This book compiles biographical sketches of top professionals in the field of education research, as well as research summaries from a number of different focuses in this important field. It is divided into two parts, with the first providing biographies of over 50 education researchers and the second providing over 50 summaries of research related to various topics in education, such as academic administration, active education, online education, environmental education, and more.

1. Education Researcher Biographical Sketches and Research Summaries
Editors: Troy B. Stephens and Jon E. Duncan
Book Description:
This new book compiles biographical sketches of top
professionals in the field of education research, as well as
research summaries from a number of different focuses in this
important field. (Imprint: Nova)
Table of Contents:
Preface pp. i-xvii
Part 1 - Research Biographies
Biographical Sketch - Education Research
Isabel Macedo Pinto Abreu-Lima;pp. 3-6
Don Ambrose;pp. 7-8
Alec M. Bodzin;pp. 9-11
Winifred Mary Burke;pp. 13-14
Brenna H. Bry;pp. 15-17
Kerry Brydon;pp. 19-20
Ann B. Bynum;pp. 21-24
Rosario Castanon-Rodriguez;pp. 25-27
Ming Ming Chiu;pp. 29-31
Geraldine Clarebout;pp. 33-35
Kevin B. Clark;pp. 37-40
Ana Mª Cruz Martín;pp. 41-42
Isabel Cuadrado-Gordillo;pp. 43-44
Ulla Damber;pp. 45-46

2. Dimitris C. Dracopoulos;pp. 47-48
Martin Ebner;pp. 49
Jan Elen;pp. 51-53
Inmaculada Fernández-Antelo;pp. 55
Nikki L. Hanegan;pp. 57-58
Tatiana V. Kornilova;pp. 59-60
Milan Kubiatko;pp. 61-63
Maria Limniou;pp. 65-67
Palma J. Longo;pp. 69-70
Marian Luctkar-Flude;pp. 71-75
Griet Lust;pp. 77-78
Suzanne Macqueen;pp. 79-80
Laura F. Main;pp. 81-82
Cheryl Bodiford McNeil;pp. 83-88
George S. Mouzakitis;pp. 89-96
Edward P. Nathan;pp. 97-98
Regena F. Nelson;pp. 99-102
Rebekah K. Nix;pp. 103-105
Maria A. Novikova;pp. 107
Caroline Opolski Medeiros;pp. 109-110
Tabitha W. Payne;pp. 111-112
Michele Pinard;pp. 113-114

3. Carlo Pozzi;pp. 115-117
Amal Rifai;pp. 119-120
Amy M. Rogers;pp. 121-122
Shelley Ross;pp. 123-124
Takita Felder Sumter;pp. 125-126
Carolyn Tait;pp. 127-129
Anders af Wåhlberg;pp. 131-132
Ai-Ling Wang;pp. 133-134
Robert White;pp. 135-136
Valerie Wilson;pp. 137-138
Noran Fauziah Yaakub;pp. 139-140
Chunmei Yan;pp. 141-142
Andrea Zetlin;pp. 143-144
Part 2 - Research Summaries on Education
Academic Administration: A Quest for Better Management
and Leadership in Higher Education;pp. 147
(Sheying Chen)
Active Education: Lessons for Integrating Physical Activity
with Language Arts, Math, Science and Social Studies;pp. 149-
150
(Julian A.Reed)
Advancement in Online Education: Exploring the Best
Practices.
Volume 1;pp. 151
(Qiuyun Lin)
An Enquiry into Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan: The Universal
Elementary Education Programme of India;pp. 153

