Karen E Rambo‐hernandez
Biographic Data
| ID | 2749263 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Karen E Rambo‐hernandez |
| GIVEN NAMES | Karen E |
| FAMILY NAME | Rambo‐hernandez |
| SIGNATURE | HERNANDEZ K E R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Texas A&M University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8107-2898 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Innovative ongoing support within a multifaceted computational thinking professional learning program improves teachers’ self-efficacy and classroom practices
Comparing permanent and alternating teams in middle school mathematics: Impacts on student engagement and social connections
The purpose of this study was to examine students’ engagement in their middle school mathematics class utilizing either permanent or alternating small group membership. Many group learning instructional techniques have shown positive impacts on student behavioral, cognitive, and social engagement outcomes, but group formation and permanence is a key difference between various group learning instructional techniques. This study used data from eigh…
Changes within: How within-person changes on key social cognitive career theory constructs relate to first-year engineering student persistence intentions
Enculturation of Students Into Engineering During Covid-19 in Minority Serving Institutions
Enculturation into engineering refers to the process by which novices learn and internalize the content, practices, and values of the engineering profession. This study employs an enculturation model incorporating both intrinsic and extrinsic influences. Extrinsic influences stem from institutional frameworks, particularly first-year curricular standards set by ABET. The study aimed to operationalize and test this model through a survey conducted…
Identifying Multilevel Predictors of Digipedagogical Competence among Secondary School Teachers in the United States
U.S. public schools have made significant strides in connectivity, device accessibility, and digital learning resources. However, there remains a limited understanding of how best to equip teachers with knowledge, skills, and resources to effectively integrate technology into their instructional practices. Digipedagogical competence, which is defined as the ability to integrate technology into teaching to enhance student learning, serves as the f…
Learning together: A mixed methods analysis of team-based learning in mathematics
To provide meaningful, high-quality learning experiences for students with diverse academic backgrounds, a critical consideration for mathematics educators is student engagement. The approach of team-based learning has allowed for an increase in student-centered class time and demonstrated positive results in tertiary education across multiple disciplines. However, this approach has been primarily used at the tertiary level and has not yet been e…
Teaching in the time of Covid-19: A biological systems theory approach
In 2020, schools around the United States and globally closed to in-person instruction in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This study, embedded in ongoing research supported by a United States Department of Education Jacob K. Javits Gifted and Talented Education Award, investigated changes in roles, relationships, and educational activities resulting from the pandemic as perceived by educators in one rural and low SES Appalachian primary school…
Using peer assessment to improve middle school mathematical communication
Peer assessment is an underutilized tool in mathematics classrooms. We examined how peer assessment could be used in a mathematics course to improve mathematical communication and mathematical proficiency. To describe in what ways peer reviews compared to teacher reviews, we analyzed ratings and feedback of 32 6th graders and their mathematics teacher. To determine what impact receiving peer versus teacher feedback had on students, we compared th…
Consonant Age of Acquisition Reveals Nonlinear Effects in Nonword Repetition Performance
Differential return on investment: Academic growth in mathematics and reading based on initial performance
BackgroundStudents vary in their initial achievement when they enter school and their rate of academic growth as they move through school. These differences have implications for classroom instruction and educational policy. Although previous research has examined initial achievement and growth differences, a gap remains in understanding how initial level of achievement interacts with subsequent growth as children move through school.AimUsing Vyg…
There’s So Much to Do and Not Enough Time to Do It! A Case for Sentiment Analysis to Derive Meaning From Open Text Using Student Reflections of Engineering Activities
Evaluators often find themselves in situations where resources to conduct thorough evaluations are limited. In this paper, we present a familiar instance where there is an overwhelming amount of open text to be analyzed under the constraints of time and personnel. In instances when timely feedback is important, the data are plentiful, and answers to the study questions carry lower consequences, we build a case for using a machine learning, in par…
A call to reframe gifted education as maximizing learning
Schools exist to educate, yet the emphasis on age-based, grade-level standards fails to account for the wide range of academic readiness that exists in every classroom. Special education programs exist to meet student needs; gifted education should be no different. The authors, all gifted education researchers, present a vision for a model of gifted education that is aligned with Response to Intervention and personalized learning. At its heart, i…
First-generation students in rural communities: A study of effective programming components that support closing the excellence gap
Large numbers of young people from underserved populations, including first-generation, low-income, and rural, are clearly capable of high levels of achievement but are failing to do so owing to lack of access and opportunities. The purpose of this study was to determine what characteristics of the Health Science Technology Academy (HSTA), a program designed to successfully mediate risk factors for high-achieving students from disadvantaged backg…
Effects of Maternal Parenting and Mother-Child Relationship Quality on Short-Term Longitudinal Change in Self-Regulation in Early Adolescence
The purpose of the present study was to explore the degree to which short-term longitudinal change in adolescent self-regulation was attributable to maternal parenting and mother-child relationship quality. A total of 821 mother-adolescent dyads provided data in the 1992 and 1994 waves of the Children of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth-1979 (52.5% male; 24.2% Hispanic, 36.7% African American, 39.1% European American; adolescents’ initia…
Effects of Maternal Parenting and Mother-Child Relationship Quality on Short-Term Longitudinal Change in Self-Regulation in Early Adolescence
The purpose of the present study was to explore the degree to which short-term longitudinal change in adolescent self-regulation was attributable to maternal parenting and mother-child relationship quality. A total of 821 mother-adolescent dyads provided data in the 1992 and 1994 waves of the Children of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth-1979 (52.5% male; 24.2% Hispanic, 36.7% African American, 39.1% European American; adolescents’ initia…
