Works (45)

Updated: April 4th, 2024 10:49

2021 book

Action research for classrooms, schools, and communities

Thousand Oaks, California: SAGE Publications, Inc.

By: M. Manfra

Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: February 5, 2022

2021 article

Assessing computational thinking in the social studies

Manfra, M. M. G., Hammond, T. C., & Coven, R. M. (2021, December 16). THEORY AND RESEARCH IN SOCIAL EDUCATION, Vol. 12.

By: M. Manfra n, T. Hammond* & R. Coven

author keywords: Action research; assessment; computational thinking; historical thinking; qualitative research
TL;DR: It is demonstrated that framing a lesson through the lens of computational thinking provides teachers with strategies for engaging students in a structured, yet authentic approach to grappling with complex problems relevant to the subject. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
4. Quality Education (Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Sources: ORCID, Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: December 15, 2021

2021 journal article

Integrating the C3 Framework in the social studies: an action research study

Social Studies Research and Practice, 16(1), 28–42.

By: M. Manfra n & J. Greiner*

Source: ORCID
Added: December 15, 2020

2020 journal article

Integrating media literacy in social studies teacher education

Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education, 20(1). https://citejournal.org/volume-20/issue-1-20/social-studies/integrating-media-literacy-in-social-studies-teacher-education

By: M. Manfra & C. Holmes

Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: November 30, 2020

2020 chapter

Participatory Literacy and Taking Informed Action in the Social Studies

In Participatory Literacy Practices for P-12 Classrooms in the Digital Age (pp. 40–56).

By: C. Holmes n & M. Manfra n

TL;DR: This chapter suggests the integration of participatory literacy with the College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) framework as a means of supporting students in taking informed action. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
4. Quality Education (OpenAlex)
Sources: Crossref, NC State University Libraries
Added: July 7, 2020

2019 article

Action Research and Systematic, Intentional Change in Teaching Practice

CHANGING TEACHING PRACTICE IN P-20 EDUCATIONAL SETTINGS, Vol. 43, pp. 163–196.

By: M. Manfra n

Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: December 30, 2019

2019 book

Action research for classrooms, schools, and communities

Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

By: M. Manfra

Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: November 30, 2020

2019 journal article

What’s new about fake news? Integrating digital history for media literacy

Social Education, 83(2), 113–117.

By: M. Manfra

Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: November 30, 2020

2018 journal article

Media literacy and fake news in the social studies

Social Education, 82(2), 91–95.

By: M. Manfra & C. Holmes

Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: November 30, 2020

2017 journal article

"The Connecting Carolina” teaching with primary sources program

Social Education, 81(2), 109–111.

By: M. Manfra

Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: November 30, 2020

2017 chapter

Practitioner research in the social studies: Findings from action research and self-study

In M. M. Manfra & C. M. Bolick (Eds.), The Wiley Handbook of Social Studies Research (pp. 132–167). Boston, MA: Wiley.

By: M. Manfra

Ed(s): M. Manfra & C. Bolick

Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: November 30, 2020

2017 book

The Wiley Handbook of Social Studies Research

Malden, MA: Wiley.

Meghan Manfra

Ed(s): M. Manfra & C. Bolick

Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: November 30, 2020

2016 chapter

No More Playing in the Dark: Twenty-First Century Citizenship, Critical Race Theory, and the Future of the Social Studies Methods Course

In Rethinking Social Studies Teacher Education in the Twenty-First Century (pp. 61–79).

By: P. Marshall n, M. Manfra n & C. Simmons*

UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
10. Reduced Inequalities (OpenAlex)
Sources: Crossref, NC State University Libraries
Added: September 13, 2020

2016 journal article

Teach For America’s preferential treatment: School district contracts, hiring decisions, and employment practices

Education Policy Analysis Archives, 24, 15.

By: T. Brewer*, K. Kretchmar*, B. Sondel n, S. Ishmael* & M. Manfra n

Sources: Crossref, NC State University Libraries
Added: September 13, 2020

2016 journal article

Technology and disciplined inquiry in the world history classroom

Social Education, 80(2), 123–128.

