Curriculum & Instruction Laura M. Graves, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Curriculum & Instruction Special Education Spring 2011

Overview 1/2010-1/2011 Teaching: 50% Advisement: 15% Research/Scholarly/Creative Activity: 20% Grants Conferences Publications Service/Outreach: 15% Professional Affiliations

Special Education: Teaching: 50% Summer 2010: Elementary School Reading Program: READ 6340 Practicum and Seminar in SPED: SPED 6810 Fall 2010: Educating Persons with Learning Disabilities: SPED 3030 Learning Disabilities: SPED 6030 Introduction to SPED: SPED 2010 Special Education Procedures and Methods Practicum: SPED 4820 Spring 2011: Assessing Persons with Disabilities: SPED 6320 Introduction to SPED: SPED 2010-001 Introduction to SPED: SPED 2010-002 Special Education Procedures and Methods: SPED 2040

Advisement: 15% Approximately 20 undergraduate students Modified and Comprehensive Created an informational sheet for undergraduate students for advisement One doctoral committee member

Research/Scholarly/Creative Activity: 20% Grants & Dissemination Conferences Publications

RDE-FRI NSF Award #HRD-0726449 Effects of Teaching with Tablet PCs with Asynchronous Student Access in Post-Secondary STEM Courses on Students with Learning Disabilities or TTASA-SWLD NSF Award #HRD-0726449 Awarded September 1, 2007 Includes Training in disability education: Dr. Dainty and me RDE-FRI NSF Award #HRD-0726449 6

NSF Grant & Dissemination: Conferences An attitudinal study of pen technology and web-based recordings to accommodate students with disabilities in post secondary science ,technology, engineering, and math (STEM) courses (with ____). Paper Presentation, Workshop on the Impact of Pen-based Technology on Education (WIPTE). Virginia Tech, October 2010. The effects of teaching with tablet PCs with asynchronous student access in post-secondary STEM courses on students with learning disabilities (TTASA-SWLD). Project Presentation, 2010 Joint Annual Meeting (JAM) for the National Science Foundation, Division of Human Resource Development. Washington, D.C., June, 2010.  The effects of teaching with tablet PCs with asynchronous student access in post-secondary STEM courses on students with learning disabilities (TTASA-SWLD). Poster Presentation, 2010 Joint Annual Meeting (JAM) for the National Science Foundation, Division of Human Resource Development. Washington, D.C., June, 2010.  Research evaluation. Invited speaker: Breakout session for HBCU-UP, GSE and RDE, 2010 Joint Annual Meeting (JAM) for the National Science Foundation, Division of Human Resource Development. Washington, D.C., June, 2010.  National science foundation-principal investigator panel. Invited speaker: Mathematics and Science Education Research Conference. Murfreesboro, TN., February 19, 2010.  

NSF Grant & Dissemination: Publications _____& _______.(2010). An attitudinal study of pen technology and web-based recordings to accommodate students with learning disabilities in post-secondary science, technology, engineering, and math courses. In R. H. Reed, & D. A. Berque (Eds.), The impact of tablet PCs and pen-based technology on education (pp.39-46). West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University. ____, ____, ____, & ____. (2011). Study habits of students with learning disabilities and/or attention-deficit hyperactivity disorders in post- secondary STEM courses using asynchronous on-line access. Manuscript submitted to the Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability for publication. ________. (2011, in press). Universal design: Asynchronous instructional access in postsecondary STEM courses. Promising Practice. Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, and Technology (DO-IT). https://www.washington.edu/doit/promising.html

BASE-TN Grant Become a Special Educator in Tennessee Service Obligation & Employment Verification Coordinator Selection committee for BASE-TN recipients

Publications _____, _____, & _____. (2010). Academic Narratives: Empowering Students to Achieve in Standard Based Curriculum. Manuscript in preparation for publication.

Service/Outreach: 15% Presentations: _____ & _____. (2011, January). Experiencing a learning disability through simulation activities for boy scout leaders. Merit Badge University, Tennessee Technological University. Invited speakers. _____ & _____.(2010, November). Simulation involving literacy related disabilities. Tennessee Reading Association, Murfreesboro, TN. _____ & _____.(2010, November). Experiencing a learning disability through simulation activities designed for the college professor: Math department. Tennessee Technological University. Invited speakers. _____ & _____.(2010, April). Critical literacy. RISE Conference. TN International Dyslexia Association, Nashville, TN.

Service/Outreach Member of the Millard Oakley STEM CENTER Executive Committee or Steering Board. Spring 2008 to present. Secretary of the Tennessee Branch of the International Dyslexia Association. Tennessee Reading Association RTI Committee Member. 2008 until present. Student Council of Exceptional Children (SCEC) faculty mentor ADA Committee Member, TTU.

Professional Organizations Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) TTU Council for Exceptional Children Faculty Advisor Division of Learning Disabilities Division of Early Childhood International Dyslexia Association (IDA) Tennessee Branch of the International Dyslexia Association (TN-IDA) International Reading Association (IRA)

Thank You! Questions?