PDS Publications and Presentations

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Publications Related to PDS Partnerships

Polly, D., Banks, K., & Dooley, T. (in press). Leveraging a PDS partnership to design rigorous common mathematics assessments. PDS Partners.

Menser, J., Harbaugh, A., Cox, C., & Pugalee, D.K. (2012). Sustaining effective professional development school relationships. In Professional Collaborations in Mathematics Teaching and Learning: Seeking Success for All (NCTM Seventy-fourth Yearbook), 206-216. Reston, VA: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.

Polly, D. (2012). Supporting  mathematics instruction with an expert coaching model. Mathematics Teacher Education and Development, 14(1), 78-93.

Polly, D., Frazier, J. W., Hopper, C., Chapman, M. W., & Wells, R. (2012). Examining the influence of a support seminar on pre-service teachers’ preparedness for student teaching. School-University Partnerships, 5(1), 102-107.

Polly, D. & Little, M. (2012). Leveraging professional learning communities and collaborative team meetings to address student achievement in mathematics. Invited article in PDS Partners, 8(1), 10-11. PDF.

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.