Teaching Educational Psychology
Special Interest Group
AERA 2005 EDITION
Vol. 3 Issue 3
Take Off to the Great White North!
Welcome to Montreal AERA 2005
The annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association is set for the city
of Montreal, Québec Canada April 11-15, 2005. As of today I am sorry to report that
AERA has not published the official program and is still scrambling to find additional
hotel space for the expected 14,000 registered conference goers. If you are planning on
going and have not made your hotel reservations we suggest that you go to
www.aera.net as soon as possible and register.
The theme of the meeting as take from the AERA Annual Meeting Web site:
:
AERA 2005 April 11-15
Demography and Democracy in the Era of Accountability
Marilyn Cochran-Smith, President
Ana María Villegas, Chair, Program Committee
Theme: Demography and Democracy in the Era of Accountability —
La démographie et la démocratie à l’ère de l’imputabilité
Over the past three decades, the racial, ethnic, and linguistic diversity of
the student and adult populations in North America, as well as other parts
of the world, has increased substantially, due in part to changing migration
patterns and to varied birth rates. In the United States, the number of
students with disabilities has also grown. Many members of the
educational research community are concerned about the challenges that
diversity poses for equity and excellence. In particular, they are concerned
about the persistent achievement gap between students who are poor and
from racial, ethnic, and linguistic minority groups and their peers as well
as continued disparities in the distribution of educational resources. In
addition, there are many concerns about the extent to which responses to
student diversity take into account cultural, linguistic, social, and
economic factors in teaching, learning and schooling.
At the same time that the demographic landscape has dramatically
changed, accountability issues have taken center stage in many of the most
important discussions about education around the world. While most
educational researchers and practitioners agree on the need for
accountability, substantial disagreement exists about what students and
educators ought to be held accountable for and how best to assess results.
Some believe that an emphasis on testing, the cornerstone of the current
accountability movement, is essential to ensuring that all students are
educated to high standards. Furthermore, there are many who believe that
a “free market” approach to education will pressure educators to raise
students’ test scores. Others, however, think that a singular focus on
testing for purposes of accountability is inappropriate and that more
attention is needed to the social and political dimensions of accountability
and to equity issues at the societal level.
Underlying differing views of accountability are profoundly different
conceptions of democracy and beliefs about the role that education plays
in democratic societies. Some argue that a democratic society and a free
market economy go hand in hand, and that education is the system for
cultivating the human capital a society needs to be economically
competitive. For others, the role of education in a democratic society is to
cultivate the human potential—including dispositions, knowledge, and
skills—needed for active participation in a vibrant and evolving
representative government. From this perspective disparities in
educational resources among diverse groups are seen as anti-democratic,
and education is seen as one important way to ameliorate disparities.
Understanding the convergence of these three trends—increasing diversity
among students within the context of disparities in achievement and
resources, increasing tension regarding the role of education in a
democracy, and increasing accountability through testing—requires
thoughtful and purposeful examination. The theme for the 2005 AERA
Annual Meeting, “Demography and Democracy in the Era of
Accountability,” is intended to promote such examination from all
research paradigms and perspectives. Program organizers welcome the
full range of perspectives on these critical issues from researchers in the
United States and the larger international community. We are particularly
interested in proposals that consider the implications for democratic and
emerging democratic societies of research, practice and policy related to
quality education and fair assessments for all students.
Some Additional Information you may find useful: A quick trip the internet resulted in
a wonderful website that you can use to find out information on the nightlife,
entertainment and the find dining that is available in Montreal.
www.montrealvip.com will give you information on restaurants; sight
seeing opportunities and other helpful information an out of town travel may need in
planning their AERA experience.
Also for those like me, hit by a university budget cutback on travel allowances Rachel
Ray who does a show on the Food Network recently did a show on Montreal. Her
suggestions included:
Famea (For Starbucks like Coffees)
14 Jean Torlar Street West
514-276-2671
St. Viateur Bagels (For a quick Bagel Breakfast)
263 St. Viateuer Street
514-276-8044
Stash Café (Polish Cuisine)
200 St. Paul Street West
514-845-6611
www.stashcafe.com
Continental Bistro American
200 St. Paul Street West
514-845-6611
(From $40 a Day with Rachel Ray)
Hope this information is helpful in planning your trip to Montreal.
