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Pedagogical Books, Articles, and Papers Authored by Teaching Academy Members
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Activites/
Assignments/
Demonstrations

Advising/
Mentoring
Students

Art Education

Assessment

Classroom Management

Computer Literacy/
Instruction

Course Planning

Cross-Cultural/
Cross-National
Issues

Curricula/
Course Content

Distance Education

Ethics/Student Misconduct

General/
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

Honors Colleges/
Programs

Instructional Strategies

Instructor Communication

Literary Teaching

Majors vs.
Non-Majors

Service Learning

Special-Needs/At-Risk Students

Student Cognition/
Problem Solving

Student Motivation/
Self-Efficacy

Student Oral Communication Skills

Student Study Skills

Student Written Communication Skills

Teacher Training

Teaching Assistants

Training for Professional Practice

 

 

 

 

Activities/Assignments/Demonstrations

Anderson, E.E. "Incorporating Laboratory Simulations into Non-Laboratory Courses," ICEE Annual Conference, Oslo, Norway, 2001

Beard, L. “Creativity in the Classroom: Using Creative Assignments to Foster Deeper Student Learning and Engagement,” an hour long workshop as part of The Fourth Annual Advancing Teaching and Learning Conference at Texas Tech University, February 21-22, 2008.

Bichard, Shannon, Roberts, Marilyn, and Sutherland, John (2000) “Group Personality and Performance: A Model for Managing Advertising Student Teams,” Journal of Advertising Education, 4 (2).            

Birney, David. M.; Starnes, Stephen, "Parallel Combinatorial Esterification: A Simple Experiment for Use in the Second Semester Organic Chemistry Laboratory." J. Chem. Educ. 1999, 76, 1560-1561.

Burris, S. & Robinson, S. (2004, March-April). Adventures in teaching: Using adventure learning. The Agricultural Education Magazine, 76(5), 11-12.

Dunham, C., & Casadonte, Jr. D.J. Children’s Attitudes and Classroom Interaction In an Intergenerational Education Program” Educational Gerontology, 200935(5), 453 – 464

Ekwaro-Osire, S. , J.J. Mendias, and P. Orono, “Using Design Notebooks to Map Creativity during Team Activities,” Proceedings of the 2009 Frontiers in Education Conference, San Antonio, Texas, Oct 18–21, 2009.

Ekwaro-Osire, S. and, P. Orono “Design Notebooks as Indicators of Student Participation in Team Activities,” Proceedings of the 2007 Frontiers in Education Conference, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Oct 10–13, 2007.

Giardino, J. R. and E. B. Fish.  1986.  The use of field trips in air-photo interpretation and remote-sensing classes.  Journal of Geological Education.  34: 339-343.

Gring, Mark A. and Tonya Blivens, “The Repeated Speech Assignment,” in Barbara S.
Hugenberg and Larry Hugenberg, (Eds), Teaching Ideas for the Basic Communication
Course, vol 7, Fall 2003, pp: 191-193.

Khandaker, M., S. Ekwaro-Osire, and P. Orono, “Undergraduate engineering team projects: Is there any correlation between presentation and participation?” Proceedings of the 2008 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Jun 22–25, 2008.

Laverie, Debra A. (2006), “In Class Active Cooperative Learning: A Way to Build Knowledge and Skills in Marketing Courses,” Marketing Education Review, 16, 59-76.

Marrs K.A. (2003), R. Blake, and A. Gavrin "Use of Warm Up Exercises in Just in Time Teaching: Determining Students' Prior Knowledge and Misconceptions in Biology, Chemistry, and Physics." Journal of College Science Teaching, September 2003, pp. 42-47.

McDonald, Robert E. (2006), “Use of Videotaped Role Play Exercises in Large Sales Classes,” Journal for Advancement of Marketing Education, 8 (Summer), 32 – 37.

Mitchell, R. B. and V. G. Allen. 2000. Ecology of grazing lands systems – A multi-university field-trip approach to teaching. Proc. American Forage and Grassland Council 9:91-94.

Orono, P. and S. Ekwaro-Osire, “Impact of Student Selection of Design Projects on Team Performance,” Proceedings of the 2007 Annual ASEE Global Colloquium on Engineering Education, Istanbul, Turkey, Oct 1–4, 2007.

Pazos, P., MG. Beruvides, J.Y. Jian, A.M. Canto, A.S. Sandoval, and R. Taraban. “Structured Group Decision Making in a Web-Based Environment by Using the Nominal Group Technique,” Computers & Industrial Engineering, 2007, vol. 52, no. 3, pp. 277-295.

Pratt, C. (2007). In-class Communicative Projects. Upper Saddle River: Pearson/Prentice Hall.

Reifman, A. (2009, June). Phelps vs. Spitz: A z-score activity that goes swimmingly. Poster at the U.S. Conference on Teaching Statistics, Columbus, OH.

Reifman, A. S., Reich, D. A., Koch, E., Lakin, J. L., Murphy, N. A., & Silver, R. C. (2005, August). Teaching about attribution theory using Howard Dean’s “scream speech.” Poster at the American Psychological Association convention, Washington, DC.  Available online at:  http://courses.ttu.edu/hdfs3390-reifman/deandemo.htm  

School Spirit Study Group (A. Reifman, organizer) (2004). Measuring school spirit: A national teaching exercise. Teaching of Psychology, 31, 18-21.

Soonpaa, N. “Five Simple Exercises for Teaching Persuasion,” 16(1) The Second Draft 13 (2001).

Sundberg, M.D. J. Armstrong, M. Dini and B. Wischusen. Tips for Designing and Implementing Investigative Laboratories [in press].

Advising/Mentoring Students

Ekwaro-Osire, S. “‘Pan-Mentoring’ as an Effective Element of Capstone Design Courses,” The International Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 19, No. 5, pp. 721–724, 2003.

Ekwaro-Osire, S. and P. Orono, “Pan-mentoring in creative engineering design – the coordination of individual and team creativity,” Proceedings of the 2005 Frontiers in Education Conference, Indianapolis, Indiana, Oct 19–22, 2005.

Gregory, J., Bagert, D., Desrosiers, R., & Heinze, L.; Nature of the College Advisor in the Twenty-first Century. American Society for Engineering Education, 2001.
Available online at: http://soa.asee.org/paper/conference/paper-view.cfm?id=16204

Hurst, Mary Jane.  “Mentor Yourself.”  Inside Higher Ed, 29 July 2009.  Web.  http://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2009/29/hurst  

Punyanunt-Carter, N. M., & Wrench, J. (2008). Advisor-advisee three: Graduate students’ perceptions of verbal aggression, credibility, and conflict styles in advising relationships. Education, 12, 579-587.

Rickly, R. J. "Feminist Approaches to Mentoring Graduate Students: Conflict, Power, and Collaboration." Chapter, co-written with Susanmarie Harrington, in Preparing College Teachers of Writing. Ed. Betty Pytlik and Sarah Liggett. Oxford UP. (2002). pp.108-120.

Wrench, J. S., & Punyanunt-Carter, N. M.  (2008). The Influence of Graduate Advisor use of Interpersonal Humor on Graduate Students. NACADA: Mentoring Journal, 54-72.

