School of Education AERA 2024 Presentations

March 22, 2024

​This year, UC Irvine School of Education will have a strong representation of researchers, faculty and students presenting at the American Educational Research Association (AERA) annual meeting, which will take place April 11-14 in Philadelphia. 

​AERA is the largest national interdisciplinary research association devoted to the scientific study of education and learning. Serving as the world's largest gathering of education researchers, the 2024 meeting will focus on the theme "Dismantling Racial Injustice and Constructing Educational Possibilities: A Call to Action."

"The theme ​asks the education research community to engage in a massive undertaking of attending to the simultaneous act of dismantling racial injustice and constructing educational possibilities across P–20 systems. The call for a global conversation on race, racism, and its redress is long overdue for the world’s largest education research organization," according to the AERA website.

(All times reflect Eastern Daylight Time)

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Thursday, April 11

Addressing and Dismantling Intersecting Inequities to Promote Educational Justice for Newcomer Youth – 10:50 am to 12:20 pm

1. Scaling a School-Level Model: Intersections of Policy and Practice for Schools Serving Newcomer, Multilingual Students
   Authors: Adriana Villaciencio, Verenisse Ponce Soria 
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Intersections Across STEM Learning Environments – 10:50 am to 12:20 pm

1. Unpacking Play and Learning Through the Experience of Teachers and Students (Poster 8)
   ​Authors: Lourdes M. Acevedo-Farag, Siling Guo, Daniel Garcia, Jesse Giovanni Sanches. Laura Hernandez, Yoori Kim, Lizbeth Marlene Romero, Andres Sebastian Bustamante, Kreshnik Nasi Begolli, June Ahn 

A Profession in Crisis? New Data on the Challenges of Recruitment and Retention of the Educator Workforce – 10:50 am to 12:20 pm

1. Less Is More? The Causal Effect of Four-Day Weeks on School Employee Retention
   Authors: Aaron J. Ainsworth, Emily K. Penner
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Revolutionizing Instructional Technology – 10:50 am to 12:20 pm

1. Investigating the Mediating Roles of Situational Interest and Mind-Wandering on Children’s Blended Experience
   Authors: Joseph Wong, Lindsey E. Richland
   
   

​Roundtable Session – 10:50 am to 12:20 pm

1. A Review of State-Approved Reading Assessments
   Authors: Heidi Hines, Michael Hebert
   
   

Advancing Latino/a/e STEM Education Research in Hispanic-Serving Institutions – 1:20 to 5:50 pm

1. Racism or Misunderstanding? Latino/a/e STEM Students' Experiences With the STEM Learning Environment in an Emerging HSI
   Author: Katherine Arias Garcia
   
   

Educational Partnerships as Collective Resistance: Perspectives From Emerging Scholars and Collaborators – 2:30 to 4:00 pm

1. Co-Designing With Families to Challenge Dominant Perspectives and Redistribute Epistemic Authority in Elementary Mathematics
   ​Authors: Patricia Fuentes Acevedo, Christina Kimmerling, Rossella Santagata 

Poster Session – 2:30 to 4:00 pm

1. COVID-19 Learning Loss in Mathematics and Reading: A Cohort Comparison (Poster 18)
   Authors include: Hyewon Lee
2. Educational Differences in Parents’ Math Support Self-Efficacy and Relations to Adolescents' Math Motivation Conceptual Replications (Poster 22)
   ​Authors: Christy R. Starr, Jacquelynne S. Eccles, Sandra D. Simpkins 
3. A Profession in Crisis? New Data on the Challenges of Recruitment and Retention of the Educator Workforce
   1. Thursday, April 11, 10:50 am to 12:20 pm
   2. Less Is More? The Causal Effect of Four-Day Weeks on School Employee Retention- Authors: Aaron J. Ainsworth, Emily K. Penner

Why We Co-Design: Applying Co-Design Methods for Inclusive Learning in Collaboration With Families and Educators – 2:30 to 4:00 pm