We look forward to seeing you at the conference.
From the Desk of our President Rosemary Sutton:
Greetings!
As I write this snow is falling again in Cleveland, Ohio were I live but seeing signs in
my garden that Spring is near and knowing that AERA is in Montreal is helping me keep
positive at the end of a long hard winter.
One of the reasons that I like SIG TEP so much is that the sessions focus on applying
educational psychology principles to our own teaching. According to Berliner (1993) the
relationship between educational psychology and educational practice has moved
historically “from interest, to distain, to respect for practice.” Alexander (2004) recently
argued that the next generation of educational psychology will involve a resurgence of
involvement with educational practice and then the merits of the field will be widely
recognized (p. 153). Those of us in this SIG do not have to wait for the next generation;
rather we can go to the excellent AERA SIG round table and paper sessions, participate
in the business meeting, and talk to our colleagues in the hallways or in one of Montreal’s
great restaurants.
This spring the first issue of the new Teaching Educational Psychology journal will be
launched furthering out involvement with educational practice. The editors have been
busy sending out manuscripts to reviewers and I encourage everyone to read the first
issue. The journal is an important step in the SIG’s development.
Please come to this year’s business meeting (Wednesday evening 6:15-7:45pm) where
you will be able to meet interesting people committed to studying and improving their
teaching of educational psychology. We will take nominations and elect several new
TEP-SIG officers at the meeting, receive the latest information about the TEP journal,
discuss outreach to doctoral students, and if possible continue the discussion from last
year started by Kelvin Seifert on “How does educational psychology inform and support
teacher education programs?”
I want to thank the members of the Executive Committee for their work this year:
Marguerite Lodico and Kathy Voesthle put together an excellent program; Mick Verdi
continued to produce an outstanding newsletter; Gail Delicio kept track of the finances;
and Jeff Swartwood took on the new position as graduate student coordinator.
I look forward to seeing you in Montreal.
Rosemary Sutton
References
Berliner, D. C. (1993). The 100-year journey of educational psychology: From interest to
distain to respect for practice. In T.K. Fagan & G. R. VandenBos (Eds).
Exploring applied psychology: Origins and critical analysis. Washington DC:
American Psychology Association.
Alexander , P. (2004). In the year 2020: Envisioning the possibilities for educational
psychology. Educational Psychologist, 39(3),149-156.
TEP 2005 Program:
Teaching Educational Psychology SIG: Sessions for 2005 AERA Annual
Meeting
By Marguerite G. Lodico and Katherine H. Voegtle, Program Co-Chairs
The Teaching Educational Psychology SIG program for the 2005 AERA meeting
reflects our members’ ongoing examination of how educational psychology contributes to
the preparation of future educators in an era of educational reform. The presentations for
our program include many innovative pedagogical approaches as well as deep reflection
on the role that educational psychology plays within schools of education. Below we
have listed the schedule for these programs and the papers being presented. We
anticipate lively discussion of these important issues and approaches and invite you to
join into the conversations and debates!

Educational Psychology and Teacher Education: Issues and
Strategies
Date/Time: Tuesday, April 12, 2:15-3:45
Building/Room: Delta Centre-Ville/Salon 528
Papers:
o Added Value: Pre-Service Teachers' Learning from Early
Community Experiences in an Introductory Educational
Psychology Course.
Nancy Knapp, University of Georgia
o Do Friends Help in Learning Educational Psychology?
Kelvin Seifert, University of Manitoba
o “It’s Not as Easy as It Looks”: Learning to Teach in an
Educational Psychology Course.
Jayne Downey, Montana State University

Pedagogical Approaches to Teaching Educational Psychology
Date/Time: Wednesday, April 13, 10:35-12:05
Building/Room: Delta Centre-Ville/Salon 528
Papers:
o A Writing-Intensive Learner-Centered Approach to Teaching
Introductory Educational Psychology.