By: M. Manfra & J. Greiner

Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: April 10, 2021

2016 journal article

Which woman should appear on U.S. currency? Using primary sources to explore important historical figures

Social Studies and the Young Learner, 29(1), 27–32.

By: M. Manfra & E. Saylor

Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: April 10, 2021

2015 journal article

Student Documentaries Based on the C3 Framework

Social Education, 79(2), 111–114.

By: M. Manfra & S. Brown

Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: April 10, 2021

2014 journal article

History through a child’s eye: Preservice teachers making sense of children’s understandings

Social Studies Research and Practice, 9(3), 1–20.

By: C. Bolick, C. Franklin & M. Manfra

Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: April 10, 2021

2013 chapter

Action Research for Educational Communications and Technology

In Handbook of Research on Educational Communications and Technology (pp. 161–172).

By: M. Manfra n & D. Bullock*

TL;DR: The manner in which action research has already been used to better understand the impact of the integration of technology in classrooms and social settings is demonstrated and the epistemological and ontological differences between practical and critical action research are described. (via Semantic Scholar)
Sources: Crossref, NC State University Libraries
Added: September 13, 2020

2013 journal article

Creative synthesis and TPACK: Supporting teachers through a technology and inquiry-rich graduate degree program

Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education Journal, 13(4).

By: M. Manfra & H. Spires

Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: November 24, 2021

2013 journal article

Grand challenges: Nanotechnology and the social studies

Social Education, 77(2), 95–98.

By: M. Manfra

Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: November 24, 2021

2013 chapter

Things said and done: Using digital tools to enhance historical memory

In T. Lintner (Ed.), Integrative strategies for the K-12 social studies classroom (pp. 191–208). Charlotte, NC: Information Age Press.

By: J. Lee, M. Manfra & J. List

Ed(s): T. Lintner

Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: April 10, 2021

2012 chapter

TPACK Vernaculars in Social Studies Research

In Educational Technology, Teacher Knowledge, and Classroom Impact (pp. 158–175).

By: J. Lee n & M. Manfra n

TL;DR: This chapter introduces the concept of vernaculars to represent local conditions and tendencies, which arise from using technology in social studies, to help teachers as they reflect on their own experiences teaching with technology. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
4. Quality Education (OpenAlex)
Sources: Crossref, NC State University Libraries
Added: September 13, 2020

2012 journal article

Touch, type, and transform: iPads in the social studies classroom

Social Education, 76(2), 88–91.

By: I. Berson, M. Berson & M. Manfra

Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: November 24, 2021

2012 journal article

“You have to know the past to (blog) the present:” Using an Educational Blog to Engage Students in U.S. History

Computers in the Schools, 29(1-2), 118–134.

By: M. Manfra n & J. Lee n

author keywords: educational weblogs (blogs); social studies; history education; authentic intellectual work; culturally relevant pedagogy; "doing history"
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
4. Quality Education (Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Sources: Crossref, NC State University Libraries
Added: September 9, 2020

2011 journal article

A digital view of history: Drawing and discussing models of historical concepts

Social Education, 75(2), 102–106.

By: M. Manfra & R. Coven

Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: November 24, 2021

2011 journal article

Leveraging the affordances of educational blogs to teach low-achieving students United States history

Social Studies Research and Practice, 6(2), 95–105.

By: M. Manfra & J. Lee

Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: November 24, 2021

2010 journal article

Blogging to learn: Educational blogs and U.S. history

Social Education, 74(2), 111–113, 116.

By: M. Manfra, G. Gray & J. Lee

Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: December 27, 2021

2010 chapter

From personal pastime to curricular resource: The case of digital documentaries in the social studies

In R. Diem & M. Berson (Eds.), Technology in Retrospect: Social Studies’ Place in the Information Age 1984-2009 (pp. 93–107). Information Age Publishing.

By: M. Manfra & T. Hammond

Ed(s): R. Diem & M. Berson

Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: December 27, 2021

2009 journal article

Action research: Exploring the theoretical divide between practical and critical approaches

Journal of Curriculum & Instruction, 3(1), 32–46.

