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Publications Related to PDS Partnerships

Polly, D., Frazier, J. W., Hopper, C., Chapman, M. W., & Wells, R. (in press). Examining the influence of a support seminar on pre-service teachers’ preparedness for student teaching. School-University Partnerships.

Polly, D. & Little, M. (in press). Leveraging professional learning communities and collaborative team meetings to address student achievement in mathematics. Invited article in PDS Partners.

Polly, D. (in press). Supporting mathematics instruction with an expert coaching model. Mathematics Teacher Education and Development.

Fitchett, P.G. & Heafner, T.L. (2011).  Culturally responsive social studies teaching: Models of theory into practice. In W.B. Russell (Ed.), Contemporary Social Studies: An essential reader. Charlotte, North Carolina: Information Age Publishing.

Polly, D. (2011). Teachers’ learning while constructing technology-based instructional resources. British Journal of Educational Technology, 42(6), 950-961.   doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8535.2010.01161.x

Polly, D. (2011). Technology to develop algebraic reasoning. Teaching Children Mathematics, 17(8), 473-478.

Rock, T. & Stepanian, J. (2010).  We are the future: We are agents of change.  Social Studies and the Young Learner, 23(2), 9-12.

Polly, D. & Ausband L. (2009). Developing higher order thinking skills through WebQuests. Journal of Computing in Teacher Education, 26(1), 5-10.

Polly, D., & Ruble, L. (2009). Learning to share equally. Teaching Children Mathematics, 15(9), 558-565.

Green, M.G., Piel, J.A., & Hicks, V. (2008). Surviving a change in a high-risk, urban PDS school. PDS Partners, 3(3), 12-13.

Heafner, T.L. & Spooner, M.C. (2008). Promoting learning in a professional development school: Helping students 'get over the mountain.' Chapter in I.N. Guadarrama, J.M. Ramsey, & J.L. Nath (Eds.), University and school connections: Research studies in Professional Development Schools.