David Holliway, Washington State University-Tricities Campus
o An Investigation of the Use of Concept Map Representations as
Facilitators of Academic Achievement.
Ariel Aloe, Loyola University Chicago; Ronald Morgan, Loyola
University Chicago
o The Meaningfulness of Case Studies in an Educational Psychology
Class: Students’ Perspectives.
Summar Razvi, College of St. Rose; James Allen, College of St.
Rose

Reflective Judgment and Ethics in the Teacher Education Classroom
Date/Time: Thursday, April 14, 2:15-3:45
Building/Room: Hilton Montreal Bonaventure/Fundy
Papers:
o An Ethical Toolkit for Encouraging Reflective Judgment.
Gail Delicio, Clemson University
o Teaching Pre-Service Teachers to Apply Reflective Judgment in
Solving Problems About the Environment.
Cheryl Lane, Clemson University; Lorilei Swanson, Clemson
University
o Embracing Diversity: It’s Never Too Early. . .or Too Late.
Linda Pickett, University of Michigan–Flint; Otilia Salmon,
University of North Florida
o Assessing Future Teachers’ Feelings of Competence to Teach
Ethics. Susan Pass, Clemson University

Teaching Educational Psychology Roundtable
Date/Time: Friday, April 15, 9:05-9:45
Building/Room: Marriott Montreal Chateau Champlain/Salle de Bal
Ballroom & Foyer
Papers:
o Challenges of Teaching Educational Psychology.
Kelvin Seifert, University of Manitoba
o Co-Constructing Educational Psychology.
Elizabeth Arch, Pacific University
o Constructivist Pedagogy and the Development of Epistemic
Identity: Investigation of Possible Sources of Inference.
Lee Ann Delli, Loyola University Chicago; Ronald Morgan,
Loyola University Chicago
o Motivation in Preservice Teacher Education: Possibilities for
Transfer of Learning.
M. Alderman, University of Akron; Julia Beyeler, University of
Akron
o Teaching Theories Behind Classroom Management: Helping
Urban Novice Teachers Tie Learning Theories to Management
Concepts.
Sheila Lane, University of California–Los Angeles; Joann Isken,
University of California–Los Angeles; Nancy Parachini,
LAUSD/University of California–Los Angeles
In addition, we hope you will join us at the TEP-SIG Business Meeting to plan
our future discussions and activities. The Business Meeting is scheduled as
follows.

Teaching Educational Psychology Business Meeting
Date/Time: Wednesday, April 13, 6:15-7:45 pm
Building/Room: Marriott Montreal Chateau Champlain/Maisonneuve,
Section C
SIG Officer Nominations 2005
Nominations for TEP-SIG Officers
As is the case at our annual meetings we are in need of electing two new officers for the
SIG. Each will be elected for a three year term. Currently the following positions are to
be filled at the business meeting in Montreal.
The positions that we will hold elections for are:
(1) The Program Chair/President-elect/ Past President (term: 2005-2006/2006-2007,
2007-2008))
The Program Chair/President-elect shall acts as the Program Chair for the AERA meeting
following the year in which she or he is elected, following the guidelines put out by
AERA. These duties shall include, but not be limited to, submitting the call for proposals
to AERA; soliciting proposals via the SIG website or other forums; recruiting members
to serve as reviewers, discussants and chairs; receiving proposals and assigning them to
reviewers for blind review (when possible); following-up to ensure receipt of reviews;
taking reviews received into account, deciding on proposals to be accepted and
scheduling them in appropriate formats; in consultation with others on the Executive
Committee, deciding on a substantive format for part of the business meeting and
arranging for such; submitting abstracts of all sessions to the Newsletter
Editor/Recording Secretary for publication in the pre-AERA newsletter, and submitting
all required program-related forms to AERA in a timely manner.
In the year following service as Program Chair (2005-2006), the Program
Chair/President-elect shall automatically assume the office of President (2006-2007), and
the office of Past-President the following year (2007-2008).
