.m. EDT
- Reflections by Beth Harry G’89
SIG Sessions, SIG-Online Teaching and Learning Paper and Symposium Sessions
Discussing Online Discussions
2:30-4 p.m. EDT
- Investigating Cognitive Learning Patterns in an Asynchronous Online Discussion: A Directed Qualitative Content Analysis
Tanxiao Yang
Zhijuan Niu
Jing Lei
2021 AERA Global, AERA Presidential Sessions
The 24th Conversations With Senior Scholars on Advancing Research and Professional Development Related to Black Education
4:10 to 5:40pm EDT
- Virtual Room 7. Advancing Equity Through Academic Leadership While Addressing Politics of Diversity, Inclusion, and New Culture Wars: Personal and Professional Challenges
Howard C. Johnson
Carl A. Grant, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Monika Williams Shealey, Rowan University
SIG Sessions, SIG-Research in Mathematics Education Paper and Symposium Sessions
Exploring Student and Teacher Cognition in Mathematics Education
4:10 to 5:40pm EDT
- Exploring How to Support Students’ Co-Emergence of Representational Fluency and Functional Thinking
Nigar Altindis
Nicole Fonger
Sunday, April 11, 2021
Division A, Division A – Section 1 Paper and Symposium Sessions 2
Leadership for Democracy: How Are Principals Responding in Troubled Times?
10:40am to 12:10pm EDT
- Discussant: George Theoharis
Division F, Division F Paper and Symposium Sessions
Latinx Educational Activism During the Civil Rights Era
10:40am to 12:10pm EDT
- Discussant: Mario Rios Perez
Division J, Division J – Section 1 Paper and Symposium Sessions
Investigating the Role of Research, Career Development, and Other High-Impact Practices in Higher Education
10:40am to 12:10pm EDT
- Early-Year Undergraduate Researchers’ Reflections on the Values of Their Research Experience
Gayle D. Ceyhan, Bogazici University
John W. Tillotson
SIG Sessions, SIG-Bilingual Education Research Paper and Symposium Sessions
Parent Language Perceptions and Ideologies in Bilingual/Dual-Language Contexts
10:40am to 12:10pm EDT
- Challenging English Hegemony in a Preschool Dual-Language Classroom: “I Don’t Like to Speak Spanish”
Sultan Kilinc
Sarah Lopez Alvarado, Arizona State University
SIG Sessions, SIG-Disability Studies in Education Paper and Symposium Sessions
Intersectional Responsibilities: The Linguistic Rights of Disabled Students
10:40am to 12:10pm EDT
- “They Leave a Little Bit of Themselves Behind”: Language Learning, Disability, and Community-Based Resistance
Chelsea Stinson
SIG Sessions, SIG-Instructional Technology Poster Sessions
Instructional Technology SIG Poster Session 2: Instructional Technology in Higher Education and Corporate Settings
10:40 to 11:40am EDT
- The Use of a Digital Question Board to Engage “Vulnerable Students” in Large Lecture Classes
Lili Zhang
Jing Lei
Qui Wang
Jiaming Chang, Texas Tech University
Fuyi Yang, East China Normal University
Division A, Division A – Section 1 Paper and Symposium Sessions
Bending Toward Justice: Leadership for Cultural Responsiveness and Equity
2:30-4 p.m. EDT
- Troubling Unintended Harm of Heroic Discourses in Social Justice Leadership
Courtney Mauldin
Tayyeon Kim, University of Nebraska – Lincoln
Division K, Division K – Section 3 Roundtable Sessions
Teachers’ Identities: Intersections Between Content, Self, and Professional Roles
2:30-3 p.m. EDT
- Navigating Tensions: Negotiating Professional Identity on an Interdisciplinary Team
Christine Morgan
SIG Sessions, SIG-Leadership for Social Justice Paper and Symposium Sessions
Social Justice and Equity Leadership in Changing Times: New Perspectives on Research, Theory, and Practice
2:30-4 p.m. EDT
- Together, Toward Equity: A Collaborative Equity Audit to Understand High School Opportunity Gaps
Christine Ashby
George Theoharis
Nathan Franz, Syracuse City SD
Sarah Gentile, Syracuse City SD
Corey Williams, Syracuse City SD
Benjamin Steuerwalt, Syracuse City SD
SIG Sessions, SIG-Writing and Literacies Paper and Symposium Sessions
Pluriversal Scholarship: An Intergenerational Discussion of Writing and Literacies
4:10 to 5:40pm EDT (4:10 to 5:40pm EDT)
- Working Against Hierarchical Curation and Working Toward Community-Based Academic Dialogues
Gemma Cooper-Novack
Karis Michelle Jones, NYU
April Camping, Arizona State University
Alexander Power Corbitt, Boston College
Jessica L Lough, West Virginia University
SIG Sessions, SIG-Leadership for Social Justice Business Meeting
Leadership for Social Justice SIG Business Meeting
6:15 to 8:15pm EDT
- George Theoharis
Monday, April 12, 2021
SIG Sessions, SIG-Critical Educators for Social Justice Paper and Symposium Sessions
Exploring the Possibilities of an Embodied Dialogic Praxis for Personal Transformation and Collective Liberation
11:10am to 12:40pm EDT
- Reclaiming the Body: An Autoethnography in the Power of Emotions in Intergroup Dialogue on Race
Easton James Davis - Speaking Out While Speaking In: Transforming Intergroup Dialogues With Mindfulness-Based Antiracist Practices
Jersey Cosantino
SIG Sessions, SIG-Disability Studies in Education Paper and Symposium Sessions
Understanding Intersectional Lines of Inequities and Diverse Pathways of Resistance
2:50 to 4:20pm EDT
- Critically Analyzing the Global Affective Intersections of Dis/ability, Race, Language, and Migration
Chelsea Stinson
Valentina Migliarini, University of Portsmouth
David Isaac Hernandez-Saca, University of Northern Iowa
SIG Sessions, SIG-Lesson Study Structured Poster Session
Lesson Study Variation Across Contexts
2:50 to 4:20pm EDT
- Chair – Sharon Dotger
SIG Sessions, SIG-Critical Educators for Social Justice Paper and Symposium Sessions
Shifting the Gaze in Multilingualism: Meeting at the Intersections of Language, Race, and Immigration
4:30-6 p.m. EDT
- Without Consideration: Raciolinguistics, Critical Spatial Theory, and Transforming School Discipline for Multilingual Youth of Color
Chelsea Stinson
Amanda L Miller, Wayne State University
Valentina Migliarini, University of Portsmouth
SIG Sessions, SIG-R Reading Research 2
4:30-6 p.m. EDT
- Examining the Validity Structures of Three Popular Reading Motivation Measures
Kristin Conradi Smith, The College of William & Mary
Bong Gee Jang
Ji Hoon Ryoo, Yonsei University