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Rural Early Adolescent Learning Program

Brooks, D., Farmer, T., Mason, L., Sutherland, K., & Taft, R. (2007, October) Creating Instructionally Effective Classrooms Contexts for Middle School Students with EBD.
Symposium presented at the Council on Children with Behavioral Disorders International Conference, Dallas, TX.

Farmer, T., Hoover, T., & Kostewicz, D. (2007, October). Re-examination of Effective Classroom Management: Middle School. Symposium presented at the Council on Children with Behavioral Disorders International Conference, Dallas, TX.

Farmer, T. (2005, November). The Rural Early Adolescent Learning Program.
Presentation made at the Research Symposium sponsored by the National Rural Education Association, Tucson, AZ.

Hamm, J., & Dadisman, K. (2008, October). Implementation and Evaluation of the Rural Early Adolescent Learning Project (REAL): Effects on Students in K-12 Northern Plains Schools. Presentation made at the National Rural Education Association's Research Symposium, San Antonio, TX.

Hamm, J. (2008, June). Project REAL: Intervention Effects on Social, Behavioral, and Academic Adjustment in Rural K-12 Schools. Poster session presentation at the Insitute for Education Sciences Research Conference, Washington, DC.

Hamm, J. (2007, June). Implementation and Evaluation of the Rural Early Adolescent Learning Project (REAL): Commonalities in Diverse Educational Settings. Presentation made at the Institute for Education Sciences Research Conference, Washington, DC.

Murray, A. (2009, March). Implementation and Evaluation of Project REAL: Rural Early Adolescent Learning. Presentation made at the American Council on Rural Special Education Conference, Denver, CO.

Murray, A. (2009, January). Classroom Social Dynamics in Remote Rural Schools: A Professional Development Program Promoting Positive Peer Interactions through Social Dynamics Intervention. Presentation made at the Hawaii International Conference on Education, Honolulu, HI.

Murray, A. (2006, October). Project REAL (Rural Early Adolescent Learning): Social and Academic Interventions for Rural Schools. Presentation made at the National Rural Education Association's Convention, Kansas City, MO.

Distance Education Study

Barber, J., & Hannum, W. (2005, November). A Distance Learning Approach to Enhancing Technology Use in Rural Schools. Presentation was made at the Annual Convention of the National Rural Education Association, Tucson, AZ.

Hannum, W. (2008, April). Enhancing Distance Learning with Learner-Centered Principles. Paper presented at the International Conference on Interactive Mobile and Computer-Aided Learning, Amman, Jordan.

Hannum, W., Farmer, T., Banks, J., Irvin, M., Keane, J., de la Varre, C. (2007, June). Enhancing Rural Online Learning. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Institute of Education Sciences Research Conference, Washington, DC.

Hannum, W. (2006, October). Distance Learning & Technology Research Agenda. Presentation made at the National Rural Education Association Research Symposium, Kansas City, MO.

Hannum, W. (2006, April). Analysis of Distance Education Use in Rural Schools. Paper presented at the annual American Education Research Association Conference, San Francisco, CA.

Hannum, W. (2005, November). Survey of Distance Education. Presentation made at the Research Symposium sponsored by the National Rural Education Association. Tucson, AZ.

Irvin, M. J., Hannum, W. H., Farmer, T. W., Lei, P-W, de la Varre, C., & Keane, J. (2009, June). Enhancing Rural Online Learning: Impacts on facilitators. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Institute of Education Sciences Research conference, Washington, DC.

Irvin, M. J., & Hannum, W. H. (2009, June). Rural distance learning project: Overview of research and recent findings. Invited presentation at Organizations Concerned about Rural Education (OCRE), Washington, DC.

Irvin, M. J., Hannum, W. H., & de la Varre, C. (2009, April). Barriers to distance education in rural schools. In Kevin P. Brady (Chair), Distance education in rural contexts. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association - Rural Special Interest Group, San Diego, CA.

