Teacher Education and Learning Sciences

Should national and/or state-level technology standards be required for today's teachers?

(K. P. Brady, Ed.). In (pp. 119–126). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Administrative perspectives on the implementation of one-to-one computing

Journal of Information Technology and Application in Education, 1(4), 125–142.

Using culturally relevant pedagogy and social justice to understand mathematics instructional quality in an urban context

In J. L. Moore & C. W. Lewis (Eds.), African American students in urban schools : critical issues and solutions for achievement (pp. 161–183). New York: Peter Lang Publishers.

Showing, not telling: Using video records of practice to support pre-service English teachers’ learning

Alston, C. L. (2012, February). Presented at the AACTE Annual Conference, Chicago, IL.

Using Cycles of Practice and Performance Assessments in Secondary English

Alston, C. L. (2012, July). Presented at the Teachers College, Columbia University Graduate School of Education, New York, NY.

Balancing strategy instruction and writing with African-American middle school students

Alston, C. L. (2012, April). Presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Vancouver, British Columbia.

Higher value-added instruction and writing development with African-American middle school students

Alston, C. L. (2012, April). Presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Vancouver, British Columbia.

Investing in civic and political pluralism

In C. Ruitenberg (Ed.), Philosophy of Education Society Yearbook (pp. 160–162). Urbana, IL: Philosophy of Education Society.

The challenges of teaching and learning about science in the twenty-first century: exploring the abilities and constraints of adolescent learners

Studies in Science Education, 48(1), 89–117.

Examining Instructional Practices, Intellectual Challenge, and Supports for African American Student Writers

Research in the Teaching of English, 47(2), 112–144. http://www.jstor.org/stable/24397836

“There Are No Housewives onStarTrek”: A Reexamination of Exit Rights for the Children of Insular Fundamentalist Parents

Educational Theory, 62(5), 535–552.

African American Students in Private, Independent Schools: Parents and School Influences on Racial Identity Development

The Urban Review, 44(1), 113–132.

Toward a new learning ecology: Professional development for teachers in 1:1 learning environments

Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education, 12(2), 232–254. https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/d/35450

Potato problem solving: A 5E activity addresses misconceptions about thermal insulation

In E. Brunsell (Ed.), Integrating engineering and science in your classroom. Arlington, VA: NSTA Press.

Climate change education in elementary school

Journal for Activist Science & Technology Education, 4(1), 40–44. https://jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/jaste/article/view/21211

Research to practice: Using the M-Scan observational measure to inform professional development

In S. L. Reeder & E. J. Auld (Eds.), Proceedings of the 39th Annual Meeting of the Research Council on Mathematics Learning (pp. 91–99). Charlotte, NC.

Mathematics instructional quality and students’ opportunities to learn mathematics

In S. L. Reeder & E. J. Auld (Eds.), Proceedings of the 39th Annual Meeting of the Research Council on Mathematics Learning (pp. 153–161). Charlotte, NC.

TPACK Vernaculars in Social Studies Research

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

“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.

The effects of mathematics instruction using spatial temporal cognition on teacher efficacy and instructional practices

Computers in Human Behavior, 28(2), 340–349.