(2) Newsletter Editor-Recording Secretary (term: 2005-2008)
The Newsletter Editor-Recording Secretary shall be responsible for writing and editing
the newsletter three times a year (Summer, Fall and two weeks before the AERA
meeting). In addition it is the responsibility of the Editor to distribute the email over the
email mailing list. Finally, the Newsletter Editor also serves as the recording secretary at
all business and board meetings of the SIG
As of today we have a nominee for each of the positions.
For Program Chair:
Mick Verdi, California State University San Bernardino
I have been a member of the Teaching Educational Psychology SIG for the past ten years.
During my time as a member, I have served the SIG in a numerous ways most recently
serving as the Newsletter Editor for the past three years. Currently I am an Associate
Professor of Educational Psychology, soon to go up for Full, and I teach Educational
Psychology and Adolescent Development and Learning for CSUSB. I know that I will
have time to devote to the additional demands of being Program Chair. I appreciate
being nominated and will be honored to accept and to continue to serve the SIG if it is the
choice of the members. I look forward to seeing you all in Montreal.
For Newsletter Editor-Recording Secretary
David Holiway, Washington State University-Tricities
I would like to nominate myself for the TEP newsletter editor. I am currently an
Assistant Professor in Educational Research in the Department of Educational Leadership
and Counseling Psychology at Washington State University at the Tricities campus. At
this year’s AERA conference in Montreal, I will present a paper at the TEP SIG
sponsored session entitled Pedagogy in Educational Psychology. This past year I had a
chapter on Informal Assessment published in a text book on classroom assessment. In
addition, I had recent article published in the Journal of Research in Childhood
Education that reports on a mixed-methodological study on writing development and
audience awareness. I would be honored to serve the TEP SIG as the TEP newsletter
Editor/Recording secretary for the term 2005–2008. Safe travels and I hope to meet you
in Montreal!
Self Nominations as well as others nominating members for each of these positions will
be taken at the business meeting of the SIG in Montreal. The election of officers will be
part of the business meeting for the SIG
Minutes from the San Diego Meeting 2004
Teaching Educational Psychology
Minutes of the Business Meeting
San Diego, CA 12 April 2004
What: Business Meeting of the Teaching Educational Psychology SIG
Where: Anaheim Room Marriott Hotel San Diego California
When: 12 April 2004
The meeting was called to order by SIG President James Allen at 6:19 PM. A motion
was made by Jane Abraham to approve the minutes of last years’ business meeting. The
motion was seconded by Sandy Denny and was approved by the voice vote of the
members.
Officer’s Reports
Rosemary Sutton, Program Chair, reported that 15 papers and roundtables were
submitted for this years program with 10 being accepted. She reported that there was
additional space and encouraged the membership to submit proposals for next years
meeting. Moreover, she reported that the system used by AERA was terrible and caused
several delays and difficulties. She cautioned next years chair to stay on top of things
and ask a lot of questions.
Virginia Niavaro, Secretary-Treasurer: Virginia reported that as of today we have 124
members but the list is missing several active members so a new more accurate count will
be obtained and forwarded to the board. She also reported that there is $2,419.58 in our
account and that we have saved large amounts of money from having the newsletter go
on line. Virginia also thanked everyone for their help during her service to the board as
this was her last meeting as Secretary-Treasurer.
Mick Verdi, Newsletter Editor-Recording Secretary: Mick reported that this year three on
line newsletter went sent to the members. Several members have emailed and said that
they enjoyed the new format and was glad that we had moved to the electronic version.
Mick also announced that anyone not receiving the newsletter should contact any
member of the board as soon as possible so that they can be put on the list.
James Allen for Nancy Knapp, On Line Journal Editor: James reported that Nancy was
unable to attend the meeting but wanted to announce that the on line journal is moving
forward and that the University of Georgia will be partners with the SIG so that the cost
of the journal will be nothing for the SIG. Several questions such as how often will it be
published and what say will the members have on the content and formatting of the
journal was raised. Kelvin Siefert said that he would raise these questions with Nancy
Knapp and report back. In the mean time a list was started for those interested in
becoming reviewers or possible editorial board members for the journal. This list was
given to Kelvin Siefert to pass on to Nancy Knapp.