Wrench, J., & Punyanunt-Carter , N.M.  (2005). Advisor-advisee communication two: The influence of verbal aggression and humor assessment on advisee perception of advisor credibility and affective learning. Communication Research Reports, 22 (4), 303-313.

Wrench, J., &  Punyanunt, N. M. (2004). Advisor-advisee communication: An exploratory study examining interpersonal communication variables in the graduate advisee-advisor relationship. Communication Quarterly, 53, 224-237.

Art Education

Check, E. (2004, Winter). Queers and Art Education in the War Zone. Studies in Art Education, 45(2),178-182.

Check, E. & Akins, F. (2004).  Queer lessons in the art classroom. Democracy & Education, 15(3-4), 66-71.

Check, E. (1992). Queers, art and education. In M. Zurmuehlen (Ed.), Working Papers in Art Education (pp. 98-102). Iowa City, IA: University of Iowa.

Check, E. and Lampela, L. (1999, Summer). Teaching more of the story: Sexual and cultural diversity in art and the classroom. Advisory. Reston, VA: National Art Education Association.

Lampela, L. & Check, E. (Eds.).  (2003). From our voices: Art educators and artists speak out about lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered issues. Dubuque, IA: Kendall/Hunt.

Assessment

Anderson, E. E., R. Taraban, & M. P. Sharma, “Implementing and Assessing Computer-Based Active Learning Materials in Introductory Thermodynamics,” 2005 International Journal of Engineering Education. Vol. 21(6). Also online at http://www.ijee.dit.ie/OnlinePapers/Interactive_Papers.html

Bicen, Pelin and Debra Laverie (forthcoming), “Groups Based Assessment as a Dynamic Approach to Marketing Education,” Journal of Marketing Education.

Candler-Lotven, A. C., Tallent-Runnels, M. K., & Sigler, E. A. (1995). Reliability and validity of the Reflective Teaching Instrument scores. Psychological Reports, 77, 63-66.

Ekwaro-Osire, S. and P. Orono, “Developing an Assessment Regime for Pan-Mentoring in Creative Engineering Design,” Proceedings of the 2006 ASEE Annual Conference, Chicago, Illinois, June 18–21, 2006.

Gring, Mark A. and Jeré Littlejohn, “Assessment of the Repeated Speech Performance as a Pedagogical Tool: A Pilot Study,” Basic Communication Course Annual 12, pp. 97-124, January 2000. Southwestern Univ. publication

Hopper, N. W., D. H. Beighley, and D. G. Miller. 1980. An integrated testing procedure for courses utilizing a lecture/audio tutorial instructional format. J. Agronomic Education 9:23-24.

Laverie, Debra A., 2002. Improving teaching through improving evaluation: A guide to course portfolios. Journal of Marketing Education 24 (2), 104-113.

Martin, R., Hoover, L., Fox, E., Lan, W., & Ahmad, M. (1999). Assessment of nutrition education of secondary Texas teachers. Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences Education, 16, 60-75.

Roach, K. D.  (1990). A reliability assessment of the Kearney, Plax, Richmond, and McCroskey (1984) BATs and BAMs model.  Communication Research Reports, 7, 67-74. (BAT = Behavior Alteration Technique; BAM = Behavior Alteration Message)

Sigler, E. A., & Tallent-Runnels, M. K. (2006). Examining the validity of scores from an instrument designed to measure metacognition of problem solving. Journal of General Psychology, 133, 257-276.

Thacker, B. A. "Computer-Assisted Assessment of Student Understanding in Physics," Computers in Physics, January 1994 (with Suzanne M. Lea, Eunsook Kim, Kelvin Trefz).

Classroom Management

Carter, S. L., & Punyanunt-Carter , N.M.  (2006). Acceptability of treatment for a student sleeping in the college classroom, Education, 126 (3), 541-546.

Carter, S. L., & Punyanunt-Carter, N. M. (2009). An acceptable way to deal with disruptive talking in the classroom. College Student Journal, 43(1), 56-58.

Check, E. (2000.). Caught between control and creativity: Boredom and the classroom. In D. Fehr, K. Fehr and K. Keifer-Boyd (Eds.), Realworld readings in art education: Things your professors never told you (137-145). New York: Falmer Press.

Roach, D.  (2008).  Classroom power.  In The international encyclopedia of communication (Vol. 2, pp. 507-509).  Oxford , UK , and Malden , MA :  Wiley-Blackwell.

Richmond , V. P., & Roach, K. D.  (1992).  Power in the classroom:  Seminal studies.  In V. P. Richmond and J. C. McCroskey (Eds.) Power in the classroom:  Communication, control, and concern (pp. 47-65).  Hillsdale , New Jersey :  Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers.

Computer Literacy/Instruction

Ahern, T., Dean, D., Taraban, R., & Walton, B. (2000, November).  Learning State: An XML based course editor for online instruction.  Proceedings of the WebNet 2000 World Conference on the WWW and Internet, San Antonio, TX.

Anderson, E.E. "Staged Solutions as a Means of Learning via the Internet," ASEE Annual Conference, Albuquerque, NM, 2001

Anderson, E.E., M.P. Sharma, and R. Taraban, “Application of Active Learning Techniques to Computer-Based Instruction of Introductory Thermodynamics,” ASEE Annual Conference, Montreal, Canada, 2002

Christopher, M. M., Thomas, J. A., & Tallent-Runnels, M. K. (2004). Raising the bar: Encouraging high level thinking in online discussion forms. Roeper Review, 26, 166-171.

Gavrin, A., Jeffrey X. Watt, Kathleen Marrs, Robert E. Blake, Jr. "Just-in-Time Teaching (JiTT): Using the Web to Enhance Classroom Learning", Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition (2003).

Hashemi, J., K.A. Austin, A. Majkowski, E.E. Anderson, and N. Chandrashekar, 2005 “Elements of a Realistic Virtual Laboratory Experience in Materials Science: Development and Evaluation,” International Journal of Engineering Education, Vol 21(3). Also online at:  http://www.ijee.dit.ie/OnlinePapers/Interactive_Papers.html
   
Hein, Scott E. and Katherine Austin Stalcup, "Using World Wide Web Utilities to Engage Students in Money, Banking and Credit," Journal of Education for Business (January/February 2001, 76-3), Pp. 167-172.

Fraze, S., Schilling, G., Akers, C., & Kistler, M. (2004) Computer experiences and information technology adoption of senior secondary agri-science students in Texas. Proceedings of the 23rd Western Region Agricultural Education Research Conference. Honolulu, HI.

Hashemi, J., E.E. Anderson, A. Majkowski, and K.A. Stalcup, “Development of Software to Improve Learning and Laboratory Experience in Materials Science.” ASEE Annual Conf. and Exp., Nashville, TN

Lan, W. Y., Tallent-Runnels, M. K., Thomas, J. A., Fryer, W., & Cooper, S. (2003). An examination of the relationship between technology problems and teaching evaluation of online instruction. The Internet and Higher Education, 6, 365-375, http://authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S1096751603000563  

McKenney, C. B., E. B. Peffley and I. Teolis. 2004. A comparison of asynchronous communication levels with students enrolled in compressed video, internet and traditional classes. Acta Hort. (ISHS) 641:79-84.

