Ph. D in Urban Education- 2005 NCA Assessment Report
Students’ participation in research conferences, Summer 2004-Spring 2005
Midwestern Educational Research Association (MWERA), October 2004, Columbus, Ohio
1. Amolsch, G. (2004). Towards a paradigm shift in Ford Motor leadership style: Identifying
effective coaching practices and characteristics.
2. Mitchell, Y., & Bagaka’s, J. G. (2004).Child rearing styles and achievement test
performance of African-American students: An individual growth analysis.
3. Yang, Q. (2004). Cultural differences in children’s cognition and socio-emotional
understanding by studying the similarities and differences between American and Chinese
parenting.
4. Yuan, G. (2004). An analysis of the standardized testing in the People’s Republic of China
with reference to educational assessment in the United States.
5. Ivey, C., & Brady, A. L. (2004). A Content analysis of the concept of intelligence in two
educational psychology textbooks: Has the ideally intelligent student changed?
6. Englehart, J., Pizzuti, A., Harvey, J., Morris, J., Higgins, V., & Mengay, S. (2004).
Perceptions of student intelligence held by preservice teachers.
American Educational Research Association (AERA), April 2005, Montreal, Canada
1. Scott, C., & Bagaka’s, J. G. (2005). School trust, reform, and yearly progress on state tests: An
individual growth analysis. The American Educational Research Association Conference, Montreal,
Canada (April, 2005).
2. Gallacher, H., & Bagaka’s, J. G. (2005). Predictors of freshmen students academic progress in
an open-admission, urban university: An individual growth model. The American Educational
Research Association Conference, Montreal, Canada (April, 2005).
3.
Griffin, T. (2005). Effective teacher practices and motivation of African-American students.
The American Educational Research Association Conference, Montreal, Canada (April, 2005).
Presentations at other Conferences:
1. Yuan, G. (2005). Analysis of educational assessment in the People’s Republic of China.
Comparative International Education Society, Stanford University, CA (March 22-26, 2005).
2. Yang, Q. (2005). Cultural differences in children’s cognition and socio-emotion understanding
by studying the similarities between Chinese and American parenting. Comparative International
Education Society, Stanford University, CA (March 22-26, 2005).
3. Ellington, A., & Clark, S. (2005). Ellington’s Theory of Relationships. Annual Conference of the
Association of Social and Behavioral Scientists (ASBS), Nashville, TN (March 9-12, 2005).
4. Ford, S. W., & Ford, R. (2004). Addressing our differences: Perceptions of undergraduate and
graduate students of color. Patterson Research Conference, Wasington, DC. (September 24-25,
2004).
Second Annual Research Exchange Conference (Cleveland State University)
(CSU hosted the Second ERE conference on March 11, 2005. Of the total 53 papers which were
presented at this conference, CSU students presented 27 papers. See attached program for a detail
listing of the paper presentations)
Refereed journal publications with current or former students
Bagaka’s, J. G., & Wyman, P. K. (2004). Suggesting a value-added model for appraising school
effectiveness. Journal for Effective Schools, 3, 1, 13-27.
Scott, S., & Bagaka’s, J. G. (2004). Moving district reform into schools: The link between
teachers’ perceptions of school district reform efforts and their participation in
professional activities. Planning and Change, 35, 1&2, 69-84.
Roulette-McIntyre, O., Bagaka’s, J. B., & Drake, D. D.(In press). Identifying
aspects of parental involvement that impact the academic achievement of high school
students. ERS Spectrum.