Irvin, M (2008, October). Supporting Online Learners: An Investigation of the Effects of Preparing Local Facilitators. Paper presented at the National Rural Education Association Research Symposium, San Antonio, TX.

Irvin, M. (2008, June). Enhancing Rural Online Learning: Overview & Year 1 Findings.
Poster session presented by Matthew Irvin at the Institute for Education Sciences Research Conference, Washington, DC.

Keane, J., de la Varre, C., Irvin, M. J., & Hannum, W. (2008, September). Learner-Centered Social Support: Enhancing Online Distance Education for Underserved Rural High School Students in the United States. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Learning Technology Conference, Leeds, England.

Rural High Schools Aspirations Study

Askew, K.J., Meece, J.L., Irvin, M., Byun, S., & Hutchins, B.C. (2010, March). Rural adolescents' extracurricular activity involvement. Paper presented at biennial meeting of Society for Research on Adolescence, Philadelphia, PA.

Byun, S., Meece, J., & Irvin, M. (2010, May). Rural-nonrural differences in educational attainment: Results from the National Educational Longitudinal Study of 1988-2000. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Denver, CO.

Byun, S., Meece, J., & Irvin, M. (2010, May). Rurality, social capital, and college completion. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Denver, CO.

Dadisman, K. & Cleary, M. (2007, October). Rural students’, parents’ and teachers’ perceptions of the transition from high school to adult life. Paper presented at the Research Symposium of the National Rural Education Association, Oklahoma City, OK.

Hutchins, B. (2009, October). Where do rural high school students go to find information about their futures? Results of the Rural High Aspirations Study. Paper presented at the Research Symposium of the National Rural Education Association, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Hutchins, B., Meece, J., Byun, S., Locke, B., Shaffer, L., Sogo, W., & Wilson, P. (2010, March) Educational and occupational aspiration alignment among rural high school youth. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society of Research on Adolescence, Philadelphia, PA.

Irvin, M.J., Petersen, S., Meece, J., & Farmer, T.W. (2009, April). Educational expectations of rural African American adolescents. Longitudinal relations with math and English achievement. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego, CA.

Meece, J. (2009, November). Overview of rural high school aspirations study. Presentation at the Supporting Rural Schools and Communities Research Conference, Chapel Hill, NC.

Meece, J. (2009, November). Schooling influences on rural youths’ educational aspirations. Presentation at the Supporting Rural Schools and Communities Research Conference, Chapel Hill, NC.

Meece, J., & Farmer, T. W. (2009, June). The rural high school aspirations study. Poster presented at the annual conference of the Institute of Educational Sciences, Washington, D.C.

Meece, J., & Farmer, T. W. (2008, June). The rural high school aspirations study. Poster presented at the annual conference of the Institute of Educational Sciences, Washington, D.C.

Schaefer, V. & Meece, J. (2009, April). Facing an uncertain future: The educational aspirations and achievement of rural youth. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association. San Diego, CA.

Targeted Reading Intervention Study

Amendum, S., & Ginsberg, M. (2007, November). Accelerating Students' Growth with the Targeted Reading Intervention (TRI): A Dual Professional Development for K-1 Classroom Teachers and Their Struggling Readers. Presentation made at the National Reading Conference, Austin, TX.

Amendum, S., & Ginsberg, M. (2007, November). Accelerating Rural Students' Growth with the Targeted Reading Intervention (TRI): A Dual-Level Intervention for Rural K-1 Struggling Learners and Their Teachers. Presentation made at the National Rural Education Association Research Symposium, Oklahoma City, OK.

Amendum, S., & Ginsberg, M. (2007, November). Targeted Reading Intervention: How Early Reading Intervention for Rural Kindergarten and First-Grade Students Affects Teachers' Ratings of Students' Literacy Skills. Presentation made at the National Reading Conference, Austin, TX.

Amendum, S. (2006, October). The Rural Early Literacy Initiative: Effective Professional Development for Rural Kindergarten and First Grade Teachers. Presentation made at the National Rural Education Association Convention, Kansas City, MO.

