Talent Development SIG Programming /Activities at the AERA Convention 2002 
 

SIG Business Meeting:

Tuesday, April 2nd , 2002

6:15-8:15 p.m.

Sheraton, Edgewood, 4th Floor 

There will be a special guest presentation by Dr. Carol Lee. Her presentation is entitled "A cultural lens on talent development: Drawing on students* prior knowledge to build academic excellence. 

Also, there will be brief remarks by the winner of the SIG*s Award for Excellence in Graduate Research.  

Paper Discussions: 

Tuesday, April 2nd, 2002

2:15-2:55 p.m.

Sheraton, Armstrong Ballroom, 6th Floor   

Participants  

Finding value and validity in grade retention.

Ileetha J. Groom, North Carolina State University 

 

Student involvement, student uninvolved activity, and disruptive behavior in three high-povery Philadelphia middle schools.

Susan C. Lorentz, Johns Hopkins University, Center for Social Organization of Schools 

Crossing the borders: Using collaboration to improve student achievement

Rose A. Rudnitski, Margaret Ferrara, SUNY New Paltz 

Parents management strategies in high-risk communities

Leslie M. Gutman, University of Miichigan; Roberta Hitt, University of Toledo; Jeanne M. Nelson, University of Michigan 

 

Gifted identification of at-risk primary students using curricular modification, family outreach, and a mentoring program

Tonya R. Moon, Carolyn M. Callahan, University of Virginia  

The impact of meaningful television portrayals of African-Americans on the self-concept of African-American children

Leslie A. Arthur, Howard University 

African-American students* perceptions of the school learning environment

Almeta S. Stokes, Howard University 
 

Tuesday, April 2nd, 2002

2:15-3:45 p.m.

Marriott, Balcony M, 3rd Floor 

Diversity issues in higher education 

Participants 

Keeping race in place: Discrimination on college campuses 

Daniel G. Solorzano, UCLA: Grace Carroll, Howard University; Walter Allen, UCLA; Pedro Noguero, Harvard.  

Wednesday, April 3rd, 2002

2:15-2:55 p.m.

Sheraton, Armstrong Ballroom, 8th Floor

Research focus on the Caribbean and Africa SIG paper discussion 

Participants 

The Learners Placed at Risk Project (LEAPAR): A framework for implementing the Tale Model in South African Schools 

Levi Engelbrecht, University of the Western Cape, Hakim Rashid, Howard University 

Panel Discussions 

Tuesday, April 2nd, 2002

12:25-1:55p.m.

Sheraton, Rhythms III, 2nd Floor

Participants 

Schooling poor and Minority adolescents: Reflections on validity and value in education 

Panel:

The manufacturing of low urban school achievement  

Robert Balfanz, Johns Hopkins University 

The possibilities and limitations of school reconstitution

Heinrich Mintrop, University of California, Los Angeles 

The roles of African-American teachers in teacher preparation and educational reform

Antoinette Mitchell, National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education 

School, family, and community partnerships and the African-American child

Mavis G. Sanders, School, Family, and Community Partnerships and the African Americans  

Thursday, April 4th, 2002

8:15-10:15 p.m.

Le Meridien, France I, 3rd Floor

Valuing divesity and maintaining validity in the assessment process: Can the two co-exist side by side?

SYMPOSIUMS 

Monday, April 1st, 2002

12:00-1:30 p.m.

Marriott, Balcony N, 3rd Floor  

African American Male Teachers: Recruitment, Preparation, retention and aspirations. 

Chair

Michael B. Wallace, CRESPAR/Howard University 

Participants 

Profile of African American male teachers in an alternaitve certification program

Joan W. Brown, Howard University 

African American male teachers* aspirations: What do they want?

Jo-Anne L. Manswell-Butty, CRESPAR/Howard University 

African American male pre-service teachers in a traditional certification program: Trials

Gerunda B. Hughes, CRESPAR/Howard University 

Experiences of a former African American male teacher: In his own words.

Sean T. Coleman, Howard University 

Experiences of a current African American male teacher: My story

Kenneth Smith, Central High School

Discussant: Miichael B. Wallace, CRESPAR/Howard University  

Monday, April 1st, 2002

12:00-2:00 p.m.

Le Meridien, France II, 3rd Floor 

Large-scale educational research with school randomization: Policy issues and questions 

Promise and perils of randomized evaluations of comprehensive school reform models: Success for all

Robert E. Slavin, Johns Hopkins University 

Monday, April 1st, 2002

4:05-6:05 p.m.