1. Why We Co-Design: Applying Co-Design Methods for Inclusive Learning in Collaboration With Families and Educators
   Authors: Julie Salazar, Sharin R. Jacob

​Poster Session – 4:20 to 5:50 pm

1. Adolescents’ Perceived Racial Discrimination in School as a Predictor of Their Academic Motivation and Achievement (Poster 36)
   Authors include: Jacquelynne S. Eccles 

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Friday, April 12

Poster Session – 7:45 to 9:15 am

1. Shedding light on Identity Development in an Educational Data Science Fellowship Program (Poster 49)
   Authors: Seth van Doren, Fernando Rodriguez, June Ahn

Technology Enhanced Self-regulated/Self-directed Learning – 7:45 to 9:15 am

1. Leveraging Learning Experience Design to Support Students’ Cognitive and Behavioral Impacts With Embedded Video Questions
   Authors: Joseph Wong, Lindsey E. Richland, Brad Hughes 
   
   

At the Crossroads of Bilingual Education and Special Education – 9:35 am to 11:05 am

1. Language Programs and Language Proficiency in Bilingual Students With and Without Developmental Language Disorder
   ​Authors: Joseph Hin Yan Lam, Jing Zhang, Priscilla C. S. Fung, Elizabeth Peña

Playful Learning Landscapes: Increasing Access to Informal Learning Opportunities for Children and Families – 9:35 to 11:05 am

1. Co-Designing Soccer Number Ball Games With Teachers: Lessons Learned and Latine Students’ Motivational Experiences
   Authors: Vanessa Noemy Bermudez, Siling Guo, Jessica Paola Lopez Perez, Jesse Giovanni Sanchez, Drew Bailey, Kreshnik Nasi Begolli, Andres Sebastian Bustamante
2. Parents as Co-Designers and Co-Researchers in Playful Learning Landscapes Projects
   ​Authors: Vanessa Noemy Bermudez, Maria Jose Anderson Coto, Isabella Teresa Seccia, Evelyn Santana, Laura Hernandez, June Ahn, Andres Sebastian Bustamante 

AERA Promising Scholarship in Education Research: Dissertation Fellows and Their Research – 11:25 am to 12:55 pm

1. Exploring the impacts of Racial Matching on Absenteeism and the Modeling Role of Student-Teacher Relationships, Especially for Black Students
   Author: Daman Chhikara
2. Virtual Charter Students Have Worse Labor Market Outcomes as Young Adults
   Author: Paul Y. Yoo

Innovative Pedagogies and Approaches in Engineering and Computer Education – 11:25 am to 12:55 pm

1. Universal Design for Learning and Computational Thinking for Multilingual Students
   Authors: Sharin R. Jacob, Jonathan L. Montoya, Clare Baek, Mark Warschauer 
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Higher Education Pathways: From High School to College and Beyond – 3:05 to 4:35 pm

1. Promoting Cross-Enrollment to Bridge the 2- to 4-Year College Transfer Gap for Underrepresented Students
   Authors: Michael Hill, Joshua Dorman, Gala Merari Ledezma 
   
   

Poster Session – 3:05 to 4:35 pm

1. Amplifying the Voices of Youth to Improve School Lunch and Mitigate Climate Crisis
   Presenters: Hosun Kang, Doron Zinger, Nelly Tsai

Roundtable Session – 3:05 pm to 4:35 pm

1. System Works: Processes of Institutionalized Racial Justice in One New York City High School
   Authors: Dana Marie Conlin, Jomar M. Lopes, Adriana Villavicencio
2. “Racism Isn’t a Problem”? Exploring Racism, Colorism, and Whiteness in a Predominately Latine School Community
   Authors: Jayme M. Albritton, Julieta Georgina, Jomar M. Lopes, Dnaa Marie Conlin, Adriana Villavicencio

Expanding Theory on Teacher Noticing Through Collaborative Inquiry and Co-Design – 4:55 to 6:25 pm 

