Alex J Bowers
Biographic Data
| ID | 5030643 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alex J Bowers |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alex J |
| FAMILY NAME | Bowers |
| SIGNATURE | BOWERS A J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Columbia University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5140-6428 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 21 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Beyond Single Perspectives
Addressing the reliance on single informants in distributed leadership research, this study employs a congruence framework using polynomial regression with response surface methodology. Analyzing TALIS 2018 data from the U.S. and South Korea, we examine how joint principal-teacher perceptions of distributed leadership relate to satisfaction with the work environment and the teaching profession. Results indicate that satisfaction increases as prin…
Promoting teacher knowledge sharing in China
Knowledge sharing is a fundamental resource for enhancing the competitiveness of schools. However, in many Chinese schools, there is a low level of teacher knowledge sharing. To address this issue, this study aimed to explain teacher knowledge sharing through principal authentic leadership, reciprocal norms, and organizational trust. Data from 4,524 teachers in 16 provinces in mainland China were analyzed using a structural equation model and boo…
What are we missing? An alternative way to explore distributed leadership effectiveness
Existing research has revealed various beneficial teacher-level outcomes of distributed leadership (DL). Yet these studies lack important operational nuances. The DL effectiveness literature mainly stresses one dimension of DL study operations of how leadership is distributed (e.g., interaction), being grounded in the agency view. However, it is also important to consider other dimensions of what leadership work is distributed to whom. Therefore,…
A global perspective on school leadership
Previous research highlighted the existence of multiple educational leadership styles; however, evidence on their multidimensional application is limited. The current study defines an innovative cross-national classification for school leaders along the two dimensions of instructional and distributed leadership. We apply a three-step Latent Class Analysis to transnationally generalizable Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's Tea…
Supporting teacher knowledge sharing in China
Teacher knowledge sharing plays a critical role in teacher professional development and education reforms, and principal leadership acts as a facilitator in this process. The current study investigates how and under what conditions principal authentic leadership contributes to teacher knowledge sharing. Data collected from 890 teachers in 29 primary schools in mainland China were analysed using regression analysis and bootstrapping tests. This re…
How teachers perceive the impact of teacher feedback
How do teachers perceive and experience the impact of evaluation feedback across various domains of their work? This study investigates whether there are qualitatively distinct groups of teachers in the United States based on teacher perceived impact of evaluation feedback using the 2013 Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS 2013). Applying latent class analysis to the U.S. sample of lower-secondary school teachers (n=1,824), we find …
Using Technology to Personalize Middle School Math Instruction
Schools are increasingly using technology to personalize instruction. Programs such as Khan Academy and Zearn produce a vast array of data on students’ behaviors and outcomes when engaged in technology-based instruction. However, these datasets rarely include equally detailed information from when students engage in non-technological learning activities. This study explores the implementation of an innovative model for adolescent mathematics inst…
Authentic leadership and teachers’ voice behaviour
Teachers’ voice behaviour plays a critical role in school reform by providing constructive suggestions to promote teaching, students’ learning and school management. This study investigates how and under what conditions principals’ authentic leadership contributes to teachers’ voice behaviour. Data collected from 982 teachers in 38 primary schools in mainland China were analysed using regression analysis and bootstrapping tests. The research test…
Investigating underrepresented and first‐generation college students' science and math motivational beliefs
The purpose of this study was to investigate the math and science beliefs of underrepresented students, with a focus on first‐generation college (FGC) students. We do so by estimating a typology of high school students based on their mathematics and science beliefs and examining which group(s) students were more likely to be in. We used latent profile analysis and a nationally representative sample of high school students from the High School Lon…
Pathways to the Principalship
Utilizing rich data on nearly 11,000 educators over 17 academic years in a highly diverse context, we examine the career paths of teachers to determine whether and when they transition into the principalship. We utilize a variety of event history analyses, including discrete-time hazard modeling, to determine how an individual’s race, gender, and their combination—among other characteristics—contribute to their likelihood of making this transitio…
A Century of Grading Research
Grading refers to the symbols assigned to individual pieces of student work or to composite measures of student performance on report cards. This review of over 100 years of research on grading considers five types of studies: (a) early studies of the reliability of grades, (b) quantitative studies of the composition of K–12 report card grades, (c) survey and interview studies of teachers’ perceptions of grades, (d) studies of standards-based gra…
Exploring What Leads High School Students to Enroll in Hispanic-Serving Institutions
This study examined the student and high school contextual factors associated with high school students’ enrollment in Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs). The authors drew on a conceptual framework of college choice involving the concepts of multiple capitals and individual and organizational habitus to examine the postsecondary trajectories of high school graduates using the Educational Longitudinal Study 2002/06. Using hierarchical linear mod…
The High School “Space Race”
This article examines the implications of competition between school districts in a mid-Michigan metropolitan area. Over the 10-year period after Michigan's major school-funding reform in 1994, many urban and suburban districts found themselves competing for per-pupil state funding. Suburban districts need extra students to make up budgetary shortfalls and protect instructional programs that are essential in today's political climate of school ac…
Exploring What Leads High School Students to Enroll in Hispanic-Serving Institutions
This study examined the student and high school contextual factors associated with high school students’ enrollment in Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs). The authors drew on a conceptual framework of college choice involving the concepts of multiple capitals and individual and organizational habitus to examine the postsecondary trajectories of high school graduates using the Educational Longitudinal Study 2002/06. Using hierarchical linear mod…
Pathways to the Principalship