Mullen, G., & Tallent-Runnels, M. K.. (2006). Student outcomes and perceptions of instructors’ demands and support in online and traditional classrooms. The Internet and Higher Education, 9, 257-266.

Pemberton, J. R., Borrego, Jr.,  J., and Cohen, L. M. (2006).  Using Interactive Computer Technology to Enhance Learning.  Teaching of Psychology, 33, 145-147.   

Rickly, R. J. "Online Tutor Training: Examining the Role of Synchronous Conferencing in Establishing a Professional Community." Article, co-written with Cynthia Johanek, in Computers and Composition, Vol. 12, No. 2, 1995. Pp. 237-46.

Sharma, Martha and Gary S. Elbow, Using Internet Primary Sources to Teach Critical Thinking Skills in Geography, Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, in press.

Smith, J., Villareal, V., Akers, C., and Haygood, J. (2004). Computer knowledge, skills, and experiences of students enrolled in undergraduate courses in the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources. NACTA Journal. 48 (1), 45-51.

Tallent-Runnels, M. K., Thomas, J. A., Lan, W. Y., Cooper, S., Ahern, T. C., Shaw, S. M., & Liu, X. (2006). Teaching courses online: A review of the research. Review of Educational Research, 76, 93-135.

Tallent-Runnels, M. K., Lan, W. Y., Fryer, W., Thomas, J. A., Cooper, S., & Wang, K. (2005). The relationship between problems with technology and graduate students’ evaluations of online teaching. The Internet and Higher Education, 8, 167-174.

Tallent-Runnels, M. K., Cooper, S., Lan, W. Y., Thomas, J., & Busby, C. (2005). How to teach online: What the research says. Distance Education, 2(1), 21-27.

Taraban, R.  (1996). A computer-based paradigm for developmental research. Journal of Developmental Education, 20, (1), 12-14, 16, 18, 20.

Taraban, R., & Brothen, T. (1999). Technology that moves learners in the right direction. Journal of Developmental Education, 22 (3), 34.

Taraban, R., Maki, W., & Rynearson, K. (1999). Measuring study time distributions: Implications for designing computer-based courses. Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, & Computers, 31, 263-269.

Taraban, R., C.B. McKenney, E. Peffley and A. Applegarth. 2004. Live specimens are more effective than World Wide Web for learning plant materials. Journ. Nat. Res. and Life Sci. Education. 33:106-110.

Taraban, R., & Rynearson, K. (1998). Computer-based comprehension research in a content area. Journal of Developmental Education, 21 (3), 10-12, 14, 16, 18.

Taraban, R., Weigold, A., Anderson, E. E., & Sharma, M. P. (2005, June). Students’ cognitions when using an instructional CD for introductory thermodynamics.  Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference and Exposition, Portland, OR.

Weller, H. G., Repman, J., & Lan, W. Y. (1994).  Improving the effectiveness of learning through hypermedia-based instruction: The importance of learner characteristics.  Computers in Human Behavior, 11, 451-465.

Course Planning

Foster, D. A., Hermann, A., Hardin, E., Stewart, F., & Kellogg, A. (2006, April). Effects of psychological contract content and features on student satisfaction. Poster presented at the Eighty-Sixth Annual Meeting of the Western Psychological Association, Palm Springs, California.

Hermann, A. D., Foster, D. A., & Hardin, E. E. (2009, May). Does the first week of class matter? A quasi-experimental investigation. Poster presented at the Midwestern Psychological Association’s 81st Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.

Khandaker, M. and S. Ekwaro-Osire, “Development of a Product Development Lab Course: Application of Theoretical, FEA and Experimental Techniques,” Proceedings of the 2008 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, Boston, Massachusetts, Oct 31–Nov 6, 2008.

Soonpaa, N. “A Retrospective on Three Teaching Experiences and Resultant Ideas About Structuring a Three-Semester Course,” 16(2) The Second Draft 1 (2002).

Sundberg, M.D., M.L. Dini and E. Li. 1994. Decreasing course content improves student comprehension of science and attitudes towards science in freshman biology. Journal of Research in Science Teaching 31: 679-693.

Cross-Cultural/Cross-National Issues

Almer, E.D., R.G. Brody and J.J. Masselli. 2005.A Cross-Cultural Analysis of Student Perceptions of Gender Diversity, Family Status, and Hiring Practices in Spain and the United States.”  Global Perspectives on Accounting Education, V2, 2005.

Beard, L. “Translating Cultures: Ethical Issues in Teaching Life Narratives from Other Cultures,” Closing lecture as invited keynote speaker at the I Encontro Nacional Cultura e Tradução at the Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Brazil, September 9-11, 2009.

Blue, T., & Hardin, E. E. (2008, March). International student adjustment: A follow-up to intra/interpersonal factors that predict better outcomes. Poster presented at the International Counseling Psychology Conference, Chicago, IL.

Hughes, P. C., Heuman, A., & Williams, D. E. (2009). Using viewpoints to promote dialogue about intercultural communication. Teaching Ideas for the Basic Course, 22, 1-5.

Lan, W. Y., & Zhu, Y. X. (1996).  A comparison of administrative efficiency between Chinese and American Higher Education Institutions.  Modern China Studies, 52, 34-41.

Lan, W. Y., Zhu, Y. X., & Lan, J. (1996).  Educational reform in China since 1978.  In Jixuan Hu, Zhaohui Hong, & Eleni Stavrou (Eds.)  In Search of a Chinese Road Towards Modernization (pp. 225-244).  Lampeter, Dyfed, Wales UK: Edwin Mellen Press.

Lan, W. Y. (1996).  Self-sponsored higher education and a financial aid system in Chinese Higher Education.  New Waves-Educational Research and Development, 1, 7-8.

Olaniran, B. A., & Roach, K. D.  (1994). Communication apprehension and classroom apprehension in Nigerian classrooms.  Communication Quarterly, 42, 379-389.

Roach, K. D., Cornett-DeVito, M. M., DeVito, R.  (2005). A cross-cultural comparison of instructor communication in American and French classrooms.  Communication Quarterly, 53, 87-107.

Roach, K. D., & Byrne, P. R.  (2001). A cross-cultural comparison of instructor communication in American and German classrooms.  Communication Education, 50, 1-14.

Robitschek, C. & Hardin, E. E. (2006, August). Mexican American College Students: Personal Growth Initiative and Multidimensional Well-Being. In D. B. Singley (Chair), Multiculturalism and Positive Psychology---Riding the Fourth and Fifth Waves. Symposium conducted at the 114th annual convention of the American Psychological Association, New Orleans, LA.

Tallent-Runnels, M. K., Tirri, K. A., & Adams, A. M. (2000). A cross-cultural study of teachers’ attitudes toward gifted children and programs for gifted children. Gifted and Talented International, 15, 103-115.

Tirri, K., & Tallent-Runnels, M. K. (2004). Cross-cultural predictors of teachers’ attitudes toward gifted education. Gifted and Talented International, 20, 69-75.

Tirri, K. A., Tallent-Runnels, M. K., Adams, A. M., Yuen, M., & Lau, P. S. Y. (2003). Cross-cultural predictors of teachers’ attitudes toward gifted education: Finland, Hong Kong, and U.S.A. Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 26, 112-131.

