Ronald W Marx
Biographic Data
| ID | 208149 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ronald W Marx |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ronald W |
| FAMILY NAME | Marx |
| SIGNATURE | MARX R W |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Michigan |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 262 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1978 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Designing a Regional Teacher Professional Development Enterprise
Teacher professional learning is foundational to high quality P-12 education. While many researchers have identified the importance and criteria of high-quality professional learning, little research explains how this professional learning can be implemented in a regional system. This ten-month case study offers one planning approach to engage important stakeholders, including principals, other education leaders, professional development provider…
Validating the Research-Based Early Math Assessment (Rema) among rural children in Southwest United States
Assessing Early Literacy With Hispanic Preschoolers
For two decades, it has been recommended that assessment of literacy for preschool children be conducted in a child’s primary language. However, only a few literacy assessments have been validated with a preschool, Spanish-speaking population. The purpose of the present study was to test the latent structure of the Phonological Awareness Literacy Screening for Preschool (PALS-PreK) Español with a sample of Spanish-speaking children in the southwe…
Assessing the Assessments of Teacher Preparation
Teacher preparation programs have both a desire and a responsibility to demonstrate, with affirmative evidence, that teacher education makes a difference in PreK–12 student learning. Program faculty need good data to make decisions about the progress of students, whom to recommend for state licensure, and how to improve teacher education. This article describes an American Psychological Association task force report that discusses 3 measures of p…
Missing the (Student Achievement) Forest for All the (Political) Trees
The Arizona legislature passed HB 2281, which eliminated Tucson Unified School District's (TUSD's) Mexican American Studies (MAS) program, arguing the curriculum was too political. This program has been at the center of contentious debates, but a central question has not been thoroughly examined: Do the classes raise student achievement? The current analyses use administrative data from TUSD (2008-2011), running logistic regression models to asse…
Supporting Students' Construction of Scientific Explanations by Fading Scaffolds in Instructional Materials
The purpose of this study was to determine whether providing students with continuous written instructional support or fading written instructional support (scaffolds) better prepares students to construct scientific explanations when they are no longer provided with support. This article investigated the influence of scaffolding on 331 seventh-grade students' writing of scientific explanations during an 8-week, project-based chemistry unit in wh…
Using Innovative Learning Technologies to Promote Learning and Engagement in an Urban Science Classroom
Recent reform movements within the United States have called for science for all and educational reforms to support this goal. In light of these reform movements and concerns regarding learning within urban schools, science educators and policy makers have pushed for the incorporation of learning technologies within schools as a way of creating equity and promoting learning among diverse learners. The Center for Learning Technologies in Urban Sch…
The Nature and Sharing of Teacher Knowledge of Technology in a Student Teacher/Mentor Teacher Pair
This study had two purposes. The first was to explore teacher knowledge of educational technology through the lens of three components of Shulman's model of teachers' knowledge-content, pedagogical, and pedagogical content knowledge. Asecond purpose was to investigate the ways in which teacher knowledge was acquired, shared, and used by student teachers and their mentors. By using Shulman's model, a comprehensive depiction of teacher knowledge wa…
Linking teacher and student learning to improve professional development in systemic reform
New technologies for teacher professional development
Learning With Peers
Peer learninghas been_suggested by many as an edu-catiortar"""innovation that can trajisiorm students ' learning experiences. Policymakers and researchers see small group work as a way to improve attitudes to-ward school, foster achievement, develop thinking skills, and promote interpersonal and intergroup relations. Yet, like most other simple suggestions such as lengthening the school year or assigning more homework, learning from peers in coop…
Beyond Cold Conceptual Change
Conceptual change models of student learning are useful for explicating the role of prior knowledge in students’ learning and are very popular in the research on learning in the subject areas. This article presents an analysis of a conceptual change model for describing student learning by applying research on student motivation to the process of conceptual change. Four general motivational constructs (goals, values, self-efficacy, and control be…
Motivating Project-Based Learning
Project-based learning is a comprehensive approach to classroom teaching and learning that is designed to engage students in investigation of authentic problems. In this article, we present an argument for why projects have the potential to help people learn; indicate factors in project design that affect motivation and thought; examine difficulties that students and teachers may encounter with projects; and describe how technology can support st…
Instructional Supervision in Counselor Training
This article presents a model for the supervision of counselor training practica. The theoretical basis for the model is an instructional analysis of counseling effectiveness that borrows heavily from the discipline of instructional psychology, particularly in the areas of instructional theory and design, and the analysis of instructional skills and strategies. A discussion and integration of these theoretical elements is succeeded by a descripti…
Construct Interpretations of Three Self-Concept Inventories
