Journal Articles

Recent publications authored by WCER researchers include:

"Why Teachers Stay: Shaping a New Narrative on Rural Teacher Retention," Jennifer L. Seelig, Katie M. McCabe (both formerly of WCER), Journal of Research in Rural Education, 2021 (Work supported by funding from WCER and RERIC)


"Using Classroom Observations in the Evaluation of Special Education Teachers," Nathan D. Jones, Courtney A. Bell, Mary Brownell, Yi Qi, David Peyton, Daisy Pua, Melissa Fowler, Steven Holtzman, Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, January 2022


“Translating mentoring interventions research into practice: Evaluation of an evidence-based workshop for research mentors on developing trainees’ scientific communication skills,” Christine Bell, Erin K. Dahlstrom, Shine Chang, Hwa Young Lee, Cheryl B. Anderson, Annie Pham, Christine Maidl Pribbenow, Carrie A. Cameron, PLoS ONE, February 2022


"On the Intersectional Amplification of Barriers to College Internships: A Comparative Case Study Analysis," Matthew T. Wolfgram, ​Brian Vivona, Tamanna Akram, Harvard Educational Review, December 2021


“Using Design of Location-Based Augmented Reality Experiences to Engage Art-Oriented Girls in Technology and Science,” Cathlyn Merritt Davis, Amy Kamarainen, Martin Storksdieck, David Gagnon, Ruth Kermish-Allen, Kelly Riedinger, Frontiers in Education, November 2021


“Closing the Doors of Opportunity: A Field Theoretic Analysis of the Prevalence and Nature of Obstacles to College Internships,” Matthew T. Hora, Matthew Wolfgram, Zi Chen, Changhee Lee, Teachers College Record, December 2021


“Using Multistage Testing to Enhance Measurement of an English Language Proficiency Test,” David MacGregor, Shu Jing Yen, Xin Yu, Language Assessment Quarterly, October 2021


Teacher Mindsets and Student Sense of Classroom Belonging,” James Pyne, Eric Grodksy, Katie Eklund, Patti Schaefer, Elizabeth Vaade, OSF Preprints, September 2021


“The Signaling Power of Unexcused Absence from School,” James Pyne, Eric Grodksy, Elizabeth Vaade, Bo McCready, Eric Camburn, Dominique Bradley, Educational Policy, October 2021


"Moving Toward Stronger Advising Practices: How Black Males’ Experiences at HPWIs Advance a More Caring and Wholeness-Promoting Framework for Graduate Advising," Brian Burt, Carmen M. McCallum, Joshua D. Wallace, Justin J. Roberson, Anne Bonanno, Emily Boerman, Teachers College Record, October 2021


“Resilience, collaboration, and agency: Galapagos teachers confronting the disruption of COVID-19,” Diego X. Roman, Mariana Castro, Cynthia Baeza, Richard Knab, Susan Huss-Lederman, Miriam Chacon, The Journal of Environmental Education, Sept. 24, 2021


“Developing Skills in Higher Education for Post-Pandemic Work,” Leopold Bayerlein, Matthew T. Hora, Bonnie A. Dean, Stephanie Perkiss, Labour & Industry Journal, Aug. 17, 2021


“A Sociocultural Approach to Communication Instruction: How Insights from Communication Teaching Practices Can Inform Faculty Development Programs,” Matthew T. Hora, Ross J. Benbow, Changhee Lee, Journal of the Learning Sciences, Aug. 10, 2021


“Bridging Science and Language Development Through Interdisciplinary and Interorganizational Collaboration: What Does It Take?” Daniella Molle, Weiqiong Huang, Science Education International, May 19, 2021


“Our HMoob American College Paj Ntaub: Student-Engaged Community-Based Participatory Action Research (CBPAR) as Counter-Invisibility Work,” Bailey B. Smolarek, Matthew Wolfgram, Mai Veng Vang, Choua P. Xiong, Lena Lee, Pangzoo Lee, Lee Myxee Thao, Kia Vang, Pa Dou Xiong, Odyssey Xiong & Pheechai Xiong, International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, April 30, 2021.


“Improving Department Climate through Bias Literacy: One College’s Experience,” Jennifer Sheridan, Eve Fine, Manuela Romero, Carmen Juniper Neimeko, Molly Carnes, Christine Bell, You-Geon Lee, Casey Stockstill, Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering 27(2):87–106, 2021


“Reassess-Realign-Reimagine: A Guide for Mentors Pivoting to Remote Research Mentoring,” Christine Pfund, Janet L. Branchaw, Melissa McDaniels, Angela Byars-Winston, Steven P. Lee, Bruce Birren, CBE-Life Sciences Education, Feb. 26, 2021


"Putting early algebra in the hands of elementary school teachers: Examining fidelity of implementation and its relation to student performance," Stylianou, D., Stroud, R., Cassidy, M., Gardiner, A., Stephens, A., Knuth, E., Demers, L., Journal for the study of education and development/Infanciay Aprendizaje (Special Issue: Early Algebra), 42(3), 523–569, June 13, 2019.


Generalizing in the context of an early algebra intervention (La generalización en el contexto de unaintervención algebraica temprana), Strachota, S., Journal for the Study of Education and Development, 43(2), 347-394, April 2017, 2020.


“The Role of Balance Scales in Supporting Productive Thinking about Equations Among Diverse Learners,” Stephens, A., Sung, Y., Strachota, S., Veltri Torres, R., Morton, K.,Murphy Gardiner, A., Blanton, M., Knuth, E., & Stroud, R., Mathematical Thinking and Learning, July, 2020.