Meltem Alemdar

Biographic Data

ID6682379
NAMEMeltem Alemdar
GIVEN NAMESMeltem
FAMILY NAMEAlemdar
SIGNATUREALEMDAR M
AFFILIATIONSGeorgia Institute of Technology
ORCID0000-0001-6669-2933
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS10
TOTAL CITATIONS1
AUTHOR COUNT10
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2016
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX1

  • Co-creating Spaces of Rightful Presence

    Open AccessKatherine L Boice, Justina Rodriguez Jackson et al.ARTICLEThe Urban Review2026

    This paper describes the adoption of a critical justice framework, rightful presence, within a K-12 professional learning program to support teachers during a time of increasing scrutiny over socially just teaching. A qualitative study was designed to examine teachers’ perspectives on rightful presence and, specifically, how teachers perceive the tenets of rightful presence in their roles implementing STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts…

  • Hello from the other side

    Katherine L Boice, Justina Rodriguez Jackson et al.ARTICLETeachers and Teaching2026

    The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted the traditional teaching experience, with a pivot to remote instruction, changing policies, and added stressors for teachers. Using a sequential-explanatory mixed-methods design, we explored the experiences of teachers in the southeastern United States during the pandemic, with special attention to teaching self-efficacy (TSE), wellbeing, and teacher support needs. Data were collected via cross-sectional surveys ad…

  • Science communication in action

    Open AccessKatherine E King, Katherine King et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Communication2025

    Introduction Science festivals are a mechanism for connecting public audiences with science topics. Scholars have identified best practices for science communication (Peterman and Young, 2015), facilitating research on how and to what extent effective science communication occurs in the context of science festivals. Methods This mixed-methods evaluation case study centers the experiences of exhibitors (i.e., science communicators) at a large scie…

  • Exploring teachers' understanding and implementation of STEAM

    Open AccessKatherine L Boice, Meltem Alemdar et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Education2024

    Introduction In recent years, STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, and math) education has become an increasingly popular tool to promote student learning and engagement across disciplines. However, researchers and practitioners continue to note the lack of clarity around definitions of STEAM, its intended purpose, and the nature of discipline integration. In this paper, we explore teachers' understandings and implementation of STEAM as…

  • Partnerships in STEAM

    Open AccessTalia Capozzoli Kessler, Katherine L Boice et al.ARTICLEEducation Sciences2024

    K-12 teacher professional development in STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics) is often utilized to enhance teachers’ abilities to use STEAM pedagogical methods in the classroom. One such program is GoSTEAM, a five-year initiative centered on K-12 teacher professional development in STEAM. Teachers participating in GoSTEAM collaborate on the implementation of STEAM lessons and activities with an Innovator-in-Residence, w…

  • Promoting youth advocacy for resilience to disasters

    Open AccessA Hyde, Meltem Alemdar et al.ARTICLEGender & Development2024References: 4

  • Utilizing Evidence-Centered Design to Develop Assessments

    Open AccessSunni Newton, Meltem Alemdar et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Education2021

    Evidence-centered design (ECD) is an assessment framework tailored to provide structure and rigor to the assessment development process, and also to generate evidence of assessment validity by tightly coupling assessment tasks with focal knowledge, skills, and abilities (FKSAs). This framework is particularly well-suited to FKSAs that are complex and multi-part (Mislevy and Haertel, 2006), as is the case with much of the focal content within the …

  • A Mixed Methods Study of Self-Efficacy, the Sources of Self-Efficacy, and Teaching Experience

    Open AccessJessica Gale, Meltem Alemdar et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Education2021

    Although teaching self-efficacy is associated with many benefits for teachers and students, little is known about how teachers develop a sense of efficacy in the early years of their careers. Drawing on survey ( N = 179) and interview ( N = 10) data, this study investigates the sources of self-efficacy in a national sample of teachers who participated in the Noyce program. All teachers completed an online survey that included both the Teacher Sen…

  • Supporting Teachers on Their STEAM Journey

    Open AccessKatherine L Boice, Justina Rodriguez Jackson et al.ARTICLEEducation Sciences2021

    There is growing enthusiasm for STEAM education in preparing students for an increasingly complex world. However, implementing STEAM in the classroom can be challenging for educators, as it may require collaboration across disciplines, increased workload, and understanding the nature of STEAM integration. This paper details a mixed-methods evaluation of a year-long STEAM teacher training program, in which a STEM teacher and an arts teacher collab…

  • Latino parents’ educational values and STEM beliefs

    Open AccessDiley Hernandez, Shaheen Rana et al.ARTICLEJournal for Multicultural Education2016Cited by: 1References: 8

    Purpose This paper aims to provide a snapshot of K-12 Latino families’ beliefs about education, their awareness and interest in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) careers and their perceived educational challenges. It builds on the existent body of literature by dispelling pervasive notions that Latino parents do not value education. It contributes to the field by providing evidence of Latino parents’ beliefs, awareness and interest…