Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript
Abstract: In the past five years, there has been an extraordinary surge of interest in single-gender public education with a growing recognition that there are clear differences in learning that might affect positively the discipline of students in schools. The purpose of the study is to compare the discipline infractions of a set of single-gender middle school classrooms of males and females in three grade levels and in contrast to students in mixed gender middle school classroom.

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript
Abstract: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in children is a mental illness that is usually first noticed by teachers (Sax and Kautz 2003). To understand what a case of ADHD looks like during everyday classroom routines, I report here on fieldwork I conducted over a period of 10 months in a 1st grade classroom located on the central coast of California. Over the course of fieldwork, one boy was diagnosed with ADHD. I report on this case, arguing that the medical disorder of ADHD can be understood as behavior that is non compliant with the rules of the classroom which demand that children comport themselves properly and obey authorities. In this particular case, boredom in the classroom and expressions of traditional working class masculinity were exacerbating factors leading to the expression of behavior that was later medicalized as ADHD.

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript
Abstract: This paper examines student usage and attitudes about an online network popularly known as “The Facebook.” It addresses increasingly important research questions in today’s world of classroom technology. The prevalence and proliferation of internet resources and web-based pedagogical mediums make this research particularly poignant as it addresses the way in which Facebook encourages classroom participation through the development of a virtual learning community. Do students use Facebook as a class-related tool? Can Facebook be employed as an effective pedagogical tool as well? What is the impact of Facebook on classroom behavior as evidenced in the comparison between its users and non-users? Preliminary data in the form of student surveys conducted during the spring semester of 2006 reveal that students use Facebook as a class related tool. Such findings suggest a forthcoming avenue of opportunity for teaching through the development of a learning community. Since its first journal appearances in the mid-nineties, the literature on pedagogical web-related resources has become increasingly popular. This paper serves to further this culturally relevant literature by directing instructors and scholars alike to the possible teaching assets that Facebook and similar resources provide.

Publication Type: Roundtable
Abstract: The presentation will outline ongoing research into preservice teachers' theoretical orientations of classroom management and the impact of field experiences on their overall beliefs and views in this area.

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript
Abstract: This presentation explores the use of electronic classroom response systems (CRS) for language instruction. Literature findings are compared and contrasted with perceived benefits and drawbacks of CRS for the communicative, collaborative language classroom drawn from the presenter’s own experience and student surveys in postsecondary Italian classes.