James Allen, SIG President: James reported that the new bi laws were written and were
published in the latest newsletter. He then called for any discussion on the bi laws from
the floor. Hearing no discussion a motion was made by Jane Abraham to accept the new
bi laws. It was seconded by Virginia Niavaro and passed by voice vote of the members.
Action taken: New Bi laws approved and enacted by the SIG
Election of New Officers:
James Allen placed the names of Marguerite Lodico and Kathy Voesthle in nomination
for the co-program chairs. Having no other nomination a vote was taken and both were
elected co-program chairs. However, it was decided that they would decide which name
would be given to AERA so that we have only one contact person.
Action Taken: Lodico and Voesthle elected Co Program Chairs
Gail Delicio Associate Professor of Educational Psychology at Clemson University was
nominated for the position of Secretary-Treasurer for a three year term. There were no
other nominations. She was approved by voice vote of the membership.
Action Taken: Delicio elected Secretary-Treasurer for a three year term.
Kelvin Siefert was nominated for the position of Graduate Student Coordinator but
declined the nomination. Jeff Swartwood was nominated and accepted the nomination.
Having no other nomination Swartwood was elected Graduate Student Coordinator by
voice vote of the membership.
Action Taken: Swartwood elected to a three year term as Graduate Student Coordinator
New Business
No new business was reported.
A motion was made to adjourn the meeting by Rosemary Sutton, and was seconded by
Jane Abraham. The meeting was adjourned at 7:02 PM so that a group roundtable could
be held on things that are impacting the teaching of Educational Psychology. Meeting of
this discussion will be printed in the summer newsletter.
Respectfully Submitted
Mick Verdi
Newsletter Editor-Recording Secretary
What’s New with Membership?
Unfortunately due to the fact that AERA is so far being in planning and preparing for the
upcoming meeting no new news concerning membership is available. Therefore, we are
reprinting the latest report that we have.
Great news on the membership front! As of October 1, 2004 we have 139 official
members of the SIG. This is an increase of 13 members since the last time membership
was counted by AERA. Remember the number of sessions we can host at the convention
is based on our membership. In short the more members we have the more sessions we
control. We encourage everyone to get their friends and colleagues to join the SIG.
Registration can be completed online, it is quick and easy.
This is a friendly reminder to update your lapsed membership in the Teaching
Educational Psychology AERA SIG, and, to encourage you to recruit fellow professors,
students, or interested others. It's a great deal for $8.00 (for one year) or $16.00 (for two
years) please go to http://www.aera.net/MemberNet/ to update your membership online.
SIG membership numbers help to determine the number of paper sessions available for
our SIG at the AERA Annual Meeting...we will have a stronger presence with your
participation.
Thanks,
TEP SIG Membership Chair
Gail Delicio
SIG Journal Begins to Take Shape
TEP is the free, online, peer-referred journal sponsored by TEPSIG, and
devoted to increasing our shared knowledge base about the teaching of
educational psychology to a variety of educational constituencies,
including pre-service and in-service teachers, administrators,
policy-makers, parents, and the public. Potential readers of the
journal include researchers, college faculty, students, and
practitioners in educational psychology, teacher education and
educational policy.
PUBLISH YOUR AERA PAPER!
Teaching Educational Psychology (TEP), the new peer-reviewed
electronic journal sponsored by TEPSIG, is now receiving and reviewing
manuscripts for publication in the open-submission Fall, 2005 and Spring 2006
issues. As the editors, we want to encourage you to submit a final manuscript of
your AERA paper to TEP for publication. TEP is the only peer-reviewed journal
published today that is primarily concerned with research on the purposes,
methods and dilemmas of teaching educational psychology to a variety of
constituencies, including pre-service and in-service teachers, administrators,
counselors, psychologists, policy makers, and the public! Readers of the journal
include researchers, college faculty, students, and practitioners in educational
psychology, teacher education and educational policy. See our website at
www.coe.uga.edu/tep for full instructions on how to submit.
ALSO, please consider volunteering to be a reviewer for TEP or guest editing an
issue of the journal on a special topic!
Nancy Knapp and Kelvin Seifert, co-editors
We encourage all our members to volunteer to review, submit an article or just read this
fine on line publication. We look forward to hearing from you!
