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PRI Researchers to Present Work at the American Educational Research Association 2009 Annual Meeting

Following is a list of PRI affiliates on the program for the 2009 AERA Annual Meeting in San Diego, April 13-17. For the full program, see the AERA web site.

Monday, April 13

12-1:30 p.m. - Organizational Structures, Classroom Practices, and Curriculum Customs: What's New? What's Old in Schooling?

Explaining the Education Effect and the Demography of Risk: Comparing Unschooled and Schooled on Everyday Reasoning and Decision-Making Skills (John Matthew Collins, Penn State; David P. Baker, Penn State; Hilary Knipe, Penn State; Juan Jesus Martin Leon, Penn State; Ellen Peters, Decision Research)

Tuesday, April 14

12:25-1:55 p.m. - Predicators, Identification, and Trends in Growth for Students in Special Education

Predictors of Mathematical Proficiency: Separate Estimates for Children Entering Kindergarten With and Without Learning Difficulties (Paul L. Morgan, Penn State; George Farkas, University of California - Irvine; Qiong Wu, Penn State)

Testing for Simultaneous Matthew Effects in Reading and Mathematics: A Parallel Processes Growth Model (Qiong Wu, Penn State; Paul L. Morgan, Penn State; George Farkas, University of California - Irvine)

12:25-1:55 p.m. - The Case of Gender and Race in Education

Militarization as a Factor in Gender Differences in Adolescents' Schooling: The Case of Pakistan (Talat Azhar, Penn State; Suet-Ling Pong, Penn State)

4:05-6:05 p.m. - Building Capacity Among Doctoral Students: AERA and IES Dissertation Fellows and Their Research

The Causal Effect of Catholic School on 12th-Grade Math Achievement [poster] (Vivien W. Chen, Penn State)

Influences of Institutional Context and Student Body Composition on Elementary School Sorting Practices [poster] (Jacob Hibel, Penn State)

4:05-6:05 p.m. - Education Policy and Politics in Rural School Communities

Discussant: Kai A. Schafft, Penn State

Thursday, April 16

8:15-9:45 a.m. - Rural Education and Rural Disadvantage

Chair: Kai A. Schafft, Penn State

10:35 a.m.-12:05 p.m. - Early Childhood Studies in Special Education

Risk Factors for Learning-Related Behavior Problems at 24 Months of Age (Paul L. Morgan, Penn State; George Farkas; University of California - Irvine; Marianne Hillemeier, Penn State; Steve Maczuga, Penn State)

10:35 a.m.-12:05 p.m. - Place-Based Education in Rural Contexts

Growing the Links Between Farm and School: Examining Farm-to-School Programs in Pennsylvania (Kai A. Schafft, Penn State; C. Clare Hinrichs, Penn State)

4:05-6:05 p.m. - Emerging Scholars and Scholarship in Education Research: AERA, IES, and NAEd Fellows and Their Work

Do Poor Readers Feel Angry, Lonely, and Unpopular? [poster] (Paul L. Morgan, Penn State)

Does Acculturation Lower Educational Achievement for Children of Immigrants? [poster] (Emily Greenman, Penn State)

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