4. (Diganta Mukherjee)
Anthropology of Environmental Education;pp. 155
(Helen Kopnina)
Applications of Rasch Measurement in Education;pp. 157
(Russell Waugh)
Assessment of Professional Practice: Perceptions and
Principles;
pp. 159
(M.Fisher,T.Proctor-
Childs,L.Callaghan,A.Stone,K.Snell,L.Craig)
Beyond the Lab: Applications of Cognitive Research in
Memory and Learning;pp. 161
(Glenda Andrews,David Neumann)
Bullying among Youth: Issues, Interventions and Theory;pp.
163
(Stavros Kirakidis)
Can We Predict Mathematical Disabilities From Abilities in
Kindergarten?;pp. 165
(Annemie Desoete,{ieter Stock)
Capacity Building for Environment Learning and Sustainable
Living: Environmental Management Systems in Schools in
South Africa;pp. 167
(L.Hens,T.Wiedemann,S.Raath,P,Renders,E.Craenhals,B.Richte
r)
Career Counseling and Constructivism: Elaboration of
Constructs;pp. 169
(Mary McMahon,Mark Watson)
Civic Engagement and Service Learning in a Metropolitan
University: Multiple Approaches and Perspectives;pp. 171
(M.W.Ledoux,S.C.Wilhite,P.Silver)
Collaborative and Individual Learning in Teaching;pp. 173
(J.Mercie,C.Girard,M.Brodeur,L.Laplante)
Computer-Enabled Mathematics: Integrating Experiment and
Theory in Teacher Education;pp. 175

5. (Sergei Abramovich)
Computers in Education. Volume 1;pp. 177
(Sergei Abromovich)
Conceptual, Methodological and Practical Challenges on How
and What People and Organizations Learn;pp. 179
(Luis Miguel Villar-Angulo)
Critical Thinking and Higher Order Thinking: A Current
Perspective;pp. 181
(Michael F.Shaughnessy)
Curriculum Reform in China: Changes and Challenges;pp. 183
(Gong-Biao Yin,J.Chi-Kin Lee)
Curriculum Violence: America's New Civil Rights Issue;pp.
185
(Erhabor Ighodaro,Greg Wiggan)
Delving into Diversity: An International Exploration of Issues
of Diversity in Education;pp. 187
(Vanessa Green,Sue Cherrington)
Distance and Flexible Education Applying ICT for an
Innovative and Open Learning;pp. 189
(Beatriz Fainholc)
Diversity Management: Theoretical Perspectives and Practical
Approaches;pp. 191
(Sheying Chen)
Dyslexia and Creativity: Investigations from Differing
Perspectives;pp. 193
(Neil Alexander-Passe)
Education and Belonging;pp. 195
(Nigel Bagnall)
Education and Development in the Context of
Globalization;pp. 197
(Holger Daun,Gorel Stromqvist)
Education for the New Frontier: Race, Education and Triumph
in Jim Crow America (1867-1945);pp. 199

6. (Greg Wiggan)
Education in a Strange Land: Globalization, Urbanization and
Urban Schools - The Social and Educational Implications of the
Geopolitical Economy;pp. 201
(Greg Wiggan)
Education without Borders: Diversity in a Cosmopolitan
Society;pp. 203
(Loshini Naidoo)
Educational Evaluation in East Asia: Emerging Issues and
Challenges;pp. 205
(Samuel S.Peng,John Chi-Kin Lee)
Educational Policy and Practice: The Good, the Bad and the
Pseudoscience. Volume 1: Educational Theory and Policy;pp.
207
(J.E.Warnick,K.Warnick,A.Laffoon)
Educational Policy and Practice: The Good, the Bad and the
Pseudoscience. Volume II: Applied Practices;pp. 209
(J.E.Warnick,K.Warnick,A.Laffoon)
Effects of Parental Education and the Cognitive Style of Child
Education;pp. 211
(Ferenc Margitics)
Ghanaian Pidgin English: Diachronic, Synchronic and
Sociolinguistic Perspectives;pp. 213
(Joe Amoako)
Handbook of Early Childhood Education;pp. 215
(Michael F.Shaughnessy,Kinsey Kleyn)
Imitating, Reasoning, Discussing: Student Conceptions of
Learning around the World;pp. 217
(M.Cantoia,C.Giordanelli,S.Perez-Tello,A.Antonietti)
Innovation and Creativity in ELT Methodology;pp. 219
(Handoyo Puji Widodo,Andrzej Cirocki)
Internationalising Education: Global Perspectives on
Collaboration and Change;pp. 221
(James O'Meara,Michael Spittle)