Curricula/Course Content

Akers, C., Miller, K., Fraze, S., & Lockaby, J. (2004). Identifying emotional intelligence as a critical curricular need in agricultural education. Journal of Agricultural Education. 45 (1), 87-95.

Bard, Jennifer S., Thomas W. Mayo & Stacey A. Tovino, Three Ways of Looking At a Health Law and Literature Class, 1 Drexel L. Rev. 512 (2009)

Basinger, A.R., C.B. McKenney and D. Auld. (2008). Competencies for a U.S. horticulture major: A national Delphi-study. HortTech. (Nov, Accepted with revisions submitted).

Davis, K., & Durband, D. B. (2008). Valuing the implementation of financial literacy education. Financial Counseling and Planning 19 (1), 20-30.

Johnson, M. J., & Janisch, C. (1998).  Connecting literacy with social studies content in intermediate classrooms.  Social Studies and the Young Learner. 10(4), 6-9.

Johnson, M. J., Janisch, C., & Morgan-Fleming, B. (2001).  Cultural literacy in classroom settings:  Teachers and students adapt the Core Knowledge Curriculum.  Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, 16, 259-272.

Lawver, D., Barton, J., Akers, C., Smith, J., & Fraze, S. (2004). Agricultural mechanics curriculum for agricultural science teacher certification: A Delphi study. Proceedings of the 31st National Agricultural Education Research Conference. St. Louis, MO, 31, 433-441.

Lee, J. A. and Jones, L. L., 1993, Teaching the Process of Science in Geography Courses. Journal of Geography, v. 92, p. 223-226.

Montgomery, M., Lockaby, J., & Akers, C. (2001). Analyzing the Texas high school agricultural communications curriculum. Proceedings of 51st Southern Region Agricultural Education Research Conference. Fort Worth, TX.

Simon, L., Haygood, J., Akers, C., Doerfert, D., & Davis, C., (2005) Master’s level agricultural communications curriculum: A national Delphi study. Journal of Agricultural Education. 46 (3), 56-69.

Soonpaa, N. “Pop Culture Prognostication,” in Teaching the Law School Curriculum (Carolina Academic Press 2004).

Marbley, A., Leon, R., Pratt, C., Manigault, E., & Phelan, K. (2010). Ebony Eyes: Teaching about African American Civil War Heroes through Art. The Black History Bulletin 73(2), 30-33.

Distance Education

Allen, M., Bourhis, J., Mabry, E., Burrell, N., Emmers-Sommer, T., Titsworth, S., Mattrey, M., Crowell, T., Bakkar, A., Hamilton, A., Malyshev, Y., Robertson, T., Scholl, J., & Wells, S. (2002). Comparing student satisfaction with distance education to traditional classrooms in higher education: A meta-analysis. American Journal of Distance Education, 16(2), 83-97.

Lindner, J. R., Dooley, K., Christianson, J. E., Akers, C., Baker, M., Fraze, S., Kieth, L., Lawver, D., Lockaby, J., & Smith, J. (2001). Will you ever leave home again? Doc-at-a-Distance. Proceedings of the 17th Annual Conference of the Association for International Agricultural and Extension Education. Baton Rouge, LA.

Massey, P., Lockaby, J. & Akers, C. (2001). Evaluation of effective visuals in distance education. Proceedings of 51st  Southern Region Agricultural Education Research Conference. Fort Worth, TX.

Raulerson, R., Telg, R., Irani, T,. Place, N., Lundy, L., Swain, C., Carter, R,. Schmidt, A., Dooley, K., Lindner, J., Akers, C., Davis, C., Anderson, E., Moore, L., & Bielema, C. (2003). Roadmap to effective distance education instructional design. Proceedings of the 30th  National Agricultural Education Research Conference. Orlando, FL.

Raulerson, R., Telg, R., Irani, T,. Schmidt, A., Anderson, E., Dooley, K., Lindner, J., Haygood, J., Akers, C., Bielema, C., Carter, R., Thomas, R., Heer, R., & Place N. (2003). Train the Trainer: The distance education instructional designer project. Presentation to National Agricultural Communicators in Education Conference - Distance Education. Kansas City, KS.

Taraban, R., Rynearson, K., & Stalcup, K. (2001).  Time as a variable in learning on the World Wide Web. Behavior Research Methods, Instruments & Computers, 33, 217-225. 

Taraban, R., E. E. Anderson, M.W. Hayes, and M. P. Sharma, “Developing On-Line Homework for Introductory Thermodynamics,” Journal of Engineering Education, pp. 339-342, July, 2005

Telg, R., Irani, T., Place, N., Akers, C., Haygood, J. Dooley, K., & Linder, J. (2003). Distance education training for distance education trainers. Southern Association of Agricultural Scientists Agricultural Communications. Mobile, AL

Ethics/Student Misconduct

Beard, L. “Creating Ethical Learning Communities” in an Association for the Study of American Indian Literatures session on “Ethics and American Indian Cultures” at the Modern Languages Association annual conference, Washington DC, December 27-30, 2005.

Carter, S. L., & Punyanunt-Carter, N. M.  (2006). Acceptability of treatments for cheating in the college classroom. Journal of Instructional Psychology, 33(3), 212-216.

Carter, S. L., & Punyanunt-Carter, N. M. (2007). Acceptability of treatments for plagiarism in the college classroom. College Student Journal, 41, 336-341.

General/Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

Anderson, E. E., Taraban, R., Hayes, M. W., & Sharma, M. P. (2004, June). The impact of course resource utilization upon student performance.  Proceedings of the iCEER (International Conference on Engineering Education and Research), Bouzov Castle, Czech Republic.

Beruvides, Mario G., Robert E. McDonald, Kirk R. St. Amant, Ean-Harn Ng, Cheng-Chu Chiu-Wei, and Nicole St. Germaine-Madison, “Trans-Disciplinary Knowledge Sharing of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning:  A Review of the Current State of the Art,” Professional Studies Review, 4 (1), 12-26.

Davis, C., Akers, C., Green, C., & Zartman, R. (2003). The analysis of variables that influence student performance in an introductory soils class. Proceedings of the 22nd  Western Region Agricultural Education Research Conference. Portland, OR.

Davis, Donna F. and Teresa M. McCarthy.  2005.  The Future of Marketing Scholarship:  Recruiting for Marketing Doctoral Programs, Journal of Marketing Education, 27(1), 14-25

Englebrecht, T. and J.J. Masselli.  1998. An Empirical Analysis of Self Reported Grades as A Proxy for Ability in Educational Research”, Journal of Business and Behavioral Sciences. V. 4, No. 1, pp. 1-15.

Hurst, Mary Jane.  “Issues in Teaching Introductory Linguistics: A Pedagogical Discussion.”  Linguistic Association of the Southwest.  Baton Rouge, LA, 11 October 1996.

Hurst, Mary Jane.  “The Evolution of Language Studies at Texas Tech University.”  Linguistic Association of the Southwest.  Las Cruces, NM, 6 October 1995.

Johnson, M. J., & Button, K. A. (2000). Connecting graduate education in language arts with teaching contexts:  The power of action research. English Education, 32, 107-126.

