Curriculum & Instruction Faculty Publications

 

This list of faculty publications does not represent a complete body of scholarship for the faculty members from the Department of Curriculum and Instruction. This collection contains only open access publications or publications that have been granted specific permission to be posted to UNI ScholarWorks, UNI's institutional repository.

For a complete listing of a faculty member's publications see their profile in the SelectedWorks Profile Gallery. The SelectedWorks Faculty Profile has a more complete list of publications and includes links to publications deposited in UNI ScholarWorks and links out to publications on publisher's websites.

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Books from 2023

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Methods of Teaching Early Literacy, Nandita Gurjar, Sohyun Meacham, and Constance Beecher

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Children’S Names And Naming Practices: Wrestling With Racism In Asian American Families, Jinhee Kim, Sophia Han, Su Jeong Wee, and Sohyun Meacham

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Engagement In The Preschool Classroom: Brief Measures For Use With Children From Ethno-Racially Diverse And Low-Income Backgrounds, Christine M. McWayne, Wendy Ochoa, Julie Segovia, Betty Zan, Daryl Greenfield, and Jayanthi Mistry

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Being (Asian) American Children: Children’S Exploration Of Racial/Cultural Identity And Racism, Su Jeong Wee, Sohyun Meacham, and Jinhee Kim

Submissions from 2022

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Reflections On Project Work In Early Childhood Teacher Education, Mary Donegan-Ritter, Betty Zan, and Allison Pattee

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The Importance Of An Inquiry Model In Teaching And Learning, Jean Donham

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Stepping-Up Technology Implementation—How Does It Happen?, Anya S. Evmenova, Kelley S. Regan, Michelle Schladant, Tracey E. Hall, Jay Buzhardt, Karen A. Erickson, Jun Ai, Christina Sudduth, and Terry Jackson

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Connecting Elementary Students Through Grid Pals To Develop Literacy Skills, Nandita Gurjar

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Predicting And Explaining Pre-Service Teachers’ Social Networking Technology Adoption, Nandita Gurjar and Stephen Sivo

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I, Jill Alexander, American Girl Revolutionary, Taraneh M. Haghanikar

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Discerning Users Of Information: A Qualitative Analysis Of Student Inquiry, Karla Steege Krueger and Joan Bessman Taylor

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Assessing Children’S Drawings In Response To Covid-19, Taraneh Matloob Haghanikar and S. Rebecca Leigh

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Head Start Teachers Act Their Way Into New Ways Of Thinking: Science And Engineering Practices In Preschool Classrooms, Christine M. McWayne, Betty Zan, Wendy Ochoa, Daryl Greenfield, and Jayanthi Mistry

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“I Woke Up To Science”: Teacher Narratives Of Growth In A Culturally Sustaining Preschool Stem Program, Jayanthi Mistry, Julie Segovia, Lok Li, Christine McWayne, Betsy Zan, and Daryl Greenfield

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@Home Collective(Ly): Opening Doors And Doing Books With Literacy-Cast, Christy Wessel‐Powell, Beth A. Buchholz, Jason DeHart, Elizabeth M. Frye, Devery Ward, Sarah Vander Zanden, and Elizabeth Campbell

Submissions from 2021

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Bridging The Informal And Formal Learning Spaces With Whatsapp, Tutaleni I. Asino, Nandita Gurjar, and Perien Boer

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An Investigation of Protagonists in Storybook Apps for Children, Todd S. Cherner and Nandita Gurjar

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Listening To Head Start Teachers: Teacher Beliefs, Practices, And Needs For Educating Dual Language Learners, Ji Young Choi, Dahyung Ryu, Craig K. Van Pay, Sohyun Meacham, and Constance Beecher

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The Italian Makerspace, Nandita Gurjar

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What Is Missing In Our Teacher Education Practices: A Collaborative Self-Study Of Teacher Educators With Children During The Covid-19 Pandemic, Jinhee Kim, Su Jeong Wee, and Sohyun Meacham

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Disabilities Portrayed In Picturebooks With The Américas Book Award, Sohyun Meacham

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RezoomIng Our Academic Home Using Suda (수다), Sohyun Meacham, Jinhee Kim, Su Jeong Wee, and Koeun Kim

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Supporting Young Children’S Spatial Understanding: Examining Toddlers’ Experiences With Contents And Containers, Jill M. Uhlenberg and Rosemary Geiken

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Teacher Well-Being: Voices In The Field, Abby Weiland