7. Language and Literacy Education in a Challenging World;pp.
223
(T.Le,Q.Le,M.Short)
Literacy and the Inclusive Classroom;pp. 225
(Sandra L.Ferrara)
Malcolm Shepherd Knowles: A History of his Thought;pp. 227
(George Henry)
Methods and Implementary Strategies on Cultivating Students'
Psychological Suzhi;pp. 229
(D.Zhang,J.Wang,L.Yu)
Overcoming Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety;pp. 231
(Jinyan Huang)
PCK and Teaching Innovations;pp. 233-234
(Syh-Jong Jang)
Pedagogical Models: The Discipline of Online Teaching;pp. 235
(M.F.Shaughnessy,S.Fulgham)
Pioneers in Education: Essays in Honor of Paulo Freire;pp. 237
(M.F.Shaughnessy,E.Galligan,R.Hurtado de Vivas)
Practitioner Research: Teachers' Investigations in Classroom
Teaching;pp. 239
(Myint Swe Knine,Issa M.Saleh)
Research in Media Education;pp. 241
(Chi-Kim Cheung)
Rural Medical Education: Practical Strategies;pp. 243
(E.Bell,C.Zimitat,J.Merrick)
Self-Efficacy in School and Community Settings;pp. 245
(Shari L.Britner)
Social Work Education in Countries of the East: Issues and
Challenges;pp. 247
(Selwyn Stanley)
Special Education and Early Arithmetic Knowledge-

8. Building;pp. 249
(Gota Eriksson)
Standardized Assessment and Test Construction without
Anguish: The Complete Step-By-Step Guide to Test Design,
Administration, Scoring, Analysis, and Interpretation;pp. 251
(Saad F.Shawer)
Striving for the ‘Perfect’ Classroom - Part II: Teachers'
Responsibilities Beyond Instruction and Assessment;pp. 253
(Sue A.Rieg,K.R.Paquette)
Student Attitudes;pp. 255
(Leehu Zysberg)
Student Victimization and Criminal Incidents at U.S. Schools:
Select Research;pp. 257
(Steffani M.Ruiz)
Teachers and Teaching in Vocational Education and Training
Institutions: Reflections from Western Australia;pp. 259
(T.Martin,T.O'Donoghue,M.O'Neill)
Teaching Speech to English Language Learners: A Theoretical
and Practical Focus;pp. 261
(Martin R.Gitterman)
The Changing Role of Visual Representations as a Tool for
Research and Learning;pp. 263
Vasiliki Spiliotopoulou-Papantoniou)
The Creation and Development of Entrepreneurial Universities
in Spain: An Institutional Approach;pp. 265
(Maribel Guerrero,David Urbano)
Virtual Worlds: Controversies at the Frontier of
Education;pp.267
(K.Sheehy,R.Ferguson,G.Clough)
Wiki Supporting Formal and Informal Learning;pp. 269
(Stefania Bocconi,Gugielmo Trentin)
Visual Motor Assessment Tests and Assistive Technologies:
Description and Application in Post-Secondary Educational
Achievement of Adults with Learning Disabilities;pp. 271-272