Utilizing rich data on nearly 11,000 educators over 17 academic years in a highly diverse context, we examine the career paths of teachers to determine whether and when they transition into the principalship. We utilize a variety of event history analyses, including discrete-time hazard modeling, to determine how an individual’s race, gender, and their combination—among other characteristics—contribute to their likelihood of making this transitio…
The High School “Space Race”
This article examines the implications of competition between school districts in a mid-Michigan metropolitan area. Over the 10-year period after Michigan's major school-funding reform in 1994, many urban and suburban districts found themselves competing for per-pupil state funding. Suburban districts need extra students to make up budgetary shortfalls and protect instructional programs that are essential in today's political climate of school ac…
The High School “Space Race”
This article examines the implications of competition between school districts in a mid-Michigan metropolitan area. Over the 10-year period after Michigan's major school-funding reform in 1994, many urban and suburban districts found themselves competing for per-pupil state funding. Suburban districts need extra students to make up budgetary shortfalls and protect instructional programs that are essential in today's political climate of school ac…
Exploring What Leads High School Students to Enroll in Hispanic-Serving Institutions
This study examined the student and high school contextual factors associated with high school students’ enrollment in Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs). The authors drew on a conceptual framework of college choice involving the concepts of multiple capitals and individual and organizational habitus to examine the postsecondary trajectories of high school graduates using the Educational Longitudinal Study 2002/06. Using hierarchical linear mod…
A Century of Grading Research
Grading refers to the symbols assigned to individual pieces of student work or to composite measures of student performance on report cards. This review of over 100 years of research on grading considers five types of studies: (a) early studies of the reliability of grades, (b) quantitative studies of the composition of K–12 report card grades, (c) survey and interview studies of teachers’ perceptions of grades, (d) studies of standards-based gra…
Pathways to the Principalship
Utilizing rich data on nearly 11,000 educators over 17 academic years in a highly diverse context, we examine the career paths of teachers to determine whether and when they transition into the principalship. We utilize a variety of event history analyses, including discrete-time hazard modeling, to determine how an individual’s race, gender, and their combination—among other characteristics—contribute to their likelihood of making this transitio…
Investigating underrepresented and first‐generation college students' science and math motivational beliefs
The purpose of this study was to investigate the math and science beliefs of underrepresented students, with a focus on first‐generation college (FGC) students. We do so by estimating a typology of high school students based on their mathematics and science beliefs and examining which group(s) students were more likely to be in. We used latent profile analysis and a nationally representative sample of high school students from the High School Lon…
Authentic leadership and teachers’ voice behaviour
Teachers’ voice behaviour plays a critical role in school reform by providing constructive suggestions to promote teaching, students’ learning and school management. This study investigates how and under what conditions principals’ authentic leadership contributes to teachers’ voice behaviour. Data collected from 982 teachers in 38 primary schools in mainland China were analysed using regression analysis and bootstrapping tests. The research test…
Using Technology to Personalize Middle School Math Instruction
Schools are increasingly using technology to personalize instruction. Programs such as Khan Academy and Zearn produce a vast array of data on students’ behaviors and outcomes when engaged in technology-based instruction. However, these datasets rarely include equally detailed information from when students engage in non-technological learning activities. This study explores the implementation of an innovative model for adolescent mathematics inst…
Supporting teacher knowledge sharing in China
Teacher knowledge sharing plays a critical role in teacher professional development and education reforms, and principal leadership acts as a facilitator in this process. The current study investigates how and under what conditions principal authentic leadership contributes to teacher knowledge sharing. Data collected from 890 teachers in 29 primary schools in mainland China were analysed using regression analysis and bootstrapping tests. This re…
How teachers perceive the impact of teacher feedback
How do teachers perceive and experience the impact of evaluation feedback across various domains of their work? This study investigates whether there are qualitatively distinct groups of teachers in the United States based on teacher perceived impact of evaluation feedback using the 2013 Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS 2013). Applying latent class analysis to the U.S. sample of lower-secondary school teachers (n=1,824), we find …
Promoting teacher knowledge sharing in China
Knowledge sharing is a fundamental resource for enhancing the competitiveness of schools. However, in many Chinese schools, there is a low level of teacher knowledge sharing. To address this issue, this study aimed to explain teacher knowledge sharing through principal authentic leadership, reciprocal norms, and organizational trust. Data from 4,524 teachers in 16 provinces in mainland China were analyzed using a structural equation model and boo…
What are we missing? An alternative way to explore distributed leadership effectiveness
Existing research has revealed various beneficial teacher-level outcomes of distributed leadership (DL). Yet these studies lack important operational nuances. The DL effectiveness literature mainly stresses one dimension of DL study operations of how leadership is distributed (e.g., interaction), being grounded in the agency view. However, it is also important to consider other dimensions of what leadership work is distributed to whom. Therefore,…
A global perspective on school leadership
Previous research highlighted the existence of multiple educational leadership styles; however, evidence on their multidimensional application is limited. The current study defines an innovative cross-national classification for school leaders along the two dimensions of instructional and distributed leadership. We apply a three-step Latent Class Analysis to transnationally generalizable Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's Tea…
Beyond Single Perspectives
Addressing the reliance on single informants in distributed leadership research, this study employs a congruence framework using polynomial regression with response surface methodology. Analyzing TALIS 2018 data from the U.S. and South Korea, we examine how joint principal-teacher perceptions of distributed leadership relate to satisfaction with the work environment and the teaching profession. Results indicate that satisfaction increases as prin…
Psychology (11 works) · Mathematics education (6 works) · Pedagogy (6 works) · Political science (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Teacher Education and Leadership Studies (5 works) · Educational Assessment and Improvement (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Distributed leadership (3 works)