Three self-report measures of self-concept were administered in counterbalanced order to 488 sixth grade children as the basis for a multitrait-multimethod study of self-concept measurement. The subscales on these instruments were clustered into facets representing physical, social, and academic self-concept. The analyses indicate that all three facets demonstrate some degree of convergent validity, particularly physical self-concept, but discrim…
Teacher Planning, Teacher Behavior, and Student Achievement
This study investigated individual differences in teacher planning and the relationship of teacher planning to teacher behavior and student achievement. Each of 12 experienced teachers taught a social studies lesson to three groups of junior high students (N=8 per group) randomly formed from 288 paid volunteers. Before teaching each group, teachers had 90 minutes to “think aloud” and plan the lesson. Teachers’ planning and teaching were recorded …
Missing the (Student Achievement) Forest for All the (Political) Trees
The Arizona legislature passed HB 2281, which eliminated Tucson Unified School District's (TUSD's) Mexican American Studies (MAS) program, arguing the curriculum was too political. This program has been at the center of contentious debates, but a central question has not been thoroughly examined: Do the classes raise student achievement? The current analyses use administrative data from TUSD (2008-2011), running logistic regression models to asse…
Motivating Project-Based Learning
Project-based learning is a comprehensive approach to classroom teaching and learning that is designed to engage students in investigation of authentic problems. In this article, we present an argument for why projects have the potential to help people learn; indicate factors in project design that affect motivation and thought; examine difficulties that students and teachers may encounter with projects; and describe how technology can support st…
Linking teacher and student learning to improve professional development in systemic reform
Teacher Planning, Teacher Behavior, and Student Achievement
This study investigated individual differences in teacher planning and the relationship of teacher planning to teacher behavior and student achievement. Each of 12 experienced teachers taught a social studies lesson to three groups of junior high students (N=8 per group) randomly formed from 288 paid volunteers. Before teaching each group, teachers had 90 minutes to “think aloud” and plan the lesson. Teachers’ planning and teaching were recorded …
Learning With Peers
Peer learninghas been_suggested by many as an edu-catiortar"""innovation that can trajisiorm students ' learning experiences. Policymakers and researchers see small group work as a way to improve attitudes to-ward school, foster achievement, develop thinking skills, and promote interpersonal and intergroup relations. Yet, like most other simple suggestions such as lengthening the school year or assigning more homework, learning from peers in coop…
Construct Interpretations of Three Self-Concept Inventories
Three self-report measures of self-concept were administered in counterbalanced order to 488 sixth grade children as the basis for a multitrait-multimethod study of self-concept measurement. The subscales on these instruments were clustered into facets representing physical, social, and academic self-concept. The analyses indicate that all three facets demonstrate some degree of convergent validity, particularly physical self-concept, but discrim…
Assessing the Assessments of Teacher Preparation
Teacher preparation programs have both a desire and a responsibility to demonstrate, with affirmative evidence, that teacher education makes a difference in PreK–12 student learning. Program faculty need good data to make decisions about the progress of students, whom to recommend for state licensure, and how to improve teacher education. This article describes an American Psychological Association task force report that discusses 3 measures of p…
Using Innovative Learning Technologies to Promote Learning and Engagement in an Urban Science Classroom
Recent reform movements within the United States have called for science for all and educational reforms to support this goal. In light of these reform movements and concerns regarding learning within urban schools, science educators and policy makers have pushed for the incorporation of learning technologies within schools as a way of creating equity and promoting learning among diverse learners. The Center for Learning Technologies in Urban Sch…
The Nature and Sharing of Teacher Knowledge of Technology in a Student Teacher/Mentor Teacher Pair
This study had two purposes. The first was to explore teacher knowledge of educational technology through the lens of three components of Shulman's model of teachers' knowledge-content, pedagogical, and pedagogical content knowledge. Asecond purpose was to investigate the ways in which teacher knowledge was acquired, shared, and used by student teachers and their mentors. By using Shulman's model, a comprehensive depiction of teacher knowledge wa…
New technologies for teacher professional development
Instructional Supervision in Counselor Training
This article presents a model for the supervision of counselor training practica. The theoretical basis for the model is an instructional analysis of counseling effectiveness that borrows heavily from the discipline of instructional psychology, particularly in the areas of instructional theory and design, and the analysis of instructional skills and strategies. A discussion and integration of these theoretical elements is succeeded by a descripti…
Construct Interpretations of Three Self-Concept Inventories
Three self-report measures of self-concept were administered in counterbalanced order to 488 sixth grade children as the basis for a multitrait-multimethod study of self-concept measurement. The subscales on these instruments were clustered into facets representing physical, social, and academic self-concept. The analyses indicate that all three facets demonstrate some degree of convergent validity, particularly physical self-concept, but discrim…
Teacher Planning, Teacher Behavior, and Student Achievement