9. (L.Tremblay,E.Emptage,C.Whissell,B.Chebbi,S.Bouchard)
The Use of Teacher Recommendations and Achievement Tests
as Valid Instruments for Selecting Ethnic Minority Students
into Secondary School Tracks;pp. 273-274
(Geert Driessen,Ed Smeets)
Construct-Irrelevant Variance in Achievement Test Scores: A
Social Cognitive Perspective;pp. 275-276
(D.E.Ferrier,B.J.Lovett,A.H.Jordan)
Achievement Tests in the Norwegian School System: Types
and Uses;
pp. 277
(E.Elstad,A.Turmo,O.Guttersrud)
Mathematics Teachers Growing Professionally;pp. 279-280
(E.Jakubowski,D.Corey,H.Unal)
Neuropsychological Parameters Affecting the Academic
Aptitude Test (AAT) Achievement at the End of High School
in 1996 and their Impact on Job Status in 2002;pp. 281-282
(D.M.Ivanovic,H.T.Perez,B.P.Leiva,N.S.Diaz,B.D.Leyton,A.A.F.
Almagia,
M.S.C.Urrutia,C.G.Larrain,P.E.Olave,N.B.Inzunza,R.M.Ivanovi
c)
Negotiating Mathematics in an Interactive Classroom;pp. 238-
284
(Paul Ngee Kiong Lau,Tee Yong Hwa,Sie Hoe Lau)
Factors Affecting Help-Seeking and Learning Gains in
Technology-Enhanced Inquiry-Learning: The Effects of the
Classroom Script and Gender Composition;pp. 285-286
(K.Makitalo-Siegl,F.Fischer,C.Kohnle)
Framing Student Engagement through Perceptions of Justice:
The Role of Trust in Authorities in Educational Contexts;pp.
287-288
(Chiara Berti,Silvia Di Battista)
Teacher-Child Interaction Training: Description, Historical
Underpinnings, and Case Example;pp. 289-290
(J.O.Stokes,A.B.Tempel,K.Chengappa,A.H.Costello,C.B.McNeil
)

10. Urban Classroom Pedagogy: The Role of School-Wide Teacher-
Directed Consultation;pp. 291-292
(Phillip J.Belfiore,Ruth Auld)
The Racist Teacher Revisited: Race and Social Skills in a
Nationally Representative Sample of American Children;pp.
293
(K.V.Beaver,J.P.Wright,M.DeLisi)
Classroom Acoustics: Measurements, Simulations and
Applications:
pp. 295
(P.H.Trombetta Zannin,C.Reich Marcon Passero,
D.Queiroz de Sant'Ana,F.Bunn,P.E.Kirrian Fiedler,A.M.Coelho
Ferreira)
Two Ways of Capturing Lesson-to-Lesson Variability in
Classroom Social Climate: General Trend and Process
Analysis;pp. 297
(M.Tim Mainhard,M.Brekelmans,T.Wubbels)
Comfort in School Buildings in the Mediterranean
Environment;pp. 299
(Eusebio Z.E.Conceicao)
Classroom Discipline: Discipline Strategies, Preventing
Student Misbehaviors and Research on Student Misbehaviors
in the Classroom;pp. 301-302
(Kemal Kayikci)
Computer-Assisted Teaching on Science Education: A Student
and Teacher Perspective;pp. 303-304
(M.Limniou,N.A.Burton,J.C.Whitehead)
Computer-Assisted Teaching and Concept Learning in Science:
The Importance of Designing Resources from a Pedagogic
Model;pp. 305-306
(Keith S.Tabor)
Inquiry Web-Based Learning to Enhance Knowledge
Construction in Science: A Study in Secondary Education;pp.
307-308
(Manoli Pifarre Turmo)

11. Using Computer-Assisted Teaching to Promote Constructivist
Practices in Teacher Education;pp. 309
(Rebekah K.Nix,B.J.Fraser)
Implications of Expertise Reversal Effect for Multimedia
Learning;
pp. 311
(Slava Kalyuga)
Comparison of Multimedia Computer-Assisted Instruction,
Traditional Instruction and Combined Instruction on
Knowledge Acquisition and Retention of Setting Skill in
Volleyball;pp. 313
(N.Vernadakis,P.Antoniou,E.Zetou,M.Giannousi,E.Kioumourt
zoglou)
New Forms of and Tools for Cooperative Learning with Social
Software in Higher Education;pp. 315
(Sandra Schaffert,Martin Ebner)
Computer-Assisted Teaching and New Technologies;pp. 317-
318
(D.Mutter,J.Marescaux)
E-technology Use and Abuse in University Classrooms;pp. 319
(Rocci Luppicini)
Participants in the Community of Knowledge: Experiences
with a Wikipedia Writing Assignment for Students;pp. 321
(Normann Witzleb)
Affordances of “My Learning Space” For Constructivist
Learning;pp. 323
(Nadarajah Loganathan,Qiyun Wang)
Rules for Reasoning Revisited: Toward a Scientific Conception
of Critical Thinking;pp. 325
(D.Alan Bensley)
Critical Thinking and Systems Thinking: Towards a Critical
Literacy for Systems Thinking in Practice;pp. 327-329
(Martin Reynolds)
Developing Critical Thinking through Probability Models;pp.
331-333