By: M. Manfra

Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: December 27, 2021

2009 journal article

Authentic intellectual work on school desegregation: The digital history of Massive Resistance in Norfolk, Virginia

Social Education, 73(3), 131–135.

By: M. Manfra

Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: December 27, 2021

2009 journal article

Critical Inquiry in the Social Studies Classroom: Portraits of Critical Teacher Research

Theory & Research in Social Education, 37(2), 156–191.

By: M. Manfra n

UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
4. Quality Education (Web of Science)
Sources: Crossref, NC State University Libraries, NC State University Libraries
Added: March 19, 2021

2009 journal article

Digital history with student-created multimedia: Understanding student perceptions

Social Studies Research & Practice, 4(3), 139–150.

By: T. Hammond & M. Manfra

Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: December 27, 2021

2009 journal article

Giving, prompting, making: Aligning technology and pedagogy within TPACK for social studies instruction

Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education, 9(2), 160–185.

By: T. Hammond & M. Manfra

Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: December 27, 2021

2008 chapter

Digital history and citizenship education

In P. J. VanFossen & M. J. Berson (Eds.), The electronic republic? The impact of technology on education for citizenship (pp. 196–213). West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University Press.

By: M. Manfra

Ed(s): P. VanFossen & M. Berson

Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: December 27, 2021

2008 journal article

Powerful and Authentic Digital Media and Strategies for Teaching about Genocide and the Holocaust

The Social Studies, 99(6), 260–264.

By: M. Manfra n & J. Stoddard*

Sources: Crossref, NC State University Libraries
Added: March 19, 2021

2008 journal article

Reinventing master’s degree study for experienced social studies teachers

Social Studies Research & Practice, 3(2), 29–41.

By: M. Manfra & C. Bolick

Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: December 27, 2021

2008 journal article

Teachers' instructional choices with student-created digital documentaries: Case studies

Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 41(2), 37–59.

By: M. Manfra & T. Hammond

Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: December 27, 2021

2008 journal article

Teachers’ Instructional Choices with Student-Created Digital Documentaries

Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 41(2), 223–245.

By: M. Manfra n & T. Hammond*

UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
4. Quality Education (OpenAlex)
Sources: Crossref, NC State University Libraries
Added: September 9, 2020

2007 journal article

"It's about the Kids": Transforming Teacher-Student Relationships through Action Research

The Clearing House: A Journal of Educational Strategies, Issues and Ideas, 80(5), 217–222.

By: D. Rogers*, C. Bolick*, A. Anderson*, E. Gordon*, M. Manfra* & J. Yow*

UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
4. Quality Education (OpenAlex)
Sources: Crossref, NC State University Libraries
Added: September 13, 2020

2007 journal article

The course of the republic: American responses to technology in the nineteenth century

Social Education, 71(3), 146–152.

By: M. Manfra

Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: December 27, 2021

2007 journal article

Using the "Documenting the American South" Digital Library in the social studies: A case study of the experiences of teachers in the field

Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education, 7(1), 529–553.

By: M. McGlinn

Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: December 27, 2021

2005 journal article

Twenty years of technology: A retrospective view of Social Education’s technology themed issues

Social Education, 69(3), 155–161.

By: C. Bolick, M. McGlinn & K. Siko

Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: December 27, 2021

2004 journal article

Harriet Jacobs: Using on-line slave narratives in the classroom

Social Education, 68(4), 198–202.

By: C. Bolick & M. McGlinn

Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: December 27, 2021

2004 journal article

Opening their eyes: Picture books in high school social studies classes

The Dragon Lode, 22(2), 22–29.

By: J. McGlinn & M. McGlinn

Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: December 27, 2021

Employment

Updated: March 30th, 2020 16:17

2008 - present

North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC, US

2006 - 2008

Old Dominion University Norfolk, Virginia, US

Education

Updated: March 30th, 2020 16:22

2003 - 2006

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC, US
PhD

2001 - 2003

University of North Carolina at Greensboro Greensboro, NC, US
MA History

1994 - 1998

Elon University Elon College Elon, NC, US
BA History

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