Graduate Student Coordinator – Spring 2005 Report
Jeff Swartwood
_______________________________________________________
The Teaching of Educational Psychology special interest group of the American
Educational Research Association (AERA) has worked on two graduate student
initiatives since the last newsletter.
We announced the availability of two travel stipends to doctoral students
participating in the AERA convention.
We distributed a survey regarding graduate student interests and involvement.
Progress Report:
As of March 1st, we have not received any applications for the travel award. We also have
not had any responses to our survey.
Given this lack of response, we are extending the travel award deadline until March 31st,
2005. Interested applicants can send an application to Jeff Swartwood at
swartwood@cortland.edu. Please include the following information in your application:
Name
Academic Affiliation
Address
Email
Answer the following questions:
Are you a member of the Teaching of Educational Psychology SIG?
Did you submit a paper for inclusion in the 2005 Montreal convention?
If so, please provide paper details.
Was your paper accepted?
Below is a reprint of the original call for applications.
Doctoral Student Travel Awards
(REPRINT)
We plan to award two graduate students travel awards of $300.00 to attend AERA in
Montreal in 2005. Priority will be given to graduate student members of the SIG who are
first authors (or solo authors) of papers accepted in SIG: TEP. Because this is a new
initiative, the awards may be given to students whose proposals are not accepted.
Students will be given the awards at the business meeting at AERA.
Future Efforts : We are beginning to explore alternative approaches to contacting
graduate students interested in Educational Psychology. Feasibility of direct mail
correspondence with Educational Psychology Programs is being reviewed. SIG members
with additional suggestions are encouraged to email Jeff Swartwood at
swartwood@cortland.edu.
QUESTIONNAIRE FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS
WHO TEACH EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
Please take a moment to respond to each of the questions below, writing as much
(or as little) as you choose. You do not have to be a member of the TEP SIG in order
to respond, but please indicate at the bottom of the form whether you do belong.
Feel free to share this questionnaire with graduate-student friends, even if they are
not members of the TEP SIG, who might want to respond.
After a reasonable number of responses are received (probably in the fall of 2004),
they will be compiled, summarized, and published in the TEP online newsletter, in
the TEP listserv, or both.
Return your responses via email mverdi@csusb.edu, or via regular mail to
Mick Verdi
CSUSB
5500 University Parkway
San Bernardino, CA 92407
1. What is the biggest satisfaction to you, personally and professionally, in
teaching educational psychology?
2. What are the biggest challenge and/or frustration to you in teaching
educational psychology?
3. How could the Special Interest Group on Teaching Educational
Psychology help you or other graduate students in teaching educational
psychology?
4. Are you a member of the TEP SIG? Yes ____
No____
(Note: information on how to join the TEP SIG can be found at
<http://www.aera.net/sigs/index.htm>.)
News and Notes
1. If anybody has any additions or information that you want included in future
newsletters please feel free to send them to me at
mverdi@csusb.edu and I will be glad to pass them on to the new
Newsletter Editor who ever that may be. As this is my last edition as Editor I
would like to thank all of the members of the board past and present, and all the
members who have given me their support and help in putting this together.
Thank You!
2. The next newsletter should arrive on late June to Mid July
3. Finally, as officers of the SIG, we hope that your travel to Montreal is a safe one
and that we will see you all at our research program as well as at the business
meeting.
SIG Officers
SIG Council Rep (2004-2005)
President (2004-2005)
Program Chairs (2004-2005)
James Allen, the College of St. Rose
Rosemary Sutton, Cleveland State University
Marguerite Lodico, Kathy Voegtle
College of St. Rose
On-line Journal Editor (2003-2006) Nancy Knapp, University of Georgia
Membership Sec-Tres. (2005-2008) Gail Delicio Clemson University
Newsletter Editor (2002-2005)
Michael Verdi, CSUSB
Graduate Student Coordinator (2005-2008) Jeff Swartwood
Respectfully Submitted
Mick Verdi, Newsletter Editor California State University San Bernardino
Phone: 909-880-7636
Email: mverdi@csusb.edu