Submissions from 2020

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Globalization And Divergent Constructs Of Childhood And Valuable Knowledge: Influences On Expectations For Young Children In Post-Colonial Rural Southern Tanzania, Laura Edwards

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Leveraging Social Networks For Authentic Learning In Distance Learning Teacher Education, Nandita Gurjar

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Representations Of Play In Caldecott Medal And Honor Books During 1938-1949 And 2001-2014, Taraneh Matloob Haghanikar and Linda M. Pavonetti

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The Hidden Elephant Is Oppression: Shaming, Mobbing, And Institutional Betrayals Within The Academy—Finding Strength In Collaborative Self-Study, David I. Hernández-Saca, Jennifer Martin, and Sohyun Meacham

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Stepping Away From My Comfort Zone, Irenea Walker

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Attitude Analysis Of Child-Constructed Scenes Depicting Human Interactions With Unpopular Nonhuman Animals, Ksenia S. Zhbanova, Jeffrey L. Leffler, and Audrey C. Rule

Submissions from 2019

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Creative Self-Efficacy Of Children Aged 9-14 In A Science Center Using A Situated Mobile Game, Dana Atwood-Blaine, Audrey C. Rule, and Jordan Walker

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Strategic Professional Development For Busy Teachers: Profile Of A High-Impact Instructional Design, Sarah Bryans-Bongey and Craig Rosen

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Tpack Leadership Diagnostic Tool: Adoption And Implementation By Teacher Education Leaders, Jon M. Clausen, Elizabeth S. Finsness, Arlene C. Borthwick, Kevin J. Graziano, Jeffery P. Carpenter, and Mary Herring

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Black Fifth Graders Make Dioramas Of Traditional African Cultures To Explore Racial Identity, Cultural Universals, And Spatial Thinking, Phyllis Gray, Audrey C. Rule, and Mindy Gordon

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Practical Art Projects Related to Children’s Picture Books about Ecology, Jennifer L. Hageman, Natalia Martín Martín, Sarah E. Montgomery, and Audrey C. Rule

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Networking Practitioner Research: Leveraging Digital Tools as Conduits for Collaborative Work, Nicholas E. Husbye, Julie Rust, Christy Wessel Powell, Sarah Vander Zanden, and Beth Buchholz

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Exploring Preservice Teachers’ Still-Life Paintings of Crystals with Artist-Focused Compared to Science-Focused Introductions, Mahjabeen Hussain, Dessy Stoycheva, Audrey C. Rule, and Denise A. Tallakson

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Idea-Dying In Critical Ontological Pedagogical Dialogue, Ana Marjanovic-Shane, Sohyun Meacham, Hye Jung Choi, Samanta Lopez, and Eugene Matusov

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A Content Analysis of Thirty Children’s Picture Books about Ecology, Natalia Martín Martín, Jennifer L. Hageman, Sarah E. Montgomery, and Audrey C. Rule

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Hip-Hop Early Literacy In K–1 Classrooms, Shuaib James Meacham, Sohyun Meacham, Misty Thompson, and Hattie Graves

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Teachers' Interactions With A Young Child With: Comparing Ipad And Non-Ipad Use, Sohyun Meacham and Saeed Almalki

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Breaking Free From The Needs Paradigm: A Collaborative Analysis Of Inclusion, Edda Óskarsdóttir, Hafdís Guðjónsdóttir, and Deborah Tidwell

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International Students’ Alienation In A Us Higher Education Institution, Marine Pepanyan, Sohyun Meacham, and Stephanie Logan

Girls Explore Math Careers By Making 3D-Constructions Of Diverse Women Mathematicians' Lives, Audrey C. Rule, Dana Atwood-Blaine, Clayton M. Edwards, and Mindy Gordon

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Girls Explore Math Careers by Making 3D-Constructions of Diverse Women Mathematicians’ Lives, Audrey C. Rule, Dana Atwood Blaine, Clayton M. Edwards, and Mindy Gordon

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Self-Selecting Books In A Children’S Fiction Collection Arranged By Genre, Joan Bessman Taylor, Andrea Hora, and Karla Steege Krueger

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Fossil Mobiles: Exploring the Process of Art as Science Inquiry for Elementary Students through a Grounded Theory Study, Jolene K. Teske, Courtney Clausen, Harun Parpucu, Phyllis Gray, and Audrey C. Rule

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An Investigation Of Whether Fantasy Books, Compared To Same Topic Nonfiction, Promote Second Graders' Creativity, Angela Naomi Webb, Ksenia S. Zhbanova, and Audrey C. Rule

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The Emergence Of Elementary Citizenship Education: Insights From Iowa’S Rural Schools, 1910–1935, Carolyn A. Weber and Sarah E. Montgomery

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Ocean Underwater Scene Dioramas of First Graders with Submarine Porthole Views, Ksenia Zhbanova, Audrey C. Rule, and Denise A. Tallakson

Submissions from 2018

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Using Practice-Based Coaching To Increase Use Of Language Facilitation Strategies In Early Head Start And Community Partners, Mary Donegan-Ritter and Beth Van Meeteren

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Coaching In Practice-Based Literacy Education Courses, Nicholas E. Husbye, Christy Wessel Powell, Sarah Vander Zanden, and Tiffany Karalis

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Teachers' Interactions With A Young Child With: Comparing Ipad And Non-Ipad Use, Sohyun Meacham and Saeed Almalki

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Ecosystem Shake Up: An Environmental Change Adaptation Project, Hannah E. Morgan, Dana Atwood-Blaine, and Audrey C. Rule

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Arts Integration into Elementary Science: Force and Motion and Natural Disasters, Eric C. Ooms, Tabitha M. Wu, Ashley R. Kokemuller, Sarah E. Montgomery, and Audrey C. Rule

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First Opinion: A Response to Glenn Ringtved’s Cry, Heart, but Never Break, Sarah Vander Zanden

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Editorial: Arts Integration Allows Students the Opportunity to be Original, Ksenia S. Zhbanova and Audrey C. Rule

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Spotlight on Edward de Bono Thinking Skills and Twice-Exceptional Gifted Learners Applied to Mars Mysteries in NASA Photographs, Ksenia S. Zhbanova and Audrey C. Rule

Submissions from 2017

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Mobile Gaming And Student Interactions In A Science Center: The Future Of Gaming In Science Education, Dana Atwood-Blaine and Douglas Huffman

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Kindergarten Scores, Storytelling, Executive Function, And Motivation Improved Through Literacy-Rich Guided Play, Dena M. Cavanaugh, Kimberly J. Clemence, Mikaila M. Teale, Audrey C. Rule, and Sarah E. Montgomery

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Stem For All Children: Preschool Teachers Supporting Engagement Of Children With Special Needs In Physical Science Learning Centers, Mary Donegan-Ritter

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Impact of a Less Restrictive Circulation Policy in an Elementary Library, Kristen Reinhardt Downes, Karla Steege Krueger, and Joan Bessman Taylor

Middle School Students' Mathematics Knowledge Retention: Online Or Face-To-Face Environments, Clayton M. Edwards, Audrey C. Rule, and Robert M. Boody

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A Tpack Diagnostic Tool For Teacher Education Leaders, Kevin J. Graziano, Mary C. Herring, Jeffrey P. Carpenter, Sharon Smaldino, and Elizabeth S. Finsness

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Cinematherapy in Gifted Education Identity Development: Integrating the Arts Through STEM-themed Movies, Timothy C. Kangas, Michelle Cook, and Audrey C. Rule

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Fifth Graders’ Creativity in Inventions with and without Creative Articulation Instruction, Darcie K. Kress and Audrey C. Rule

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Utilizing Nonfiction Texts To Enhance Reading Comprehension And Vocabulary In Primary Grades, Karen E. Kuhn, Casey M. Rausch, Tiffany G. McCarty, Sarah E. Montgomery, and Audrey C. Rule

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Reading Nonfiction Science Literature with and without Arts Integration Activities, Elizabeth McCartney, Catherine Mochal, Victoria Boyd, Audrey C. Rule, and Sarah E. Montgomery

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Challenging Elementary Learners with Programmable Robots during Free Play and Direct Instruction, Kimberly S. McCoy-Parker, Lindsey N. Paull, Audrey C. Rule, and Sarah E. Montgomery

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Breakbeat Breakthroughs: Hip-Hop Problem Solving Within The Context Of Community Engagement Nihilism And The Need For “Space”, Shuaib Meacham

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Preschoolers’ Author-Illustrator Study Of Donald Crews, Sohyun Meacham, Shuaib Meacham, Gloria Kirkland-Holmes, and Myae Han

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Banners For Books: “Mighty-Hearted” Kindergartners Take Action Through Arts-Based Service Learning, Sarah E. Montgomery, Wendy Miller, Page Foss, Denise Tallakson, and Maria Howard

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The Model Of Domain Learning: A Good Science-Based Theory, Ralph E. Reynolds and Dessy S. Stoycheva

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Exploring Writing Circles as Innovative, Collaborative Writing Structures with Teacher Candidates, Sherron Killingsworth Roberts, Norine Blanch, and Nandita Gurjar

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Creativity Of Third Graders’ Leadership Cartoons: Comparison Of Mood-Enhanced To Neutral Conditions, Jolene Teske, Courtney K. Clausen, Phyllis Gray, Latisha L. Smith, Sukainah Al Subia, Maryam Rod Szabo, Mason Kuhn, Mindy Gordon, and Audrey C. Rule

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University of Northern Iowa Youth Arts Summit: Mentoring and Empowering Youth Voice Through the Arts, Angela Waseskuk, Alyssa Bruecken, Heidi Fuchtman, Shauib Meacham, Emmett Phillips, Courtney Clausen, and Wendy Miller

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Middle Level Preservice Teachers Experience a Natural History Arts-Integrated Interdisciplinary Thematic Unit, Carolyn A. Weber and Audrey C. Rule

Submissions from 2016

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Third Graders Explore Sound Concepts through Online Research Compared to Making Musical Instruments, Kyrie D. Borsay and Page Foss

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Rubrics As A Tool In Writing Instruction: Effects On The Opinion Essays Of First And Second Graders, Kendall Bradford, Amanda C. Newland, Audrey C. Rule, and Sarah E. Montgomery

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Designing an Earthquake-Proof Art Museum: An Arts-and Engineering-Integrated Science Lesson, Anastasia Carignan and Mahjabeen Hussain

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Shadow Puppet Plays in Elementary Science Methods Class Help Preservice Teachers Learn about Minority Scientists, Phyllis Gray, Audrey C. Rule, Anneliese Gentzsch, and Denise Tallakson

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Learning Form and Function by Dance-Dramatizing Cultural Legends to Drum Rhythms Wearing Student-Made Animal Masks, Phyllis Gray, Audrey C. Rule, Gloria Kirkland Holmes, Stephanie R. Logan, Andrea L. Alert, and Cynthia A. Mason

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Reading Promotion Events Recommended for Elementary Students, Nicole N. Guldager, Karla Steege Krueger, and Joan Bessman Taylor

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Handbook Of Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (Tpack) For Educators: Second Edition, Mary C. Herring, Matthew J. Koehler, and Punya Mishra

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Tpack Development In Higher Education, Mary C. Herring, Sohyun Meacham, and Daniel Mourlam

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Sharon And Mary’S Voices: Sisterhood-The Journey, Mary C. Herring and Sharon E. Smaldino

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Second Reaction: A Good Deed Is Never a Waste, Stephanie R. Logan

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Pedagogical Voyeurism: Dialogic Critique of Documentation and Assessment of Learning, Eugene Matusov, Ana Marjanovic-Shane, and Sohyun Meacham

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Peer Relationships And Internally Persuasive Discourse, Sohyun Meacham

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Teachers’ Responsiveness To Preschoolers’ Utterances In Sociodramatic Play, Sohyun Meacham, Carol Vukelich, Myae Han, and Martha Buell

Education In Transition: Trends In Central And Eastern Europe, Kurtis S. Meredith and Jeannie L. Steele

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Exploring The Intel Teach Elements In Teacher Education: Integration And Technological, Pedagogical, Content Knowledge Development, Daniel Mourlam and Mary Herring

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Preschoolers Explore Greenhouses by Visiting a Greenhouse, Making a Model, and Growing Plants, Leann M. Perkins and Dessy Stoycheva

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Editorial: Welcome to the Journal of STEM Arts, Crafts, and Constructions, Audrey C. Rule

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Literacy and Arts-Integrated Science Lessons Engage Urban Elementary Students in Exploring Environmental Issues, Audrey C. Rule, Phyllis Gray, Caroline Elser, and Julie Leigh Klein

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Prairie Restoration Project: Alternatives For Identifying Gifted Students, Katie E. Salisbury, Audrey C. Rule, and Sarah M. Vander Zanden

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Zebras and Jaguars, Oh My! Integrating Science and Engineering Standards with Art during Prekindergarten Block Time, Brandy A. Smith and Jane E. Cline

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A Cello, A Plane, And A Garden: Reclaiming The Context Of Play With Young Children To Promote Literacy, Sarah Vander Zanden, Sohyun Meacham, Jane Frost, and Jennifer Strange

Submissions from 2015

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Mathematical Game Creation and Play Assists Students in Practicing Newly-Learned Challenging Concepts, Kalyn Jon Cody, Audrey C. Rule, and Benjamin R. Forsyth

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Games With Rules, Rheta Devries