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Posters and Presentations:

Brightwell, J., Magaha, J., Flinn, J., & Jones, B.  (1999).  Increased levels of zinc adversely affect spatial learning in rats.  Poster  presented at the Eastern Psychological Association Conference, Providence, RI, April 1999.

Brightwell, J., Magaha, J., Flinn, J., Chandhoke, V., & Jones, B.  (1999).  Enhanced levels of zinc carbonate but not zinc sulfate in drinking water adversely affect spatial learning in rats.  Poster presented at the Society for Neuroscience Conference, Miami Beach, FL, October 1999.

Lehman, E.B., Srokowski, S., Nolte, C.A., Ryan, C.M., Hall, L., Magaha, J., & Thompson, D.  (2000).
Sustained Attention in elementary school children:  Behavioral observations and continuous performance measures. Poster presented at the Conference on Human Development, Memphis, TN, April 2000.

Magaha, J.  (2002).  Counseling techniques for building the social skills of students with Asperger’s Syndrome.  Presentation presented at the Virginia Counseling Graduate Student Conference, Williamsburg, VA, February 2002.

Magaha, J. & Burkhalter, P.  (2003).  Techniques for using the arts in adolescent group therapy.  Presentation presented at  theVirginia Counseling Graduate Student Conference, Williamsburg, VA, February 2003.

Samaras, A., Adams-Legge, M., Breslin, D., Mittapalli,K., O'Looney, J.M., & Wilcox, D.R. (2006).  Emerging zones through alternative pedagogies: Collectively studying the intersections of self, research, and practice.    Presentation  presented at the the 7th International L. S. Vygotsky Memorial Conference on Cultural-Historical Theory: Prospects of Development. Russian State University for the Humanities, Moscow.

Samaras, A., Adams-Legge, M., Breslin, D., Mittapalli, K., O'Looney, J.M., & Wilcox, D.R. (2007).  Building a plane while flying it:  Course portfolio of teaching the self-study methodology.  Paper presented at the American Educational Research Asssociation 2007 Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, April 2007.

Samaras, A., Adams-Legge, M., Breslin, D., Mittapalli, K., O'Looney, J.M., & Wilcox, D.R.  (2007).  But what's it look like? Developing self-study exemplars in a research class.  Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association 2007 Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, April 2007.

Breslin, D., Mittapalli, K., Samaras, A. P., Adams-Legge, M., Infranco, J., Johri, A. K., Mcilwain, M. J., Magaha O'Looney, J., Pearson, B., Pratt, T., & Wilcox, D. R. (2008). Embarking on an adventure while drawing the map: Journeys through critical friend work in self-study methodology. Paper presented at the Seventh International Conference on the Self-Study of Teacher Education Practices, Herstmonceux Castle, East Sussex, England, August 2008.

Pratt-Fartro, T.,  McIlwain,M., & O'Looney, J.  (2008).  Huey's Relevancy One Hundred Years Later: Multiple Perspectives of Literacy Research and Practice.  Study session to be led at the National Reading Conference Annual Conference, Orlando, FL, December 2008.

Publications:

Flinn, J., Morvan, J., Magaha, J., & Krause, L.  (2000).  Enhanced levels of zinc in drinking water adversely affect spatial learning in rats.  Metal Ions in Biology and Medicine.  6:450-453.

Samaras, A., Adams-Legge, M., Breslin, D., Mittapalli, K., O'Looney, J.M., & Wilcox, D. R. (2007).  Building a plane while flying it :  Reflections of teaching and learning self study.  Reflective Practice, 8, 467-481.

Breslin, D., Mittapalli, K., Samaras, A. P., Adams-Legge, M., Infranco, J., Johri, A. K., Mcilwain, M. J., Magaha O'Looney, J., Pearson, B., Pratt, T., & Wilcox, D. R. (2008). Embarking on an adventure while drawing the map: Journeys through critical friend work in self-study methodology. In M. Heston, D. Tidwell, K. East, & L. M. Fitzgerald (Eds.), Pathways to change in teacher education: Dialogue, diversity and self-study. Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on the Self-Study of Teacher Education Practices, Herstmonceux Castle, East Sussex, England (pp. 31-35). Cedar Falls, IA: University of Northern Iowa.

Samaras, A. P., Adams-Legge, M., Breslin, D., Mittapalli, K., Magaha O'Looney, J., & WilcoxD. R. (2008). Collective Creativity: A learning community of self-study scholars. In A. P. Samaras, A. R. Freese, C. Kosnik, & C. Beck (Eds.), Learning communities in practice (pp. 141-155). Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer Press.
 


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