2021 AERA Annual Meeting MLER SIG Sessions
Thursday, April 8, 2021 12-1pm EST
Roundtable: Disrupting the Status Quo in Middle Grades Education: Strategies to Mediate and Create Change
Chair: Matt Moulton
Q&A Moderator: Lisa Harrison
Negotiating Institutional Discourses: Critical Narrative Analysis of a Novice, Equity-Oriented Teacher’s Experiences
Susan Y. Leonard, University of Georgia
Home Literacy Initiatives of Middle School Families During the 2020 Quarantine Period: Transformation in Education?
Elizabeth Stewart, Texas Tech University
Jeasik Cho, Texas Tech University
Mellinee K. Lesley, Texas Tech University
Julie Smit, Texas Tech University
Literacy Practices as Tools for Becoming: Toward Anti-Racism for White Teachers
Katie Wester-Neal, Gordon State College
Middle Grades IRL: A Collective Self-Study of Practices and Problems of Practice in the Context of Middle Grades Teacher Education
Kristina Nicole Falbe, Illinois State University
Kristie Smith, Gardner-Webb University
Thursday, April 8, 2021 5-6pm EST
Roundtable: Teaching & Leading in the Middle Grades: Exploring Elements of the Middle Grades Concept
Chair: David Virtue, Western Carolina University
Q&A Moderator: Kimberly Stormer, Langston University
Creativity in Middle Schools: An Exploration of Teachers’ Creative Teaching and Learning
Jennifer Lingle, University of North Carolina – Greensboro
Enacting and Extending a Developmentally Responsive Leadership Model
Julia Rheaume, Red Deer College
Jim Brandon, University of Calgary
Illinois Horizon Schools: Ongoing Research from the Illinois’ Schools to Watch Program
Steven B. Mertens, Illinois State University
Kristina Nicole Falbe, Illinois State University
Middle Level Teacher Candidates’ Collaboration: “Each Day, I Am Becoming a Better Teacher”
Amanda Wall, Georgia Southern University
Taylor Norman, Georgia Southern University
Saturday, April 8, 2021 6:15-8:15pm EST
Middle Level Education Research SIG Business Meeting
Sunday, April 11, 2021 2:30-4pm EST
Paper Session: From Dialogue to Action: Centering Equity & Justice in the Middle Grades
Chair: Lisa Harrison, Ohio University
Q&A Moderator: Kristie Smith, Gardner-Webb University
A Call to Bring Equity Front and Center: An Analysis of AMLE’s 2019 Conference Sessions
Matthew John Moulton, Indiana State University
Susan Y. Leonard, University of Georgia
Brave Space: Bringing Middle School Students Together to Talk about Race
Beth Beschorner, Minnesota State University – Mankato
Robbie Burnett, Minnesota State Colleges and Universities
Kathleen Ferrero, Minnesota State University – Mankato
Lessons Learned from Teaching Social Justice Education in 6th Grade|
Jessica DeMink-Carthew, The University of Vermont
Eliaquin Gonell, University of Vermont
Purposeful Placements: An Exploration of Middle-Level Teachers’ Experiences with Culturally Responsive Instruction
Pamela Correll, Missouri State University
Kimberly Stormer, Langston University
Ximena Uribe-Zarain, Missouri State University
Violence in Our Community: Middle Level Students’ Voices on Walmart Shootings in El Paso TX
Sarah E. Peterson, University of Texas at El Paso
Roberto Tinajero, Paul Quinn College
Josefina V. Tinajero, The University of Texas – El Paso
Anjanette Todd, University of Texas at El Paso
Discussant: Kristina Falbe, Illinois State University
Monday, April 12, 2021 11:10am-12:40pm EST
Symposium: Using NAEP Data to Investigate Affective Factors in Middle School Students’ Academic Achievement
Chair: Judy H. Tang, Westat
Perseverance, self-discipline, confidence in reading and their relationships with middle school students’ reading performance
Cheng Shuang (Grace) Ji, American Institutes for Research
Juliet Holmes, American Institutes for Research
Bitnara Jasmine Park, American Institutes for Research
Relationship between Students’ Affective and Mathematics Motivation Factors and Mathematics Achievement
Bitnara Jasmine Park, American Institutes for Research
Ayse Cobanoglu, University at Buffalo – SUNY
Samuel Correa, American Institutes for Research
Mary Smith, American Institutes for Research
Cheng Shuang (Grace) Ji, American Institutes for Research
The Narrowing Confidence Gap: Examining Gender Differences in Technology and Engineering Literacy, Self-Efficacy, and Course-Taking
Ryan Patrick Whorton, Educational Testing Service
Jan Alegre, Educational Testing Service
How do teacher preparation and instructional practices relate to students’ attitudes toward learning and achievement?
Juliann Dupuis, Notre Dame of Maryland University
Judy H. Tang, Westat
Ning Rui, Amazon
Discussant: William Ward, U.S. Department of Education