Conference proceedings and presentations by the Teacher Education Department faculty members are collected here.
Submissions from 2022
Investigating individual and collective value within a network of communities of practice, Paula M. Jakopovic, Kelly Gomez Johnson, and Nina White
Becoming a STEM Teacher: Examining teachers’ practice-linked identities through practice-based autobiographies, Kristina Stamatis, Michelle Friend, and Paula M. Jakopovic
Submissions from 2021
Developing a network of regional inquiry-based learning (IBL) communities: Preliminary findings & key learnings on a grassroots initiative, Kelly Gomez Johnson, Paula M. Jakopovic, and Patrick X. Ralut
“You Sound Like a Good Program Manager”: An Analysis of Gender in Women’s Computing Life Histories, Rose K. Pozos and Michelle Friend
Submissions from 2020
THE DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF AN INTERVENTION TO SUPPORT AND RETAIN EARLY CAREER MATHEMATICS TEACHERS, Lisa Amick, Maria Campitelli, Paula M. Jakopovic, Judy Kysh, Dawn Parker, April Pforts, travis Weiland, and Laura J. Wilding
Supporting Teacher Retention in Diverse Educational Settings (STRIDES), Lisa Amick, James Martinez, and Paula M. Jakopovic
What’s the Value? Measuring Value in Complex Social Learning Environments with Pre-service Mathematics Teachers, Kelly Gomez Johnson and Paula M. Jakopovic
How teachers understand the curriculum and frameworks they use, Kristin VanWyngaarden and Michelle Friend
William Frantz Public School: A Case Study in the Politics of Education, Martha Graham Viator, Connie Schaffer, and Meg White
Submissions from 2019
Finding their Voice: Support Mechanisms to Engage and Empower Future Mathematics Teachers, Kelly Gomez Johnson, Paula M. Jakopovic, Angie Hodge, Neal Grandgenett, Michael Matthews, and Janice Rech
Submissions from 2018
Collection Development Tips and Tricks, Melissa Cast-Brede
Bricklayer: Elementary Students Learn Math through Programming and Art, Michelle Friend
Submissions from 2017
Using YA Fiction to Build Interest in STEM with Teen Girls, Melissa Cast-Brede
Submissions from 2015
I learned more from them than they did from me: Shifting from deficit to asset-based perspectives in service-learning, Sandra Rodriguez-Arroyo
Preparing linguistically responsive teachers: Why service-learning is such a good idea, Sandra Rodriguez-Arroyo
Submissions from 2014
Navigating the Roles of Leadership: Mentors Perspectives on Teacher Leadership, Saundra Shillingstad, Sheryl McGlamery, Barbara Davis, and Carol Gilles
Submissions from 2013
What Can STEM Educators Learn from a Teacher Induction Program? A Study of Science and Mathematics Teachers’ Reflections on Teaching and Learning, Sheryl McGlamery and Saundra Shillingstad
STEM Literacy for ELLs through Service Learning, Sandra Rodriguez-Arroyo, Barbara Brimmerman, and Olga Zeisler
Teacher Educators’ Professional Development in the 21st Century: Practicing What We Preach, Sandra Rodriguez-Arroyo and Wendy Loewenstein
Submissions from 2012
Testing an Instrument Using Structured Interviews to Assess Experienced Teachers’ TPACK, Judith B. Harris, Neal Grandgenett, and Mark Hofer
Submissions from 2011
Testing a TPACK-Based Technology Integration Observation Instrument, Mark Hofer, Neal Grandgenett, Judith B. Harris, and Kathy Swan
Developing and supporting professional communities of mathematics teachers in Nebraska, Wendy Smith, Paula M. Jakopovic, Greg Sand, and Jerel Welker
Submissions from 2010
Testing a TPACK-Based Technology Integration Assessment Rubric, Judith B. Harris, Neal Grandgenett, and Mark Hofer
Submissions from 2009
The Use of Robotics, GPS and GIS Technologies to Encourage STEM-Oriented Learning in Youth, Viacheslav I. Adamchuk, Gwen Nugent, Bradley S. Barker, and Neal Grandgenett
Using Robotics to Equip K-12 Teachers: Silicon Prairie Initiative for Robotics in Information Technology (SPIRIT), Alisa Gilmore, Bing Chen, and Neal Grandgenett
The use of digital manipulatives in K-12: Robotics, GPS/GIS and programming, Gwen Nugent, Bradley S. Barker, Neal Grandgenett, and Viacheslav I. Adamchuk
Submissions from 2008
Myths of Quality on the World Wide Web, Melissa Cast-Brede
Bringing Semantic Diversity to the Online Catalog with LibraryThing, Rachel A. Erb and Melissa Cast-Brede
Initial results of an online Earth System Science course offering at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, Robert Duncan Shuster and Neal Grandgenett
Submissions from 2007
Interdisciplinary Research in Introductory Science Classes, Robert Duncan Shuster, Dana Richter-Egger, James Hagen, Fredric C. Laquer, and Neal Grandgenett
Submissions from 2006
Work in Progress: Retention of Freshmen Computer and Electronics Engineering Students, Roger Sash, Herbert Detloff, Bring Chen, Neal Grandgenett, and Deborah Duran
Submissions from 2005
Critical Pedagogy, Image Theater and the Instruction of Diversity Education, Franklin Titus Thompson
Submissions from 2004
What Factors Contribute to the Success of African American Women in Science and Mathematics: Do Teaching Techniques Matter, Sheryl McGlamery
Lies My Teacher Told Me, Franklin Titus Thompson
Submissions from 2001
Using Online Learning Resources to Promote Deeper Learning, Roger Bruning, Arthur I. Zygielbaum, and Neal Grandgenett
Helping Elementary Education Majors Brush Up on Mathematical Modeling: Insights from a Field Test of a New Online Learning Prototype, Neal Grandgenett, Arthur I. Zygielbaum, Elliott Ostler, Steve Hamersky, and Bob Pawloski
Affinity Learning in Mathematics, Arthur I. Zygielbaum and Neal Grandgenett
Submissions from 2000
Mathematical Modeling within a Technology Based Learning Environment: Some Principles for Adaptive Instruction, Neal Grandgenett, Elliott Ostler, Arthur I. Zygielbaum, Scott Henninger, and Char Hazzard
Recruitment and Retention of African American Females in High School Mathematics: Have We Achieved Results?, Sheryl McGlamery and Carol Mitchell
Using Web Pages to Teach Mathematical Modeling: Some Ideas and Suggestions, Elliott Ostler and Neal Grandgenett
Submissions from 1999
Recruitment and Retention of African American Males in High School Mathematics: Have We Achieved Access to the Success Stairway?, Sheryl McGlamery and Carol Mitchell
The Recruitment and Retention of African American, Hispanic, Asian and Native American (AHANA) Students on College Campuses, Franklin Titus Thompson
Can Diversity Programs Help Change Behaviors in the Campus Environment, Sharon Ulmar
Submissions from 1998
Critical Moments: A Case Study Approach for Easing the Cultural Isolation of Underrepresented College Students, Reshell Ray and Diane Gillespie
Recruitment of High School Minority Students into Engineering, Math, Science and Technology Futures on Predominantly White Campuses, Franklin Titus Thompson, Tome Sires, and Carol Batt
The Cultural Ideas Exchange Program Model, Monika L. Walker
Submissions from 1996
A Need for a Paradigm Shift in Today's Race Relations and Diversity Education, Franklin Titus Thompson