1. Building Bridges, Not Barriers: Navigating Potential Conflicts in Mathematics Classrooms
   Authors: Elizabeth Mendoza, Jose Angel Mendez
2. Noticing to Disrupt the “I’m Not Good at Math” Narrative
   Author: Elizabeth A. van Es
3. How Teachers Improvise: An Analysis of In-The-Moment Teaching Practices
   Authors: Ethan Rubin, Elizabeth A. van Es

Roundtable Session – 4:55 to 6:25 pm

1. Promoting Adolescent Social and Environmental; Development During Out-of-School Time: A Systematic Review
   Authors include: Fuko Kiyama 

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Saturday, April 13

Poster Session – 7:45 to 9:15 am

1. Unraveling Sensitivity to Thematic Importance in e-Book Story Retelling Among Children at Risk for ADHD (Poster 38)
   Authors: Penelope Collins, Mark Warschauer
   
   

Examining Vocabulary Learning Through Multimodal, Multilingual, Morphological, and Contextual Approaches – 9:35 to 11:05 am

1. Multimodal Translanguaging Practices in English Vocabulary Learning During Shared Reading of a Bilingual Story E-Book
   Authors include: Mark Warschauer 
   
   

Noticing and Responding to Student Thinking for Equity – 9:35 to 11:05 am

1. Noticing Student Thinking as a Resource for Equitable Mathematics Instruction
   Authors: Elizabeth A. van Es
2. Integrating Socio-Political Frameworks for Noticing to Support Equitable Transformation in College Mathematics
   ​Authors: Christina Kimmerling, Patricia Fuentes Acevedo, Rossella Santagata, Alessandra Pantano, Roberto Pelayo 
   
   

Roundtable Session – 11:25 am to 12:55 pm

1. Should I Stay, or Should I Go? Differential Responses to Base Salary Increases
   Authors: Emily K. Penner, Aaron J. Ainsworth 
   
   

Culturally Sustaining Approaches to Classroom Assessment – 1:15 to 2:45 pm

1. Culturally Sustaining Approaches to Classroom Assessment in the Context of High School Physics and Chemistry
   Author: Hosun Kang , Nelly Tsai
   
   

Poster Session – 1:15 to 2:45 pm

1. AI in Education: Examining the Global Reception of ChatGPT on Twitter (Poster 36)
   Authors: Tamara Powell Tate, Mark Warschauer 
   
   

​Poster Session – 3:05 to 4:35 pm

1. Children's Shared Bilingual Reading With an Interactive E-Book Versus Printed Book: What’s Behind the Scenes?
   ​Authors: Penelope Collins, Mark Warschauer 
   
   

​Roundtable Session – 3:05 to 4:35 pm

1. Empowering Elementary School Students With Disabilities: Computer Programming Through Culturally Sustaining Curriculum
   Authors: Clare Baek, Dana Saito-Stehberger, Adam Nam, Gerardo Jr. Lopez, Sharin R. Jacob, Mark Warschauer 
   
   

University-Community Engagement as a Strategy for Dismantling Racial Injustice and Co-Constructing Educational Possibilities – 3:05 to 4:35 pm

1. College Mentors as Agents of Change in a Math University-Community Partnership Engaging Latinx Youth (Poster 3)
   Authors: Alessandra Pantano, Stephanie Soto-Lara, Li-Sheng Tseng, Sandra D. Simpkins 

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Sunday, April 14

Faculty Experiences and Environments: A Deeper Understanding – 7:45 to 9:15 am

1. Boosting Scientific Community Values: The Impact of Social Inclusion Interventions on Biomedical Instructors
   Authors include: Hyewon Lee
   
   

Roundtable Session – 7:45 to 9:15 am

1. Effectiveness of a Writing Intervention in History Classrooms: Do They Vary by Teacher and Student Factors?
   Authors: Youngsun Moon, Jacob Steiss, Jiali Wang, Penelope Collins 
   
   

