Research from two School of Education faculty, and two current undergraduate students was presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting in Toronto.
The work of two Elon faculty and two students was presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) held April 4-9, 2019, in Toronto, Canada. AERA’s annual meeting attracts more than 15,000 attendees and is considered one of the world's premier education research conferences.
Lumen Prize winner Molly Kearns '19 presented the results of her research, conducted with Erin Hone, lecturer, titled "Contributing Factors to Elementary Teachers' Math Attitudes and Pedagogical Practices."
Jeffrey Carpenter, associate professor and director of the Elon Teaching Fellows program, and Scott Morrison, presented their research with Tania Tani and Julie Keane of Participate, titled, "Exploring Twitter Hashtags as Professional Learning for Educators."
Jeffrey Carpenter also presented research conducted with Miles MacFarlane, titled "Edcamp and Repeat: Continuity and Change in Participants' Perceptions of Three Iterations of an Unconference" and with Royce Kimmons, titled "Teacher Identity and Crossing the Professional-Personal Divide on Twitter."