12. (Einav Aizkovitsh-Udi)
The Promotion of Critical Thinking Skills through Argument
Mapping;pp. 335
(C.Dwyer,M.Hogan,I.Stewart)
Beyond GDP?: Towards a New System of Social Accounts;pp.
337-338
(Frederic Lebaron)
A Four-Component Instructional Model for Teacher Training
in Critical-Thinking Instruction: Its Effectiveness and
Influential Factors;
pp. 339
(Yu-chu Yeh)
Crucial Connections: An Exploration of Critical Thinking and
Scholarly Writing;pp. 341
(Roisin Donnelly,M.Fitzmaurice)
How Can Critical Thinking be Recognized in the
Classroom?;pp. 343
(P.Albergaria-Almeida,J.J.Cristino Teixeira-Dias,M.Martinho)
Analyzing Healthcare Professionals’ Interprofessional
Learning Experiences in an Asynchronous Text-Based
Environment;pp. 345-346
(J.C.F.Loke,D.Colquhoun,K.W.Lee,A.T.M.Yeo)
WebELS: Content-Centered General Purpose e-Learning
Platform for Higher Education in Science and Technology for
Low Speed Internet;
pp. 347-348
(H.Ueno,Z.He,P.Sriprasetsuk,A.J.Berena)
Evaluation Methodology for Logical-Mathematical Knowledge
Structures: Cognitive Structure for Constructivist Educational
Technology – ECoTEC;pp. 349-350
(E.E.Ferreira dos Santos,A.da Silva Figueira-Sampaio,
G.Arantes Carrijo,E.Mendes)
Business Simulation in Business Education;pp. 351
(F.Borrajo,Y.Bueno,F.Fernandez,J.Garcia,I.de
Pablo,I.Sagredo,B.Santos)

13. Self-Determination Theory: Implications for Motivation in
Online Learning;pp. 353
(Kuan-Chung Chen,Syh-Jong Jang)
Effective Preservice Teacher Education ‘At a Distance’: An
Investigation of the Multimodal Delivery of a Secondary
Preservice Teacher Education Program-Perceptions of
Preservice Teachers, Teachers and University Lecturers;pp.
355-356
(J.Ryan,M.Jones,M.Buchanan,P.Morris,M.Nuttall,C.Smith)
Addressing the Successes and Failures of the Campaign for
Universal Primary Education;pp. 357
(Sir John Daniel)
A Virtual Class Example in Support of Collaborative Distance
Learning;pp. 359
(Sirin Karadeniz)
Students' Metacognitive Knowledge about Distance Education
in Virtual Communities and Multimedia Environments: A
Cross-Cultural Study;
pp. 361-362
(A.Antonietti,B.Colombo,P.Iannello,Y.Inal)
Toward Structuring a Graduate Program in Distance
Education;pp. 363
(E.Inar Uca-Gunes)
Perception of Distance Learning (E-PJJ) Students toward The
Service Quality Offered By The Continuing Education
Programme: A Case Study At Higher Education Institution In
Malaysia;pp. 365-366
(Z.Zakaria,F.Akmam Amirrudin,M.Awang,N.Mohd Daud)
Series:
Education in a Competitive and Globalizing World
Binding: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2013- February
Pages: 7 x 10 (NBC - M) 366pp.
ISBN: 978-1-62257-564-0