Sheraton, Grand Ballroom E, 5th Floor 

Fostering narrative competency: Innovations in instruction 

Promoting childrens reading and narrative development in success for all.

Bette Chambers, Nancy A. Madden, Success for All, Robert E. Slavin, Johns Hopkins University 

 

Thursday, April 4th, 2002

8:15-10:15 a.m.

Sheraton, Bayside C, 4th Floor 

The minority student achievement network (MSAN): Linking research to practice to address the achievement gap in high performing urban-suburban districts 

Chair: Kent McQuire 

Participants

Allan Alson- Network Overview-Superintendent Evanston Township High School (ETHS) and Convenor, MSAN  

Laura Cooper- Practitioner role in Research-Assistant Superintendent, ETHS, Facitiator MSAN Research Practitioner Council  

John Diamond- Director Research, MSAN 

Rossi Ray-Taylor- Superintendent, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Vice-President, MSAN (invited) 

Ron Ferguson- Student survey results and research implications-Lecture in public policy & senior research associate, John Kennedy School of Government,Harvard University 

Ruth Schoenbach- Network-Based Adolescent Literacy Research-Strategic Literacy Initiative, WestEd.  

 

Tuesday, April 2nd, 2002

10:35-12:05 p.m.

Sheraton, Grand Ballroom A, 5tth Floor 

DeWitt Wallace-Reader*s Digest Distinguished Lecturer 

Participants 

Evidence-Based education policies: How they will transform educational practice

Robert Slavin, Johns Hopkins University 

2:15-3:45 p.m.

Sheraton, Grand Ballroom C, 5th

Floor  

Continuing the conversations on advancing research on Black education. 

Participants 

In spite of what you might have heard, the importance of quantitative methodology 

Lloyd Bond, University of North Carolina at Greensboro; Vinetta Jones, Howard University 

Generating external funding for research and program purposes: Exercising control. 

A. Wade Boykin, Howard University; Vivian Gadsden, University of Pennsylvania 

 

Wednesday, April 3rd, 2002

8:15-9:45 p.m.

Marriott, Regent, 3rd Floor 

Culture based pedagogy and reflective teaching: Toward Paradigm shifts in teacher preparation and professional development for urban educators 

Participants 

Reflective teaching practice: A move toward teacher empowerment

Constance Ellison, Howard University 

 

Breaking the shackles of hegemonic teacher education: Infusing Freire and Fanon into a teacher preparation curriculum

Hakim Rashid, Howard University 

Culturally based teacher preparation and high-stakes teacher testing: Can the two efficiently co-exist in an equitable accountability system?

Gerunda Hughes, Howard University 

From unintentional cultural comfort to purposefully planned cultural relevance: Culture and pedagogy in an alternative school setting

Dia Sekayi, Howard University  

Discussant: Orlando Taylor, Howard University

Wednesday, April 3rd, 2002

10:35-12:05 p.m.

Sheraton, Grand Ballroom D, 5th Floor 

Charting a new course for the U.S. Office of Educational Research and Improvement  

Participants 

A. Wade Boykin, Howard University 

 

Thursday, April 4th, 2002

4:05-6:05 p.m.

Le Meridien, France I, 3rd Floor 

Continuing the Conversations with Senior Scholars 

Participants 

In spite of what you might have heard, the importance of qualitative methodology 

Lloyd Bond, University of North Carolina at Greensboro; Vinetta Jones, Howard University 


 

Generating external funding for research and program purposes: Exercising control 

A. Wade Boykin, Howard University; Vivian Gadsden, University of Pennsylvania 

 

Friday, April 5th, 2002

10:35-12:05 p.m.

Marriott, La Galerie 3, 2nd Floor 

Scholarship and Advocacy 

Participants 

Robert Slavin, Johns Hopkins University 

 

Friday, April 5th, 2002

12:25-1:55 p.m.

Le Meridien, Orleans, 3rd Floor 

Methodological approaches to studying comprehensive school reform  

Participants

Randomized evaluation of Success for All: Design Issues 

Robert E. Slavin, Johns Hopkins University, Geoffrey D. Borman,

University of Wisconsin, Anne Chamberlain, Success for All

Foundation 

  

Related Convention Programming  

CRESPAR Reception: Wednesday, April 3rd from 6:45 p.m. until 9:30 p.m. at the Sheraton New Orleans, Bayside B Room.