By: Erik Pedersen, Senior Communications Manager
BALTIMORE – Notre Dame of Maryland’s School of Education was featured at the 2022 American Educational Research Association’s annual meeting, which was held virtually and on-site in San Diego from April 21-26.
Thirteen faculty, alumnae and students presented research on a variety of topics during the six-day renowned conference, which typically features over 2,600 sessions and 15,000 attendees. The theme for this year’s event was “Cultivating Equitable Education Systems for the 21st Century.”
The AERA is the largest national interdisciplinary research association devoted to the scientific study of education and learning. The organization has over 25,000 members, and its annual meeting is designed to showcase research efforts from across the educational spectrum.
The full list of NDMU presentations at the conference, listed in the order they were presented, is available below:
“Language-Minority Students Identified for Special Education: Proportional Representation Across Elementary Years” - Angela Klinger D’22, Dr. Rachel Durham
“Black Female Teachers Who Stay: Teacher Efficacy Through Counternarratives” – Dr. Stephanie Savick ’92 M’99 D’09, Dr. Rachel Durham, Dr. Candice Logan-Washington, Dr. Cara Jeanne M’13 D’21
“U.S. Educational Language Policy Orientations: A Corpus Linguistics Analysis” – Dr. Xiomara Rivera Pagán D’21
“Impacts of Prolonged English Learner Status on Students in a Large Maryland County” - Jennifer Carlson D’22
“Exploring Predictors of Black Secondary School Students’ Persistence in STEM” - Olukayode Banmeke D’22
“Using Poetry to Look Outside Ourselves” – Dr. Angelo Letizia
“Does Digital Game-Based Learning Improve Motivation, Focus, and On-Task Behavior” - Ryan Schaaf
“Exiting ELLs in Second Grade: What is Their Performance in the Third and Fourth Grades?” - Melissa DiDonato D’23, Dr. Mark Fenster, Dr. Christa de Kleine
Established in 1895, Notre Dame of Maryland University (NDMU) is a private, Catholic institution in Baltimore, Maryland, with the mission to educate leaders to transform the world. Notre Dame has been named one of the best "Regional Universities North" by U.S. News & World Report.