Levin, Michael and Donna F. Davis.  2007.  Virtual “Third Places”:  A Case Study of a Marketing Promotions Course, Journal for the Advancement of Marketing Education, 10 (1):18-26.

Moore, Melissa, Robert M. Moore, and Robert E. McDonald (2008), “Student Characteristics and Expectations of University Classes:  A Free Elicitation Approach,” College Student Journal, 42 (March), 82 - 89.

Orono, P. and S. Ekwaro-Osire, “Evolutionary Design Paradigm as a Retention Tool,” Proceedings of the 2005 ASEE Annual Conference, Portland, Oregon, June 12–15, 2005.

Soonpaa, N. “What Are We Teaching Our Students? Competence and Confidence,” 17(2) The Second Draft 1 (2003).

Soonpaa, N. “Whom Are We Teaching? Independent Students Who Defy Categorization,” 18(1) The Second Draft 7 (2003).
Taraban, R. (2006, June). The growth of text literacy in engineering undergraduates.  Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference and Exposition, Chicago, IL.

Taraban, R. (2008). An impoverished machine: Challenges to human learning and instructional technology. Behavior Research Methods, 40(3), 639-646.

Taraban, R. (2008).  What is undergraduate research and why should we support it?  In R. Taraban and R. L. Blanton (Eds.), Creating effective undergraduate research programs in science: The transformation from student to scientist (pp. 3-10).  New York: Teachers College Press.

Taraban, R., & Blanton, R. L. (Eds.) (2008). Creating effective undergraduate research programs in science: The transformation from student to scientist. New York: Teachers College Press.

Taraban, R., Kerr, M., & Rynearson, K. (2004). Analytic and pragmatic factors in college students' metacognitive reading strategies. Reading Psychology, 25, 67-81.
Taraban, R., Prensky, E., & Bowen, C. W. (2008).  Critical factors in the undergraduate research experience.  In R. Taraban and R. L. Blanton (Eds.), Creating effective undergraduate research programs in science: The transformation from student to scientist (pp. 172-188).  New York: Teachers College Press.

Thacker, B. A. “Recent advances in classroom physics,” Rep. Prog. Phys. 66, 1833 – 1864 (2003).    

Thacker, B. A. "Twelve to Twenty Contact Hours and Research, Too," in PER Conference '98, publication of invited talks at 1998 Physics Education Research Conference, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

White, James. “Where is the Education Process of Architecture Headed”, Wichita Falls Chapter AIA, 2001.

Williams, B. “LearnStar Empowers Texas Tech Students,” T.H.E. Journal, September 2005, 49.

Honors Colleges/Programs

Bell G. (2008).The pillars of college creation. In (P. C. Sederberg, ed.), The honors college phenomenon (National Collegiate Honors Council monograph series), pp. 147-57.

Bell, G. (2008). The new model education. Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council.

Tallent-Runnels, M. K., Shaw, S. M., & Thomas, J. A. (2007). Using characteristics of K-12 gifted programs to evaluate honors programs. Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council, 8 (1), 61-75.

Instructional Strategies

Hunt, Shelby D. and Debra A. Laverie (2005), Experiential Learning and the Hunt-Vitell Theory of Ethics: Teaching Marketing Ethics by Integrating Theory and Practice,” Marketing Education Review, Vol. 14 (3), 1-14.

Lampe, J. R., Rooze, G. E., & Tallent-Runnels, M. K. (1996). Effectiveness of cooperative learning groups among Hispanic students in elementary social studies. Journal of Educational Research, 89, 191-197.

Lan, W.Y., Bradley, L., & Parr, G. (1993).  The effects of a self-monitoring process on college students’ learning in an introductory statistics course.  Journal of Experimental Education, 62, 26-40.

Laverie, Debra A., Sreedhar Madhavaram, and Robert E. McDonald (2008), “Developing a Learning Orientation:  The Role of Team-Based Active Learning,” Marketing Education Review, 18 (3), 37-51.

McKenney, C.B., E.B. Peffley and I. Teolis. (2008). Comparison of time investment in common teaching practices among three instructional methods. HortTechnology. (Accepted with revisions, Jan.).

Taraban, R., Box, C., Myers, R., Pollard, R., & Bowen, C. (2007). Effects of active-learning experiences on achievement, attitudes, and behaviors in high-school biology. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 44(7), 960-979.

Instructor Communication

Findley, M. & Punyanunt-Carter, N. M. (2007). The impact of gender on instructor nonverbal communication from the perspectives of learner affect and learners’ perceptions of instructor. Human Communication, 10, 243-257.

Gring, Mark A. “Epistemic and Pedagogical Assumptions in Informative and Persuasive
Speaking: Disinterring the Dichotomy,” Argumentation and Advocacy. 2006, vol 43,
Summer, pp. 41-49

Hardin, E. E. (2007). Presentation software in the college classroom: Don’t forget the instructor. Teaching of Psychology, 34, 53-57.

Hardin, E. E. (2005, August). Use of PowerPoint in College Lecture Classes: A Controlled Investigation of Its Impact on Student Learning and Attitudes. Poster presented at the 113thannual convention of the American Psychological Association, Washington, DC.

Punyanunt, N. M. (2000). The effects of humor on perceptions of compliance-gaining in the college classroom. Communication Research Reports, 17 (1), 30-38.

Roach, K. D., Richmond , V. P., & Mottet, T. P.  (2006).  Teachers’ influence messages.  In T. P. Mottet, V. P. Richmond, and J. C. McCroskey (Eds.) Instructional communication:  Rhetorical and relational perspectives. Boston : Pearson Education, Inc.

Roach, K. D.  (1994). Temporal patterns and effects of perceived instructor compliance-gaining use.  Communication Education, 43, 236-245.

Roach, K. D.  (1992). Teacher demographic characteristics and levels of teacher argumentativeness.  Communication Research Reports, 9, 65-71.

Roach, K. D.  (1991). The influence and effects of gender and status on university instructor affinity-seeking behavior.  The Southern Communication Journal, 57, 73-80.

Stewart, R. A., & Roach, K. D.  (1993). Student ratings of instruction as indices of instructional communication:  The relationships among formative and summative ratings of instructor effectiveness and course quality.  Communication Quarterly, 41, 427-442.

Literary Teaching

Beard, L. “Beyond Folktales and Noble Indian Stuff: Teaching Ray Young Bear’s Autobiographical Narratives” at “What’s Next for Native American and Indigenous Studies?” An International Scholarly Meeting, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, May 3-5, 2007.

Beard, L. “Resisting Genre: Teaching Testimonial Literature and Collaborative Autobiography by Native American Women” in a panel on “Teaching and Resisting Genre: Autobiography and Difference” organized by the Division on the Teaching of Literature at the Modern Languages Association, New York City, December 27-30, 2002.

Couch, Julie Nelson. “Childe Hood: The Infantilization of Medieval Legend.” In Parentheses: Papers in Medieval Studies. 1 (1999). 127-44. Available online at: http://www.yorku.ca/inpar/. Reprinted in Children's Literature Review. 117 (2007). 165-170.

Hurst, Mary Jane.  “Some Aspects of Language in Selected Cowboy Poetry.”  Inside the Classroom (and Out): How We Learn Through Folklore.  Ed. Kenneth L. Untiedt.  Denton, TX:  U of North Texas P, 2005.  258-71.

