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Research Review Assignment:

Please select one of the following articles for your research review assignment.  All of these articles are published within open-access journals, so there is no copyright issue. All articles are PDF files.


Article #1:

Haegele, J. and Kozub, F. (2010). A continuum of paraeducator support for utilization in adapted physical education. Teaching Exceptional Children Plus. Volume 6(5).

a_continuum_of_paraeducator_support_for_utilization_in_adapted_physical_education.pdf
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Article #2:

Duffy, K., Anthony, D., & Vickers, F. (2010). Are e
lectronic portfolios an asset to learning in placement? Learning and Teaching in Higher Education. Issue 4(2).

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Article #3: 

Harper, Nicole (2011). Education beyond institutionalization: Learning outside of the formal curriculum. Critical Education. Volume 2(4). 

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Article #4:

Norquay, N. and Robertson-Baghel, M. (2011). Embracing advocacy: How visible minority and dominant group beginning teachers take up issues of equity. Brock Education, 20(2), 65-84.

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Article #5:

Gujarati, Joan (2011). From curriculum guides to classroom enactment: Examining early career elementary teachers’ orientations toward standards-based mathematics curriculum implementation. Jou
rnal of Mathematics Education at Teachers College. Volume 2.

from_curriculum_guides_to_classroom_enactment-_examining_early_career_elementary_teachers_orientations_toward_standards-based_mathematics_curriculum_implementation.pdf
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Article #6:

Machado, Crystal (2011). Gender differences in student discourse on discussion board and blogs: An instructor’s quest to create a level playing field in a hybrid classroom. Journal of Interactive Online Learning, Volume 10(1). 

gender_differences_in_student_discourse_on_discussion_board_and_blogs-_an_instructors_quest_to_create_a_level_playing_field_in_a_hybrid_classroom.pdf
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Article #7:

Kushinka, J., and Bearman, G. (2011). Generation y and the clinical clerkship: Different teaching modalities in internal medicine. Medical Education Development, Volume 1(7). 

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Article #8:

Martinovic, D., Magliaro, J., & Pugh, T. (2011). Reaching across narrative space: Re-interpreting one teacher’s experience with technology. Journal of Teaching and Learning. Vol. 7(2). 

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Article #9:

Rule, A., and Montgomery, S. (2011). Reflections of pre-service elementary teachers after learning about an african culture through mask-making. Social Studies Research and Practice, Vol. 6(1). 

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Article #10:

Lewine, R., Sommers, A., Waford, R., Bustanoby, H., Robertson, C., Hall, R., and Eisennmenger, K. (2011). Sex, affect, and academic performance: It’s not what you think. International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. Vol. 5(2).

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Article #11:

Codack, Rebecca (2010). Portrait of the artist/researcher/teacher: A reflection on the nature of learning. Journal of Unschooling and Alternative Learning. Vol. 4(7).

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Article #12:

Rivera-Maulucci, M. and Brotman, J. (2011). Teaching science in the city: Exploring linkages between teacher learning and student learning across formal and informal contexts. The New Educator, Vol. 6, pp. 196–211.

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Article #13:


Scanlon, Eileen (2010). Technology enhanced learning in science: interactions, affordances and design based research. Journal of Interactive Media in Education, Vol 8.

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Article #14:

Richardson, J.W., & McLeod, S. (2011). Technology leadership in native american schools. Journal of Research in Rural Education, 26(7).

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Article #15:

Brown, Gordon B. and Coley, Kenneth S. (2011). The effect of walkthrough observations on teacher perspectives in christian schools. Christian Perspectives in Education, 4(2).

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Article #16:

deVries, P. (2011). The first year of teaching in primary school: Where is the place of music? International Journal of Education & the Arts, 12(2).

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Article #17:
Small, J. Harris, C., Wilson, E., & Ateljevic, I. (2011) Voices of women: A memory-work reflection on work-life dis/harmony in tourism academia. Journal of Hospitality, Leisure, Sport and Tourism Education, 10(1), pp. 23-36.

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Article #18:

Graziano, Kevin (2011). Working with english language learners: Preservice teachers and photovoice. International Journal of Multicultural Education. Vol 13(1).

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Article #19:
Goldberg, Jennifer (2011). I thought the people wanted to get rid of the teacher: Educational authority in late-nineteenth century ontario. Historical Studies in Education / Revue d’histoire de l’éducation. Spring 2011.

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Article #20:


Coleman, P., & Blankenship, R. (2010). Online education perceptions of community college students entering a bachelors program: A two year study.  Studies in Learning, Evaluation,  7(3), pp.101–108.

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