Journal Articles
Recent publications authored by WCER researchers include:
“Tools for coordinating measurement use in science education and training,” Fátima Sanchez Nieto, Christine M. Pribbenow, Christine Pfund, Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education, May 2025
“National Dissemination of an Online Research Mentor Training Intervention: Evidence of an Asynchronous Model to Promote Learning Outcomes and Behavior Change,” Anne Marie Weber-Main, Kimberly Spencer, Emma Dums, So Hee Hyun, Christine Pfund, Journal of Clinical and Translational Science, April 2025
“Measuring the Interpersonal Component of the Mentoring Relationship: The Mentorship Working Alliance Scale-Mentee Version,” Jenna Griebel Rogers, Angela Byars-Winston, Journal of Clinical and Translational Science, April 2025
“STEM Asianization and the Racialization of the Educational Experiences of Asian American College Students,” Matthew Wolfgram, Stacey J. Lee, Chundou Her, Kong Pheng Pha, Bailey B. Smolarek, Choua P. Xiong, Race Ethnicity and Education, May 2025
“Getting Started with Culture Change in Science: Lessons in Retooling,” Julie Posselt, Marcel Agüeros, Eric Ambroso, Brián Bordon, Steve Desir, Eva Kostyu, Melissa McDaniels, Casey Miller, Stephanie Santos, Joerg C. Schlatterer, Jaclyn Jagdish Tejwani, Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, March 2025
“Actionable Assessment: Designing Meaningful Score Reports to Support Student Engagement,” Laura J. Wright, Robert A. Henson, Linda M. Malkin, Educational Assessment, May 2025
“Do Peers’ Skills Matter for Learning in Preschool Classrooms? Within- and across-Classroom Differences in the Relationship between Peers’ Academic Skills and Individual Skill Gains,” Rebecca Bier, Elizabeth Vaade, Culleen Witthuhn, American Educational Research Journal, May 2025
“Measuring STEM Instructors’ Learning of and Growth in Inclusive Teaching: Development and Evaluation of the STEM Faculty Inclusive Teaching Survey (FITS),” Vanessa Johnson-Ojeda, Lucas B. Hill, SuYeong Shin, Alessandra M. York, Regina F. Frey, Life Sciences Education, January 2025
“Developing as Inclusive Instructors through High-Engagement Professional Development,” Lucas B. Hill, Rob Loren Hill, Regina F. Frey, Diamond Buchanan, Innovative Higher Education, February 2025
“Faculty case studies on learning to teach inclusively in undergraduate STEM education,” Lucas B. Hill, Diamond Buchanan, Sara E. Woods, Regina F. Frey, Frontiers in Education, April 2025
“International School Teachers’ Language Ideologies: An Exploration through Methodological Pluralism,” Esther Bettney Heidt, Samantha Olson-Wyman, Journal of Research in International Education, April 2025
“‘Life Gets in the Way’: Community College Students’ Perspectives on Holistic Supports for Navigating Academic and Personal Complexities,” Amy Prevost, Xueli Wang, Community College Journal of Research and Practice, April 2025
“Speaking task design and complexity and fluency features of adolescent English learners,” Mark Chapman, Meg Montee, Tina Wang, Gordon Blaine West, Jason Kemp, Alicia Kim, Language Testing, March 2025
"Exploring the Multimodality of Emerging Writing by Multilingual Kindergarteners," Gordon Blaine West, Jeanne Beck, Early Childhood Education Journal, March 2025
“'Let’s Lift You Up Rather Than Just Getting You Off the Ground:' A Transformative Qualitative Study of Community College Student Mental Health and Success,” Xueli Wang, Kelly Wickersham, Nicole Contreras-García, Peiwen Zheng, Teachers College Record, February 2025
“Scaling evidence-based interventions: Examining factors promoting and limiting the dissemination of research mentor training,” Kimberly Spencer, Melissa McDaniels, So Hee Hyun, Jenna Griebel Rogers, Emily Utzerath, Christine Pfund, Journal of Clinical and Translational Science, February 2025
“Supporting first-generation graduate students,” Bailey B. Smolarek, Nature Reviews Psychology, March 2025
"Student Service Member/Veteran Engagement with University Military-Focused Student Services: A Mixed Methods Study," Ross J. Benbow, You-Geon Lee, Innovative Higher Education, February 2025
"Using Text Mining to Illuminate How Community and Technical Colleges Adapt During COVID-19," Xiwei Zhu, Peiwen Zheng, Xueli Wang, Community College Journal of Research and Practice, May 2024
"Rising to the occasion—How community college faculty adjust instructional approaches and student supports amid the COVID-19 pandemic," Xiwei Zhu, Xueli Wang, Community College Review, December 2024