Hurst, Mary Jane.  “English 5337: Language and Gender.” The COSWL Collection of Language and Gender Syllabi.  Ed. Elizabeth Hume and Bonnie S. McElhinny.  Washington, DC: Linguistic Society of America, 1993.  53-57. 

Hurst, Mary Jane.  “Undergraduate Research in the Humanities at Texas Tech University.”  Modern Language Association.  Washington, DC, 27 December 2005.

Hurst, Mary Jane.  “Bringing Linguistics into the Graduate and Undergraduate Literature Class.”  Linguistic Association of the Southwest.  San Antonio, TX, 1 October 1999.

Purinton, Marjean. “Romantic Praxis: Teaching British Romanticism with Drama.”  Engaged Romanticism: Romanticism as Praxis.  Ed. Mark Lussier and Bruce Matsunaga. Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Press, 2008.  229-242.

Purinton, Marjean. “Teaching Orientalism through British Romantic Drama: Representations of Arabia.”  Romantic Border Crossings.  Ed. Jeffrey Cass and Larry H. Peer.  Aldershot:  Ashgate Press, 2008.  135-146.

Purinton, Marjean. “On Teaching A Bold Stroke for a Husband and Other Comedies by Romantic Women Playwrights.”  European Romantic Review 17.3 (July 2006): 351-60.

Purinton, Marjean. “Pedagogy and Passions: Teaching Joanna Baillie’s Dramas.”  Joanna Baillie, Romantic Dramatist: Critical Essays.  Ed. Thomas Crochunis.  New York: Routledge,  2004.  315-47.

Purinton, Marjean. “The Pedagogical Plays of Hannah More, Jane Austen, and Joanna Baillie: Ways of Teaching Children’s Drama.”  British Women Playwrights around 1800.  “Teaching Section.”  Ed. Marjean D. Purinton.November 2004.

Purinton, Marjean. “Teaching the Gothic Novel and Dramatic Adaptations.”  Approaches to Teaching Gothic Fiction: The British and American Traditions. Ed. Diane Long Hoeveler and Tamar Heller.  New York: Modern Language Association, 2003.  326-42.

Purinton, Marjean. “Reading Marital Relationships: ‘The Wallpaper’ in A Room of One’s Own.”  The Pedagogical Wallpaper: Teaching Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s “The Yellow Wall-paper.”  Ed. Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock.  New York: Peter Lang, 2003.  94-111.

Purinton, Marjean. “Teaching Romantic-Period Women Poets.”  Pedagogy: Critical Approaches to Literature, Language, and Composition 1.1 (2000): 91-115.  Contributor to this collaborative essay, edited by Harriet Kramer Linkin.

Purinton, Marjean. “Teaching Frances Burney’s Comedies The Witlings and The Woman-Hater.”  Approaches to Teaching British Women Playwrights of the Restoration and Eighteenth Century.  Eds.  Catherine Burroughs and Bonnie Nelson.  New York: MLA, 2010.  390-397.

Majors vs. Non-Majors

McGinley, M.A. 2005. Transferring a course developed for honors students to non-majors biology students: lessons learned. Honors in Practice, Fall/Winter, pp. 85-9. 

Sundberg, M.D. and M.L. Dini. 1993. Majors vs. nonmajors: Is there a difference? Journal of College Science Teaching 22: 299-304.
Westfall, P. (2008).  Leading Papers Look at Teaching Bayes to Nonstatisticians, Amstat News, August 2008, 16.
Westfall, P. (2008).  Teaching Bayes to Nonstatistics Graduate Students: Editor’s Note. The American Statistician 62, 189.

Service Learning

Brady, H., Lawver, D., Pyle, A., Shaw, M., Akers, C., & Cepica, T. (2004). Principles of therapeutic riding as a service-based learning course with an agricultural curriculum. Proceeding of the North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture Conference. . NACTA Journal. 48 (4), 81.

Pyle, A., Brady, H., Lawver, D., Akers, C., and Cepica, T. (2004). Journal-based reflection in undergraduate service learning and the university therapeutic riding center. NACTA Journal. 48 (4), 72.

Special Needs/At-Risk Students

Davis, C.S., Akers, C.L., Doerfert, D., Kieth, T.L., McGregor, K.W. (2005). Special Needs Students and Competitive Livestock Exhibition: A Case Study of Perceived Benefits with an Autistic Child. Proceedings of the National Agricultural Education Research Conference, San Antonio, TX.

Janisch, C., & Johnson, M. J. (2003). Effective literacy practices and challenging curriculum for at-risk learners:  Great Expectations.   Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 8(3), 295-308.

Kessell, J., Lawver, D., Davis, C. & Fraze, S. (2005). What our teachers should know: A review of special education law and recognized disabilities that are accommodated. Proceedings of the Western Region Agricultural Education Research Conference, Prescott, Arizona.

Tallent-Runnels, M. K., & Layton, C. A. (2004) Gifted adults with learning disabilities in postsecondary settings. In T. M. Newman & R. J. Sternberg (Eds.), Students with both gifts and learning disabilities – identification, assessment and outcomes. Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers.

Student Cognition/Problem Solving

Anderson, E. E., Taraban, R., & Hooten, D. (2009). A study of the impact of visuospatial ability, conceptual understanding, and prior knowledge upon student performance in engineering statics courses. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), Austin, TX.

Bostic, J. Q., & Tallent-Runnels, M. K. (1991). Cognitive styles: A factor analysis of six dimensions with implications for consolidation. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 72, 1299-1306.

Brashears, M.T., Akers, C., Smith, J., (2005). The effects of multimedia cues on student cognition in an electronically delivered high school unit of instruction. Proceedings of the 55th Southern Journal of Agricultural Education.

Burris, S., Garton, B.L., & Terry, Jr. R. (2005). Effect of problem-based learning on critical thinking ability and content knowledge of secondary agriculture students. Proceeding of the 3rd Annual AAAE North Central Region Research Conference. Columbus, OH.

Davis, C.S., Akers, C.L., Cepica, M., Doerfert, D., Fraze, S., Lawver, D., Schacht, M.A. (2005). Cognitive responses by West Texas Hispanic/Latinos to agricultural news: A comparison of four English and Spanish presentation media. Research Proceedings of the Association for Communication Excellence in Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Life and Human Sciences, San Antonio, TX.

Ekwaro-Osire, S., R. Taraban, P. Orono, and C. Craig “Using Design Journals to Track Students’ Cognitive Patterns in Engineering Design,” Proceedings of the 2007 Annual ASEE Global Colloquium on Engineering Education, Istanbul, Turkey, Oct 1–4, 2007.

Hanson, Z. M., Baker M., Dooley, K., Smith, J., Harlin, J., & Kvashny, A. "Effects of creative problem-solving instruction upon 6th grade students’ performance on a standardized creativity measure." American Association for Agriculture Education (AAAE) Southern Region Conference, Mobile, AL, 2007
http://aaaeonline.org/conference_files/papers/a-2.pdf

Jian-Yin, J., Beruvides, M., & Taraban, R. (2002, March). Metacognition, problem solving, and decision-making: A preliminary study using computer-based puzzles.  Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Management of Technology (IAMOT), Miami, FL.