Differential return on investment: Academic growth in mathematics and reading based on initial performance
BackgroundStudents vary in their initial achievement when they enter school and their rate of academic growth as they move through school. These differences have implications for classroom instruction and educational policy. Although previous research has examined initial achievement and growth differences, a gap remains in understanding how initial level of achievement interacts with subsequent growth as children move through school.AimUsing Vyg…
Effects of Maternal Parenting and Mother-Child Relationship Quality on Short-Term Longitudinal Change in Self-Regulation in Early Adolescence
The purpose of the present study was to explore the degree to which short-term longitudinal change in adolescent self-regulation was attributable to maternal parenting and mother-child relationship quality. A total of 821 mother-adolescent dyads provided data in the 1992 and 1994 waves of the Children of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth-1979 (52.5% male; 24.2% Hispanic, 36.7% African American, 39.1% European American; adolescents’ initia…
A call to reframe gifted education as maximizing learning
Schools exist to educate, yet the emphasis on age-based, grade-level standards fails to account for the wide range of academic readiness that exists in every classroom. Special education programs exist to meet student needs; gifted education should be no different. The authors, all gifted education researchers, present a vision for a model of gifted education that is aligned with Response to Intervention and personalized learning. At its heart, i…
First-generation students in rural communities: A study of effective programming components that support closing the excellence gap
Large numbers of young people from underserved populations, including first-generation, low-income, and rural, are clearly capable of high levels of achievement but are failing to do so owing to lack of access and opportunities. The purpose of this study was to determine what characteristics of the Health Science Technology Academy (HSTA), a program designed to successfully mediate risk factors for high-achieving students from disadvantaged backg…
There’s So Much to Do and Not Enough Time to Do It! A Case for Sentiment Analysis to Derive Meaning From Open Text Using Student Reflections of Engineering Activities
Evaluators often find themselves in situations where resources to conduct thorough evaluations are limited. In this paper, we present a familiar instance where there is an overwhelming amount of open text to be analyzed under the constraints of time and personnel. In instances when timely feedback is important, the data are plentiful, and answers to the study questions carry lower consequences, we build a case for using a machine learning, in par…
Teaching in the time of Covid-19: A biological systems theory approach
In 2020, schools around the United States and globally closed to in-person instruction in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This study, embedded in ongoing research supported by a United States Department of Education Jacob K. Javits Gifted and Talented Education Award, investigated changes in roles, relationships, and educational activities resulting from the pandemic as perceived by educators in one rural and low SES Appalachian primary school…
Using peer assessment to improve middle school mathematical communication
Peer assessment is an underutilized tool in mathematics classrooms. We examined how peer assessment could be used in a mathematics course to improve mathematical communication and mathematical proficiency. To describe in what ways peer reviews compared to teacher reviews, we analyzed ratings and feedback of 32 6th graders and their mathematics teacher. To determine what impact receiving peer versus teacher feedback had on students, we compared th…
Consonant Age of Acquisition Reveals Nonlinear Effects in Nonword Repetition Performance
Differential return on investment: Academic growth in mathematics and reading based on initial performance
BackgroundStudents vary in their initial achievement when they enter school and their rate of academic growth as they move through school. These differences have implications for classroom instruction and educational policy. Although previous research has examined initial achievement and growth differences, a gap remains in understanding how initial level of achievement interacts with subsequent growth as children move through school.AimUsing Vyg…
Learning together: A mixed methods analysis of team-based learning in mathematics
To provide meaningful, high-quality learning experiences for students with diverse academic backgrounds, a critical consideration for mathematics educators is student engagement. The approach of team-based learning has allowed for an increase in student-centered class time and demonstrated positive results in tertiary education across multiple disciplines. However, this approach has been primarily used at the tertiary level and has not yet been e…
Innovative ongoing support within a multifaceted computational thinking professional learning program improves teachers’ self-efficacy and classroom practices
Comparing permanent and alternating teams in middle school mathematics: Impacts on student engagement and social connections
The purpose of this study was to examine students’ engagement in their middle school mathematics class utilizing either permanent or alternating small group membership. Many group learning instructional techniques have shown positive impacts on student behavioral, cognitive, and social engagement outcomes, but group formation and permanence is a key difference between various group learning instructional techniques. This study used data from eigh…
Changes within: How within-person changes on key social cognitive career theory constructs relate to first-year engineering student persistence intentions
Enculturation of Students Into Engineering During Covid-19 in Minority Serving Institutions
Enculturation into engineering refers to the process by which novices learn and internalize the content, practices, and values of the engineering profession. This study employs an enculturation model incorporating both intrinsic and extrinsic influences. Extrinsic influences stem from institutional frameworks, particularly first-year curricular standards set by ABET. The study aimed to operationalize and test this model through a survey conducted…
Identifying Multilevel Predictors of Digipedagogical Competence among Secondary School Teachers in the United States
U.S. public schools have made significant strides in connectivity, device accessibility, and digital learning resources. However, there remains a limited understanding of how best to equip teachers with knowledge, skills, and resources to effectively integrate technology into their instructional practices. Digipedagogical competence, which is defined as the ability to integrate technology into teaching to enhance student learning, serves as the f…
Psychology (13 works) · Mathematics education (9 works) · Computer Science (7 works) · Medicine (5 works) · Pedagogy (5 works) · Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods (4 works) · Medical education (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Parental Involvement in Education (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works)