Publications

Conducting research is just the first of many steps

The University of Delaware’s College of Education & Human Development (CEHD) is committed to contributing to a robust continuum between research and practice. We emphasize the interaction between theory, research and practice in all of our work. Education and human development research produces knowledge to inform practice, but research must also be informed by the issues, needs and concerns of practitioners.

We believe the most promising innovations come from interdisciplinary perspectives and want to ensure that the next generation of scholars benefits from interdisciplinary learning. Moving beyond the typical academic research silos, our CEHD faculty work with each other and with faculty across the university in health, arts and sciences, information and computer sciences, public policy, sociology, psychology, and many other areas to address critical issues in education and human development.

Listed below are noteworthy publications by our faculty, featuring their ongoing efforts to advance knowledge and discover solutions to the social challenges we face.

Recent Publications

Improving Teacher Diversity

Drawing on research and interviews collected during a year of observation in an urban high school, assistant professor Roderick Carey builds a theoretical framework around what he calls “missing misters” that seeks to grapple with what black and Latino boys “miss” by having few male teachers of color.

Talent Matters for School Turnaround Plans

New research by Gary T. Henry has demonstrated that the key to implementing successful reform in low-performing schools is hiring and retaining effective principals and teachers. This study points to the importance of focusing on talent management when planning and implementing reforms.

Rough Draft Math

In her new book, UD professor Amanda Jansen argues for a new kind of mathematics instructional approach that emphasizes problem solving as an iterative process. Sharing unfinished “drafts” and revising emerging ideas provide opportunities for students to change their approach to solving a problem.

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Litke, Erica. (2020). Instructional practice in algebra: Building from existing practices to inform an incremental improvement approach. Teaching and Teacher Education. 91. 103030. DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2020.103030.
Carey, Roderick L. (2020) Making Black boys and young men matter: radical relationships, future oriented imaginaries and other evolving insights for educational research and practice, International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education. DOI: 10.1080/09518398.2020.1753255
Karchmer-Klein, Rachel. Improving Online Teacher Education: Digital Tools and Evidence-Based Practices. Teachers College Press, 2020.
McCallops, K. & Aviles, A. M., Earnshaw, V. & Palkovitz, R. (2020). Homelessness and Suicidality: The Role of Bullying and Parental Support: Homelessness and Suicidality. Family Relations. DOI: 10.1111/fare.12437
Henry, G. T., Pham, L. D., Kho, A., & Zimmer, R. (2020). Peeking Into the Black Box of School Turnaround: A Formal Test of Mediators and Suppressors. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis. DOI: 10.3102/0162373720908600
Bower, C., Zimmermann, L., Verdine, B., Toub, T., Islam, S., Foster, L., Evans, N., Odean, R., Cibischino, A., Pritulsky, C., Golinkoff, R. & Hirsh-Pasek, K. (2020). Piecing together the role of a spatial assembly intervention in preschoolers’ spatial and mathematics learning: Influences of gesture, spatial language, and socioeconomic status. Developmental Psychology. 56. DOI: 10.1037/dev0000899
Bear, George. (2020). Improving School Climate: Practical Strategies to Reduce Behavior Problems and Promote Social and Emotional Learning. DOI: 10.4324/9781351170482
Carey, Roderick L. (2020). Missing misters: uncovering the pedagogies and positionalities of male teachers of color in the school lives of Black and Latino adolescent boys. Race Ethnicity and Education, 23:3, 392-413. DOI: 10.1080/13613324.2019.1663991
Jansen, Amanda. Rough Draft Math: Revising to Learn. Stenhouse Publishers, 2020.
Karpyn, A., Ruhs, B., Sawyer-Morris, G., Weiss, S., Grajeda, S., LeVine, D. & Ohri-Vachaspati, P. (2020). Evaluation of a Supermarket Environmental Change Intervention: Findings from a Low-Fat Milk Couponing and Educational Marketing Pilot.
Akintunde, R., Shabrina, P., Catete, V., Barnes, T., Lynch, C. & Rutherford, T. (2020). Data-informed Curriculum Sequences for a Curriculum-Integrated Game. DOI: 10.1145/3375462.3375530
Mouza, C., Pan, Y.-C., Yang, H., & Pollock, L. (2020). A Multiyear Investigation of Student Computational Thinking Concepts, Practices, and Perspectives in an After-School Computing Program. Journal of Educational Computing Research. DOI: 10.1177/0735633120905605
Sohler, N., Slawek, D., Earnshaw, V., Jost, J., Lee, A., Mancini, J., Mompremier, A. & Cunningham, C. O. (2020) Drug use and HIV medication adherence in people living with HIV. Substance Abuse. DOI: 10.1080/08897077.2019.1706695
Litke, E. & Hill, H. C. (2020). Exploring Central Tendencies: The Teaching of Data and Statistics in Elementary Mathematics Classrooms. The Elementary School Journal 120, no. 3: 480-506, DOI: 10.1086/707007
Reisner, S.L., Sava, L.M., Menino, D.D., Perrotti, J., Barnes, T. N., Humphrey, D. L., Nikitin, R. V. & Earnshaw, V.A. (2020) Addressing LGBTQ Student Bullying in Massachusetts Schools: Perspectives of LGBTQ Students and School Health Professionals. Prev Sci 21, 408–421. DOI: 10.1007/s11121-019-01084-4
Shabrina, P., Akintunde, R., Maniktala, M., Barnes, T., Lynch, C. & Rutherford, T. (2020). Peeking through the classroom window: a detailed data-driven analysis on the usage of a curriculum integrated math game in authentic classrooms. DOI: 10.1145/3375462.3375525.
Daughtry, K. A., Earnshaw, V., Palkovitz, R., Trask, B. (2020) You Blind? What, You Can’t See That?: the Impact of Colorblind Attitude on Young Adults’ Activist Behavior Against Racial Injustice and Racism in the U.S. Journal of African American Studies 24, 1–22. DOI: 10.1007/s12111-019-09445-7
Curtiss, S.L. & Kammes, R. (2019). Understanding the Risk of Sexual Violence of Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities from an Ecological Framework. Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, Online First. DOI: 10.1111/jppi.12318
Gramszlo, C., Karpyn, A., Demianczyk, A., Shillingford, A., Riegel, E., Kazak, A. & Sood, E. (2019). Parent Perspectives on Family-Based Psychosocial Interventions for Congenital Heart Disease. The Journal of Pediatrics. 216. DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2019.09.059
Yang, R., Porter, A., Massey, C., Merlino, J., Desimone, L. (2019). Curriculum-based teacher professional development in middle school science: A comparison of training focused on cognitive science principles versus content knowledge. Journal of Research in Science Teaching. DOI: 57. 10.1002/tea.21605.

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