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Musings of an educational psychologist

Musings of an educational psychologist. Four Current Projects… and a bonus. Research, teaching, service. Longitudinal Study of Adult Learning Educational psychology productivity Parentsreview.org REsearch Mentor ? project. Longitudinal Study of Adult Learning (LSAL). Portland, OR

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Musings of an educational psychologist

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  1. Musings of an educational psychologist Four Current Projects…and a bonus

  2. Research, teaching, service • Longitudinal Study of Adult Learning • Educational psychology productivity • Parentsreview.org • REsearchMentor • ? project

  3. Longitudinal Study of Adult Learning (LSAL) • Portland, OR • Low-education adults • 2 sampling frames • Surveyed 5 times over 7 years • Literacy practices

  4. Literacy practices • At home • In the workplace • 24 practices items • “Do you ever…?” • “How often?”

  5. Preliminary findings • Low-education adults who engage in more extensive literacy practices have higher literacy skills. • Many low-education adults have few opportunities to engage in literacy practices at work. • Many low-education adults engage in extensive self-directed learning activities involving literacy.

  6. More findings… • Having literacy materials in the home makes a difference in regards to literacy ability: more materials are associated with greater literacy. • Reading books and documents are associated with higher literacy proficiency.

  7. Future work • Changes over time in literacy practices? (growth modeling) • Does relationship between practice and proficiency change over time? • Is it the chicken or is it the egg?

  8. Productivity of educational psychologists • Follow-up to 1998 study. • Institutional and individual productivity. • Published research in “Big 5” ed. psych. journals

  9. Co-authors • Marian Plant, Ed.D. • Russell N. Carney, Ph.D. • Tony Jackson, M.S. Ed. • Catherine S. Arnold, M.S. Ed. • Lisa S. Johnson, M.S. Ed. • Herbert G. Lange, M.S. Ed. • F. Shane Mathis • Thomas J. Smith, Ph.D.

  10. Findings • University of Maryland-College Park has the most productive educational psychology faculty, followed by the University of Michigan. • NIU ranks 39th! • Richard Mayer, of University of California-Santa Barbara, is the top-ranked educational psychologist, with 17 publications from 1997 through 2001.

  11. Parentsreview.org • A website for reviews of self-help books for parents of adolescents. • Reviews can be submitted by graduate students, educators, school counselors, family therapists, etc.

  12. Some selected titles: • Myths of maturity: What teenagers need from parents to become adults • Cherishing our daughters: How to raise a healthy, confident daughter • You’re grounded ‘til you’re 30: What works, what doesn’t in parenting today’s teens • On becoming teenwise: Building a relationship that lasts a lifetime • http://www.cedu.niu.edu/~smith/Parentbooks/ParentsReview.htm

  13. REsearchMentor • M C. Smith & Thomas J. Smith • David W. Raymond grant for the use of technology in teaching • Michelle Strbich, designer/programmer

  14. REsearchMentor A computer program designed to assist graduate students in social science research methods courses to work through the research design process.

  15. REsearchMentor • Will be used in courses such as ETR 520. • Web-based / CD-ROM / DVD • Not simply a tutorial program! • Beta-testing: Spring 2003

  16. And now….The Bonus!

  17. Project SASS Students Are Safe in School: A video project

  18. Project SASS • Ellen J. Ljung, M.S. Ed • Glenbard West High School • Co-founder of PRISM, the Gay/Straight alliance at GWHS—an organization that works for all human rights. • 69% of LGBT students report some form of anti-gay harassment at school • GLSEN National Climate survey, 1999.

  19. Purposes of video • To increase educators’ awareness of harassment of GLBT students in schools and sensitivity to student safety issues. • To tell the story of how PRISM was created at Glenbard West High. • To give voice to GLBT and “straight” students.

  20. “Curiosity is one of the permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous mind.” -Samuel Johnson (1709-84)

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