This study investigated individual differences in teacher planning and the relationship of teacher planning to teacher behavior and student achievement. Each of 12 experienced teachers taught a social studies lesson to three groups of junior high students (N=8 per group) randomly formed from 288 paid volunteers. Before teaching each group, teachers had 90 minutes to “think aloud” and plan the lesson. Teachers’ planning and teaching were recorded …
Instructional Supervision in Counselor Training
This article presents a model for the supervision of counselor training practica. The theoretical basis for the model is an instructional analysis of counseling effectiveness that borrows heavily from the discipline of instructional psychology, particularly in the areas of instructional theory and design, and the analysis of instructional skills and strategies. A discussion and integration of these theoretical elements is succeeded by a descripti…
Motivating Project-Based Learning
Project-based learning is a comprehensive approach to classroom teaching and learning that is designed to engage students in investigation of authentic problems. In this article, we present an argument for why projects have the potential to help people learn; indicate factors in project design that affect motivation and thought; examine difficulties that students and teachers may encounter with projects; and describe how technology can support st…
Beyond Cold Conceptual Change
Conceptual change models of student learning are useful for explicating the role of prior knowledge in students’ learning and are very popular in the research on learning in the subject areas. This article presents an analysis of a conceptual change model for describing student learning by applying research on student motivation to the process of conceptual change. Four general motivational constructs (goals, values, self-efficacy, and control be…
Learning With Peers
Peer learninghas been_suggested by many as an edu-catiortar"""innovation that can trajisiorm students ' learning experiences. Policymakers and researchers see small group work as a way to improve attitudes to-ward school, foster achievement, develop thinking skills, and promote interpersonal and intergroup relations. Yet, like most other simple suggestions such as lengthening the school year or assigning more homework, learning from peers in coop…
New technologies for teacher professional development
Linking teacher and student learning to improve professional development in systemic reform
The Nature and Sharing of Teacher Knowledge of Technology in a Student Teacher/Mentor Teacher Pair
This study had two purposes. The first was to explore teacher knowledge of educational technology through the lens of three components of Shulman's model of teachers' knowledge-content, pedagogical, and pedagogical content knowledge. Asecond purpose was to investigate the ways in which teacher knowledge was acquired, shared, and used by student teachers and their mentors. By using Shulman's model, a comprehensive depiction of teacher knowledge wa…
Using Innovative Learning Technologies to Promote Learning and Engagement in an Urban Science Classroom
Recent reform movements within the United States have called for science for all and educational reforms to support this goal. In light of these reform movements and concerns regarding learning within urban schools, science educators and policy makers have pushed for the incorporation of learning technologies within schools as a way of creating equity and promoting learning among diverse learners. The Center for Learning Technologies in Urban Sch…
Supporting Students' Construction of Scientific Explanations by Fading Scaffolds in Instructional Materials
The purpose of this study was to determine whether providing students with continuous written instructional support or fading written instructional support (scaffolds) better prepares students to construct scientific explanations when they are no longer provided with support. This article investigated the influence of scaffolding on 331 seventh-grade students' writing of scientific explanations during an 8-week, project-based chemistry unit in wh…
Missing the (Student Achievement) Forest for All the (Political) Trees
The Arizona legislature passed HB 2281, which eliminated Tucson Unified School District's (TUSD's) Mexican American Studies (MAS) program, arguing the curriculum was too political. This program has been at the center of contentious debates, but a central question has not been thoroughly examined: Do the classes raise student achievement? The current analyses use administrative data from TUSD (2008-2011), running logistic regression models to asse…
Assessing the Assessments of Teacher Preparation
Teacher preparation programs have both a desire and a responsibility to demonstrate, with affirmative evidence, that teacher education makes a difference in PreK–12 student learning. Program faculty need good data to make decisions about the progress of students, whom to recommend for state licensure, and how to improve teacher education. This article describes an American Psychological Association task force report that discusses 3 measures of p…
Assessing Early Literacy With Hispanic Preschoolers
For two decades, it has been recommended that assessment of literacy for preschool children be conducted in a child’s primary language. However, only a few literacy assessments have been validated with a preschool, Spanish-speaking population. The purpose of the present study was to test the latent structure of the Phonological Awareness Literacy Screening for Preschool (PALS-PreK) Español with a sample of Spanish-speaking children in the southwe…
Validating the Research-Based Early Math Assessment (Rema) among rural children in Southwest United States
Designing a Regional Teacher Professional Development Enterprise
Teacher professional learning is foundational to high quality P-12 education. While many researchers have identified the importance and criteria of high-quality professional learning, little research explains how this professional learning can be implemented in a regional system. This ten-month case study offers one planning approach to engage important stakeholders, including principals, other education leaders, professional development provider…
Psychology (12 works) · Pedagogy (9 works) · Mathematics education (8 works) · Computer Science (7 works) · Teacher Education and Leadership Studies (6 works) · Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods (5 works) · Medicine (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Developmental psychology (3 works)