An Imaginary of Reflective Practice – 9:35 to 11:05 am

1. Exploring Teachers’ Perspectives and Instructional Strategies in Promoting Students’ Computational Thinking Development
   ​Authors: Clare Baek, Leiny Garcia, Dana Saito-Stehberger, Adam Nam, Mark Warschauer

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Critical Conversation: What Are the Roles of Sociocultural and Socioemotional Variables in the Science of Reading – 9:35 to 11:05 am

1. The Importance of Integrating Language Variation Into Literacy and Language Assessments of African American Children
   Authors: Julie A. Washington, Katherine T. Rhodes 

The Persistence of School Segregation and Opportunities for Change: Lessons From New York City – 9:35 to 11:05 am

1. Beyond the Black/White Binary: Reconceptualizing Integration for Racial Justice
   Authors include: Adriana Villavicencio 
   
   

Poster Session – 9:35 to 11:05 am

1. Understanding Community College Student Perception of Transfer to Four-Year Universities
   Authors: Gala Merari Ledezma, Michael Hill
2. The Power of Peers: Spanish-English Dual Language Peers Benefit Preschoolers’ Socioemotional Development (Poster 50)
   Authors include: Penelope Collins
   
   

​Poster Session – 11:25 am to 12:55 pm

1. STEM Transfer Pathways: Examining Latinx Transfer Students in Biology (Poster 29)
   Authors: Katherine Arias Garcia
   
   

Roundtable Session – 11:25 am to 12:55 pm

1. “I Have to Think About the Body That I’m Living in”: Insights on Sociopolitical Development From Embodied and Blended Media Arts
   Authors: Phebe Chew, Kyle A. Peppler, Seth Corrigan 

​Unprecedented Times Call for Unprecedented Solutions: Critical Ethnic Studies Call to Action and Resistance – 11:25 am to 12:55 pm

1. Sustaining Ethnic Studies as It Grows
   ​Authors: Emily K. Penner, Ha Eun Kim, Jomar M. Lopes, Birah Bisht, Adriana Villavicencio, Amy Gong Liu 

Roundtable Session – 1:15 to 2:45 pm

1. Bridging DBIR (Design-Based Implementation Research) and RCT (Randomized Controlled Trial) Approaches to Prepare to Scale-Up Playful Fraction Learning in Kosova
   Authors: Kreshnik Nasi Begolli, Venessa Noemy Bermudez, Siling Guo, Andres Sebastian Bustamante 
   
   

The Science of Teaching Reading Part 1: Educator Knowledge, Professional Development, and Student Reading Achievement – 1:15 to 2:45 pm

1. Effects of a Professional Development Program on Third Grade Reading Achievement in the Context of Colorado’s READ Act
   Author: Young-Suk Grace Kim 
   
   

Speculative Science Education Toward Socioecological Care– 1:15 to 2:45 pm

1. Speculative Storytelling as a Methodology for Supporting Ethical Socio-Ecological Decision Making in an Undergraduate STEM Course (Poster 1)
   Authors include: Symone Gyles 
   
   

AI Advancements for Literacy Learning and Beyond – 3:05 to 4:45 pm

1. Can ChaptGPT Provide Useful Holistic Essay Scoring?
   Authors: Tamara Powell Tate, Jacob Steiss, Mark Warschauer, Drew Bailey, Daniel Ritchie, Waverly Tseng, Youngsun Moon, Steve Graham
2. Comparing the Quality of Human and ChatGPT Feedback on Student Writing
   ​Authors: Jacob Steiss, Tamara Powell Tate, Jiali Wang, Youngsun Moon, Waverly Tseng, Mark Warschauer, Michael Hebert 

AsianCrit in Teacher Education Research and Practice – 3:05 to 4:35 pm

1. In/Visible: Thick Solidarity and Asian American Studies in Mathematics Education
   Authors include: Naehee Kwun
   
   

The Science of Teaching Reading Part 2: Instructional Approaches that Promote Reading Development – 3:05 to 4:35 pm

1. A Randomized Control Trial of Integrated Teaching of Reading and Writing
   Authors: Young-Suk Grace Kim, Rebecca Goldstone