Fedora, P., Mayer, K., & Amendum, S. (2007, March). Targeted Reading Intervention: A Rural Early Literacy Initiative. Presentation made at the Closing the Gap Conference Research Symposium, Greensboro, NC.

Fedora, P., & Ginsberg, M. (2006, March). Using the NC K-2 Literacy Assessment to Drive Personalized Literacy Instruction. Presentation madeat the Closing the Gap Conference, Greensboro, NC.

Gallagher, K. (2009, April). Supporting Young Struggling Readers Using the Targeted Reading Intervention (TRI): Multiple Perspectives on a Longitudinal Intervention. Symposium chaired at the American Educational Research Association Conference, San Diego, CA.

Gallagher, K. (2008, March). What Makes a Difference for Vulnerable Students in Early Education? Support, Relationships and Communities. Presentation made at the American Educational Researchers Association conference in New York, NY.

Ginsberg, M. (2009, November). Technologically-Mediated Collaborative Consultation for Professional Learning. Presentation made at the Supporting Rural Schools and Communities Research Conference, Chapel Hill, NC.

Ginsberg, M. (2008, June). The Targeted Reading Intervention (TRI): Integrating Professional Development, Distance Learning, and Diagnostically-driven Strategies for K-2 Struggling Readers. Symposium chaired at the International Reading Association Conference, Atlanta, GA.

Ginsberg, M. (2007, November). Transactions Among Early Reading Development and Individual and Environmental Conditions: A Case Study. Presentation made at the National Reading Conference, Austin, TX.

Ginsberg, M., & Fedora, P. (2006, March). Targeting K-1 Struggling Learners Through an Ongoing, Collaborative Professional Development Model in Literacy. Presentation made at the North Carolina Reading Conference, Winston-Salem, NC.

Vernon-Feagans, L. (2009, November). The Targeted Reading Intervention (TRI): An RCT of a Tier II Intervention for Classroom Teachers that Helps Struggling Readers. Presentation made at the Supporting Rural Schools and Communities Research Conference, Chapel Hill, NC.

Vernon-Feagans, L. (2008, June). A Diagnostic Teaching Intervention for Classroom Teachers: Helping Struggling Readers in Early Elementary in Rural America. Poster presented at the Institute for Education Sciences Research Conference, Washington, DC.

Vernon-Feagans, L. (2008, March). A Diagnostic Teaching Intervention for Classroom Teachers: Helping Struggling Readers in Early Elementary School in Rural American. Presentation made at the Society for Research in Educational Effectiveness Conference, Washington, DC.

Vernon-Feagans, L. (2007, June). Targeted Reading Intervention: How Rural Diversity Makes a Difference For Implementation. Presentation made at the Institute for Education Sciences Research Conference, Washington, DC.

Vernon-Feagans, L. (2006, October). The Rural Early Literacy Initiative. Presentation made at the National Rural Education Association's Research Symposium, Kansas City, MO.

Vernon-Feagans, L. (2005, November). The Transition to School Collaborative. Presentation made at the Research Symposium sponsored by the National Rural Education Association, Tucson, AZ.

Supplemental Studies

Dadisman, K., Gravelle, M., Farmer, T., & Petrin, R. (2010, June). Grow Your Own and Other Alternative Certification Programs in Rural School Districts. Presentation made at the monthly meeting of Organizations Concerned with Rural Education, Washington, DC.

Other

Farmer, T. W. (2007, November). Issues in Rural Education Research: Views from the National Research Center on Rural Education Support. Presentation made at the National Rural Education Association Research Symposium, Oklahoma City, OK.

Farmer, T. W. (2007, June). Conducting Educational Interventions in Diverse Rural Contexts: Issues, Challenges, and Lessons Learned. Presentation made at the Institute for Education Sciences Research Conference, Washington, DC.

Farmer, T. W. (2006, June). The Role of Rural Education in the Future of Rural Communities and the People who Live in Them. Presentation made at the Growing Up and Growing Old in Rural America research and policy workshop of the United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC.