Special Interest Groups (SIGs) provide a forum within AERA for the involvement of individuals drawn together by a common interest in a field of study, teaching, or research when the existing divisional structure may not directly facilitate such activity. The Association provides SIGs program time at the Annual Meeting, publicity, scheduling, staff support, viability, and the prestige of AERA affiliation.
We are pleased to offer five webinars intended to familiarize you with the concept of a Networked Improvement Community, and each of the four important components and elements of a successful NIC. An introductory 30-minute webinar will feature one or two experts from out team providing key background information about the focal challenges of building a NIC. A facilitated discussion forum will continue for two weeks after the video is posted to this site. At the end of the two weeks, another live webinar with the same expert will be featured. This follow-up webinar will focus on the topics that have arisen through the online forum, as well as questions that are asked live during the webinar.
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Penuel, W. R. (2019). Infrastructuring as a Practice of Design-Based Research for Supporting and Studying Equitable Implementation and Sustainability of Innovations. Journal of the Learning Sciences, 28(4–5), 659–677. https://doi.org/10.1080/10508406.2018.1552151
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Peurach, D. J., & Russell, J. L. (2019). The Scholarship of Improvement: Building Community Around an Emerging Tradition of Practice-Focused Research. AERA Annual Meeting. http://tinyurl.com/y7hm68ar
Eddy-Spicer, D. (2020). Leadership for Continuous Improvement. University of Virginia. https://docs.google.com/document/u/1/d/1XzuVOP9wsZTMRT8zFA-O8BfCccBs5jtzjKUBUZqpjiA/
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Peurach, D., Penuel, W., & Russell, J. (2018). Beyond Ritualized Rationality: Organizational Dynamics of Instructionally-Focused Continuous Improvement. The Sage Handbook of School Organization, Query date: 2020-06-13 16:13:41, 465–489.
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Hinnant-Crawford, B. N., Nazario y Colón, R., & Davis, T. W. (2021). Who Is Involved? Who Is Impacted? Teaching Improvement Science for Educational Justice. In D. T. Spaulding, R. Crow, & B. N. Hinnant-Crawford (Eds.), Teaching Improvement Science in Educational Leadership (pp. 17–42). Myers Education Press. https://styluspub.presswarehouse.com/browse/book/9781975503758/Teaching-Improvement-Science-in-Educational-Leadership
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Russell, J. L., Correnti, R., Stein, M. K., Thomas, A., Bill, V., & Speranzo, L. (2020). Mathematics Coaching for Conceptual Understanding: Promising Evidence Regarding the Tennessee Math Coaching Model. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 42(3), 439–466. https://doi.org/10.3102/0162373720940699
Donovan, M. S., Snow, C., & Daro, P. (2013). The SERP Approach to Problem-Solving Research, Development, and Implementation. Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education, 112(2), 400–425.
Datnow, A. (2020). The Role of Teachers in Educational Reform: A 20-Year Perspective. Journal of Educational Change, 21(3), 431–441. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10833-020-09372-5
Coburn, C. E., & Penuel, W. R. (2016). Research–Practice Partnerships in Education: Outcomes, Dynamics, and Open Questions. Educational Researcher, 45(1), 48–54. https://doi.org/10.3102/0013189X16631750
Glazer, J. L., Massell, D., Larbi-Cherif, A., Egan, C., Taylor, J. E., Ison, A., Deleveaux, J., & Millington, Z. (2020). District-Led School Turnaround: Aiming for Ambitious and Equitable Instruction in Shelby County’s iZone. https://repository.upenn.edu/cpre_researchreports/114/
Penuel, W. R., Peurach, D. J., LeBoeuf, W. A., Riedy, R., Barber, M., Clark, T., & Gabriele, K. (2017). Defining Collaborative Problem Solving Research: Common Values and Distinctive Approaches. University of Colorado.
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Datnow, A., Lockton, M., & Weddle, H. (2020). Capacity Building to Bridge Data Use and Instructional Improvement Through Evidence on Student Thinking. Studies in Educational Evaluation, 100869. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.stueduc.2020.100869
Fishman, B. J., Penuel, W. R., Allen, A.-R., Cheng, B. H., & Sabelli, N. (2013). Design-Based Implementation Research: An Emerging Model for Transforming the Relationship of Research and Practice. National Society for the Study of Education, 112(2), 136–156.
Eddy-Spicer, D. (2019). Applying Realist Methodology to the Study of Collaborative Capacity in Networked Improvement Initiatives. AERA Annual Meeting. http://tinyurl.com/y9zz3w2f
Peurach, D. J. (2016). Innovating at the Nexus of Impact and Improvement: Leading Educational Improvement Networks. Educational Policy, 30(7), 606–648. https://doi.org/10.3102/0013189X16670898
Peurach, D. J., & Glazer, J. L. (2012). Reconsidering Replication: New Perspectives on Large-Scale School Improvement. Journal of Educational Change, 13(2), 155–190. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10833-011-9177-7
Penuel, W. R., Riedy, R., Barber, M. S., Peurach, D. J., LeBouef, W. A., & Clark, T. (2020). Principles of Collaborative Education Research With Stakeholders: Toward Requirements for a New Research and Development Infrastructure. Review of Educational Research, 90(5), 627–674. https://doi.org/10.3102/0034654320938126
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Peurach, D. J., Glazer, J. L., & Winchell Lenhoff, S. (2016). The Developmental Evaluation of School Improvement Networks. Educational Policy, 30(4), 606–648. https://doi.org/10.1177/0895904814557592
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Cobb, P., Jackson, K., Henrick, E., & Smith, T. M. (2018). Systems for Instructional Improvement: Creating Coherence from the Classroom to the District Office. Harvard Education Press. https://www.hepg.org/hep-home/books/systems-for-instructional-improvement#
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