Jian-Yin, J., Beruvides, M., & Taraban, R. (2002, October). Towards mental learning of knowledge workers using computer-based puzzles: A preliminary study.  Proceedings of the 23rd Annual American Society for Engineering Management: Engineering Management in the Global Environment (pp. 145-152), Tampa, FL.

Scholl, J. C. (2005). Helping students examine the three styles of learning to illustrate the perception process. Communication Teacher, 9(2), 53-56.

Tallent-Runnels, M. K. (1993). The future problem-solving program: An investigation of effects on problem solving ability. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 18, 382-388.

Taraban, R., Anderson, E. E., Craig, C. (2009). Problem solving in statics involves mental search. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), Austin, TX.

Taraban, R., Anderson, E. E., Craig, C., Fleming, J., DeFinis, A., & Brown, A. (2008). An assessment of problem solving processes in undergraduate statics. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), Pittsburgh, PA.

Taraban, R., Anderson, E. E., Definis, A., Brown, A., Weigold, A., & Sharma, M. P. (2007). First steps in understanding engineering students’ growth of conceptual and procedural knowledge in an interactive learning context. Journal of Engineering Education, 96 (1), 57-68.

Taraban, R., Definis, A., Brown, A., Anderson, E. E., & Sharma, M. P. (2007). A paradigm for assessing conceptual and procedural knowledge in engineering students. Journal of Engineering Education, 96(4), 335-345.

Taraban, R., E. E. Anderson, A. DeFinis, A, G. Brown, A. Weigold & M. P. Sharma, “First Steps in Understanding Engineering Students’ Growth of Conceptual and Procedural Knowledge in an Interactive Learning Context,” Annals of Research on Engineering Education, Vol. (3), http://www.areeonline.org,  Winter 2007.

Taraban, R., E.E. Anderson, M.P. Sharma, and A. Weigold, “Developing a Model of Students’ Navigations in Computer Modules for Introductory Thermodynamics,” ASEE Annual Conf. and Exp., Nashville, TN, 2003.

Thacker, B. A. "Comparing Problem Solving Performance of Physics Students in Inquiry-Based and Traditional Physics Courses," Am. J. Phys. 62 (7), 627-633 (1994) (with Suzanne M. Lea, Eunsook Kim, Kelvin Trefz).   

Thacker, B. A. “A Study of the Nature of Students’ Models of Microscopic Processes in the Context of Modern Physics Experiments,” Am. J. of Phys. 71 (6), 599-606 (2003).  

Thacker, B. A. "Macroscopic Phenomena and Microscopic Processes: Student Understanding of Transients in DC Electric Circuits," (with Uri Ganiel and Donald Boys), The Physics Education Research Supplement of the American Journal of Physics, 67 (7), S25-S31.   

Wright, K. B., & Scholl, J. C. (1999). Heuristic-systematic processing in the classroom. Communication Research Reports, 16, 203-212. 

Student Motivation/Self-Efficacy

Pajares,F., & Johnson, M. J. (1994).  Confidence and competence in writing:  The role of self-efficacy, outcome expectancy, and apprehension.  Research in the Teaching of English, 28, 313-331.

Pajares, F., Johnson, M., & Usher, E.L. (in press).  Sources of Writing Self-Efficacy Beliefs of Elementary, Middle, and High School Students. Research in the Teaching of English.

Pajares, F., Miller, M. D., & Johnson, M. J. (1999).  Gender differences in writing self-beliefs of elementary school students.  Journal of Educational Psychology, 91, 50-61.

Stevens, T., Olivárez, A., Jr., Lan, W., & Tallent-Runnels, M. K. (2004). The role of mathematics self-efficacy and motivation in mathematics performance: Issues across ethnicity. Journal of Educational Research, 97, 208-221.

Pratt, C. (2010). Maintaining the momentum of students of Spanish from high school to college. Hispania 93(4), 671-685.

Pratt, C., Agnello, M., & Santos, S. (2009). Factors that motivate high school students' decisions to study Spanish. Hispania 92(4), 800-813.

Student Oral Communication Skills

Williams, D. E., & Punyanunt-Carter, N. M.  (2006). Speaking assignment options: Enhancing student involvement in the learning process. Basic Course Annual, 18, 102-116.

Stockstill, C. J., & Roach, K. D.  (2007).  Communication apprehension in high school athletes.  Texas Speech Communication Journal, 32, 53-64.

Student Study Skills

Anderson, E.E., R. Taraban, and M.P. Sharma, "Student Usage of Supplemental Study Materials,"  ICEE-2003, Valencia, Spain, 2003.

Ekwaro-Osire, S., I. Afuh, and P. Orono, “Information Gathering Activities in Engineering Design,” Proceedings of the 2008 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Jun 22–25, 2008.

Ekwaro-Osire, S., I. Afuh, and P. Orono “Collaboration between Librarian and Design Faculty to Harness Students’ Research Skills in Engineering Design,” Proceedings of the 2007 Annual ASEE Global Colloquium on Engineering Education, Istanbul, Turkey, Oct 1–4, 2007.

Ekwaro-Osire, S., and P. Orono, “Use of Research Notebooks by Undergraduate Students,” Proceedings of the 2009 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Austin, Texas, Jun 14–17, 2009.

Taraban, R., E.E. Anderson, M. P. Sharma, and M. W. Hayes, “Monitoring Students’ Study Behaviors in Thermodynamics,” ASEE Annual Conference, Montreal, Canada, 2002

Taraban, R., M.W. Hayes, E.E. Anderson & M.P. Sharma, “Giving Students Time for the Academic Resources that Work,” Journal of Engineering Education, pp. 205-210 July 2004

Student Written Communication Skills

Akers, C., Vaughn, P., and Lockaby, J. (2003). High school agricultural communications competencies: A national Delphi study. Journal of Agricultural Education. 44 (4), 1-10.

Beard, L. J. “Teaching Native Autobiographies as Acts of Narrative Resistance” in Pedagogy 11:1 (Winter 2011). Forthcoming.

Hurst, Mary Jane.  “A Final Assignment for a Composition Course.”  Arizona English Bulletin 31.3 (1989): 29-31.

Misra, Sukant.  “Tips for Writing and Publishing Journal Articles.”  Guest Speaker at the 2002 Student Section of the American Agricultural Economics Association.  Long Beach, California, July 28-31, 2002.

Rickly, R. J. "Making Rhetoric Viable/Making Rhetoric Visible In First Year Writing Courses."  Chapter in What Makes Writing Good in the Late Age of Print, ed. By Jeff Galin, J. Paul Johnson, and Carol Haviland.  Hampton Press. (2003).  Pp. 99-110.

Rickly, R. J. "Reflection and Responsibility in (Cyber)Tutor Training: Seeing Ourselves Clearly On and Off the Screen. "Wiring the Writing Center. Ed. Eric H. Hobson. Salt Lake: Utah State UP. (1998). Pp. 44-61. (Book awarded the 1999 National Writing Centers Association Scholarship Award)

Soonpaa, N. “Goals of a First-Year Legal Writing Course,” “Content in First-Year Courses,” and “Pedagogical Methods in First-Year Courses,” chapters in the second edition of Sourcebook on Legal Writing Programs (published by the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar); Summer 2006.

Soonpaa, N. “Strategies for Enhancing the Status of Legal Research and Writing and of Legal Research and Writing Faculty,” Newsletter, AALS Section on Legal Writing (Spring 2002).

Teacher Training

Alexander, P. A., Wilson, A. F., White, C. S., Willson, V. L., Tallent, M. K., & Shutes, R. E. (1987). Effects of teacher training on children's analogical reasoning performance. Teaching & Teacher Education, 3, 275-285.

Burris, S., Kitchel, T., Greiman, B. & Torres, R. (2005). Perceptions of
psychosocial assistance, similarities and satisfaction from beginning and
mentor agriculture teachers. Proceedings of the 2005 National
Agricultural Education Research Conference (NAERC). San Antonio, TX.

Burris, S., Robinson, S., & Terry, Jr. R. (2005). Preparation of pre-service
teachers in agricultural mechanics. Journal of Agricultural Education, 46(3), 23-34.

Burris, S., Robinson, S., & Terry, Jr. R. (2004). How are ag education programs
preparing their students to teach ag mechanics? Proceedings of the 2004
National Agricultural Education Research Conference (NAERC). St. Louis, MO.

Button, K. (1998, December). Teacher professional development: The key to comprehensive literacy instruction in the primary grades. Paper presented at the National Reading Conference. Austin, TX.

Button, K. & Johnson, M. J. (1995, April). Graduate education in a professional development school: Linking theory and practice through teacher research. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA.

Button, K. & McCarrier, A. (2000). Instructional Decision-Making in Interactive Writing. What am I Teaching? And Why? Paper presented at the National Reading Recovery Conference. Columbus, OH.

Check, E. (2002.) In the trenches: Elementary art education. In Y. Gaudelius and P. Speirs (Eds.),Contemporary Issues in art education for elementary educators(Chapter 3, pp. 51-60). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.  

Fontenot, D., Talkmitt, S., Morse, A., Marcy, B., Chandler, J. and Stennet, B. 2009. Providing an Engineering Design Model for Secondary Teachers, 39th ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, San Antonio, TX, to be presented in October.

Hart, M.A. (2005). Influence of a physical education methods course on elementary education majors’ knowledge of fundamental movement skills. The Physical Educator, 62, 198-204.

Johnson, M. J. & Button, K. (1996, April). Community service in pre-service teacher education: Developing knowledge, values, and commitment. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting. New York, NY.

Kitchel, T., Burris, S. Greiman, B. & Torres, R. (2004). Perceptions of beginning
and mentor agriculture teachers: Psychosocial assistance, similarities, and
satisfaction. Proceeding of the 2nd Annual AAAE North Central Region
Research Conference. Lafayette, IN.

Laboube, G., Burris, S., & Kitchel, T. (2003, April). Ag mech boot camp:
Preparing pre-service teachers for the trenches. Poster Proceedings of the
1st Annual AAAE North Central Region Research Conference. Columbus, OH.

Marston, R.E., Phillips, C.L., & Hart, M.A. (2001). Practitioners’ perceived importance of physical education teaching preparation program components. Fascicula Educatie Fizica Si Sport, Universitatii Din Oradea, Romania, 110-123.

Morse, A. Application of the ExCEEd Teaching Model to Improve Graduate Teaching in
Environmental Engineering Courses, to be presented at the ASEE Annual Conference, Austin, TX, June 2009.

Robinson, S. & Burris, S. (2005, March-April). Preparing for success in the
classroom. The Agricultural Education Magazine, 77(5), 22-23.

Sreedhar R. Madhavaram and Debra A. Laverie (Forthcoming, 2010) "Developing Pedagogical Competence: Issues and Implications for Marketing Education," Journal of Marketing Education.

Stemme, A. & Burris, S. (2005, May-June). The art of teacher reflection. The
Agricultural Education Magazine, 77(6), 25-26.

Swafford, J., Maltsberger, A., Button, K., & Furgerson, P. (1998). Facilitating effective literacy instruction through peer coaching. In C. K. Kinzer, K. A. Hinchman, and D. J. Leu (Eds.) Inquiries in Literacy Theory and Practice. Forty-sixth yearbook of the National Reading Conference (pp. 416-426). Chicago: National Reading Conference.

Teaching Assistants

Punyanunt-Carter, N.M. (2006). College students’ perceptions of what teaching assistants are self-disclosing in the classroom. College Student Journal, 40(1), 3-10.

Punyanunt-Carter, N. M., & Wagner, T. R. (2005). Differences in communication social support in the college classroom between teaching assistants and professors. Education, 125, 569-574.

Roach, K. D.  (2003). Teaching assistant anxiety and coping strategies in the classroom.  Communication Research Reports, 20, 81-89.

Roach, K. D.  (2002). Theory into practice:  Training graduate TAs to communicate more effectively in their classrooms.  In J. L. Chesebro and J. C. McCroskey (Ed.s) Communication for teachers.  Boston :  Allyn & Bacon.

Roach, K. D., & Olaniran, B. A.  (2001). Intercultural willingness to communicate and communication anxiety in international teaching assistants.  Communication Research Reports, 18, 26-35.

Roach, K. D.  (1999). The effects of teaching assistant willingness to communicate and communication anxiety in the classroom.  Communication Quarterly, 47, 166-182.

Roach, K. D.  (1998). Teaching assistant communication apprehension, willingness to communicate, and state communication anxiety in the classroom.  Communication Research Reports, 15, 130-140.

Roach, K. D., & Jensen, K.  (1997). TA training:  Social Learning Theory into practice. The Journal of Graduate Teaching Assistant Development, 5, 81-87.

Roach, K. D.  (1997). Effects of graduate teaching assistant attire on student learning, misbehaviors, and ratings of instruction.  Communication Quarterly, 45, 125-141.

Roach, K. D.  (1995). Teaching assistant argumentativeness and perceptions of power use in the classroom. Communication Research Reports, 12, 94-103.

Roach, K. D.  (1995). Teaching assistant argumentativeness:  Effects on affective learning and student perceptions of power use.  Communication Education, 44, 15-29.

Roach, K. D.  (1991). Graduate teaching assistants' use of behavior alteration techniques in the university classroom.  Communication Quarterly, 39, 178-188.

Williams, D. E., & Roach, K. D.  (1992). Graduate teaching assistant perceptions of training programs.  Communication Research Reports, 10, 183-192.

Training for Professional Practice

Bard, J. S. What We In Law Can Learn From Our Colleagues in Medicine About Teaching Students How to Practice Their Chosen Profession, 36 J. L. Med. & Ethics 841 (2009)

Wrye, C. & Terry, H.R., Jr. (1993). Occupational status and educational needs of College of Agricultural Sciences graduates. Proceedings of the 42nd Southern Agricultural Education Research Meeting, 42, 215-223.

Wrye, C. & Terry, H.R., Jr. (1993). Opinions of graduates concerning the curricular and extra-curricular activities of the College of Agricultural Sciences. Proceedings of the 20th National Agricultural Education Research Conference, 20, 244-252.

Wrye, C. & Terry, H.R., Jr. (1993). Follow-up study of College of Agricultural Sciences graduates. Proceedings of the 12th Western Agricultural Education Research Meeting, 12, 124-136.