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Poster Presentations Range From Pre-service Teacher Education to Identity on Facebook

Ph.D. Student Janice Hansen presents her research
during a recent poster sessions hosted by the Department of Education
Students from the founding cohort of the UC Irvine Ph.D. in Education presented their first year research work in a poster session held on Friday October 10, 2008, in the Department of Education. Attendees included faculty members, who queried students about their work; Ph.D. students from Cohort 2; department staff; visitors; and family members of students.
Listed below are the student presenters, project titles, and faculty advisors for the Poster Session, grouped by research specializations.
Learning, Cognition, and Development Specialization
- Tran Dang, Challenges to Assisting Preservice Teachers in Conducting Student-focused Classroom Observations, Advisor Thad Domina
- Janice Hansen, Visual Representations: Teaching Science by Comparison, Advisor Michael Martinez
- Sean Kao, The Pretesting Effect: Failing a Test CAN be Good!, Advisor Lindsey Richland
- Nayssan Safavian, Ethnic Identity and Academic Efficacy in the Classroom, Advisor AnneMarie Conley
Educational Policy and Social Context Specialization
- Jimmy Leak, Parenting Effects on Child Cognitives, Advisor George Farkas
- Joyce Roys, Latina/o Community College Transfer Students: Qualities that Influence University Transfer, Advisor Leticia Oseguera
- Erik Ruzek, K-16 Theory in Action: The Santa Ana Partnership, Advisor Thad Domina
- Femi Vance, Features of High Quality After-School Programs in Elementary and Middle Schools, Advisor Deborah Vandell
- Irene Vega, Exploring the Gendered Educational Trajectories of Latina/o Students, Advisor Estella Zarate
Language, Literature, and Technology Specialization
- Yen-Lin Chou, Facebook: Immigrant Student's Semiotic Production and Identity, Advisor Rebecca Black
- Andrea Cons, Theater of Translation: Using Theater to Improve Adolescents' Perceptions of Themselves as Writers, Advisor Robin Scarcella
- Laurie Hansen, Technology in Bilingual/ESL Pre-Service Teacher Education, Advisor Penny Collins
- Chin-Hsi Lin, Teacher Involvement and Computer-mediated Communication, Advisor Mark Warschauer
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