Conference Presentations
Verma, A., McKinney, S., Dickerson, D., & Brown, N. (August, 2011). Marine tech project: Attracting students to STEM careers. Virginia Technology Education Summer Conference. Suffolk, VA.
McKinney, S., Robinson, J., Ready, A., & Dickerson, D. (April, 2011). A comparison of the factors that influence urban teachers to remain. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Education Research Association. New Orleans, LA.
Dickerson, D., Horne, P., Hathcock, S., Sandie, D., Deans, S., Gunter, A. and Neefe, R. (November, 2010). Project SEARCH - True STEM Integration through Buoys. Presented at the annual meeting of the Virginia Association of Science Teachers, Hampton, VA.
Dickerson, D., Horne, P., Hathcock, S. Gunter, A., Sandie, D., Deans, S. and Neefe, R. (November, 2010). Project SEARCH - Literacy and STEM Integration. Presented at the annual meeting of the Virginia Association of Science Teachers, Hampton, VA.
McDonnough, J., Sterling, D., Slykhuis, D., Easterling, T., Bell, R., Meadows, G., Berube, C., McCall, V., Dickerson, D., McKenzie, W., Granger, J., Vinion-Dubiel, A., & Frazier, W. (November, 2010). Learning within a community. Presented at the annual meeting of the Virginia Association of Science Teachers, Hampton, VA.Deans, S., Gunter, A., Sandie, D., Neefe, R., Dickerson, D., Horne, P., and Hathcock, S. (November, 2010). Project SEARCH – Digital microscopy in the classroom. Presented at the annual meeting of the Virginia Association of Science Teachers, Hampton, VA.
Gunter, A., Sandie, D., Deans, S., Neefe, R., Dickerson, D., Horne, P., and Hathcock, S. (November, 2010). Project SEARCH – Probeware and weather in the classroom. Presented at the annual meeting of the Virginia Association of Science Teachers, Hampton, VA.
Sandie, D., Deans, S., Gunter, A., Neefe, R., Dickerson, D., Horne, P., and Hathcock, S. (November, 2010). Project SEARCH – Probeware and water quality in the Bay. Presented at the annual meeting of the Virginia Association of Science Teachers, Hampton, VA.
Katsioloudis, P. & Dickerson, D. (May, 2010). Integrative STEM education: History, implementation, research. Invited presentation by the Ministry of Education, Nicosia, Cyprus.
Dickerson, D.L., McKinney, S., Verma, A., Horne, P., & Hotchkiss, R. (May, 2010).Understandings of density and buoyancy. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Denver, CO.
McKinney, S., Robinson, J., & Dickerson, D.L. (May, 2010). A comparison of the mathematics instructional practices of elementary teachers in urban high-poverty schools. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Denver, CO.
Dickerson, D.L. (February, 2010). Science Education Advancing Research of the Chesapeake Bay and its Habitats (SEARCH): A Description of a NOAA B-WET Project. Presented as part of the Commonwealth Center for Coastal Physical Oceanography 2010 Spring Seminar Series, Norfolk, VA. (Invited)
Verma, A., Talaiver, M., McKinney, S., Dickerson, D., Dwivedi, S., & Chen, D. (2010, January). Project based learning for STEM education with focus on marine industry - MarineTech Project. Proceedings of the HICE Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii.
Sterling, D., Berube, C., Dickerson, D.L., Sypolt, S., Bell, R., McKenzie, W., McDonnough, J., Peters, E., Slykhuis, D., Meadows, G., Flannagan, J., Schimmoeller, P., Sheldon, P., Easterling, T., & Frazier, W. (2009, November). Fostering a community of university-based teacher educators. Presented at the annual meeting of the Virginia Association of Science Teachers (VAST), Washington, DC.
Dickerson, D.L., Horne, P., Hotchkiss, R., McKinney, S., & Verma, A. (2009, November). MarineTech - Density, buoyancy, and boats. Presented at the annual meeting of the Virginia Association of Science Teachers (VAST), Washington, DC.
Dickerson, D.L., Hofmann, E., McKinney, S., Klink, J., Nelson, L., & Horne, P. (2009, July). SEARCH - Science education advancing research of the Chesapeake Bay and its habitats. Presented at the National NOAA B-WET Conference, Silver Spring, MD.
Dickerson, D.L., Steckroth, J. & Butler, L. (2009, January). Professional development in science education via podcasting. Presented at the annual meeting of the Association of Science Teacher Educators, Hartford, CT.
Frazier, W., Sterling, D., McDonnough, J., Vacarre, P., McKenzie, W., Matkins, J., Bell, R., & Dickerson, D. (2008, November). The best from college/university-based science teacher educators. Presented at the annual meeting of the Virginia Science Teachers Association, Hampton, VA.
Cook, M., Annetta, L.A., Dickerson, D.L., & Minogue, J. (2008, October). In-service teachers’ perceptions of online learning experiences. Presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Science Teacher Education Southeastern (SASTE) Region, Columbia, SC.
Dawkins, K.R. & Dickerson, D.L. (2007, January). Preparing elementary in-service teachers for a return to science: A focus on rich content. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association of Science Teacher Educators, Clearwater, FL.
Dickerson, D.L., Thompson, T., Rose-Baele, J., Van Sickle, M., Tempel, C., Coffey, P. & Dawkins, K.D. (2006, January). Teachers' perceptions of an intensive, large-scale professional development program. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association of Science Teacher Educators in Portland, OR.
Dawkins, K.R. & Dickerson, D.L. (2005, November). The Sea-View project: Exploring the Outer Banks. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the North Carolina Science Teachers Association in Greensboro, NC.
Wallace, A., Dickerson, D., Van Sickle, M., Tempel, C., Coffey, P., & Powell, S. (2005, January). Project Inquiry: Improving Science Teachers’ Practice. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Education of Teachers in Science in Colorado Springs, CO.
Dickerson, D., Tempel, C., Wallace, A., Coffey, P., Mintz, E., Calhoun, J., Blackman, W., Boyd, G., Benton, D., & Thomas, S. (2004, November). Project inquiry: Enhancing science education in the Lowcountry. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the South Carolina Science Council in Charleston, SC.
Dickerson, D.L., Clark, M., Dawkins, K., and Horne, C. (2004, April). Using Science Kits in the Construction of Scientific Procedure and Content Understandings. Paper and multimedia poster presented at the annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching in Vancouver, B.C.
Dickerson, D.L. (2003, November). Practitioner research: Questions, examples, and possibilities. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the South Carolina Science Council in Charleston, SC.
Dickerson, D.L. and Dawkins, K.R. (2003, March). Action research on the nature of science: Questions, examples, and possibilities. Conducted sessions at the annual meeting of the National Science Teachers Association in Philadelphia, PA as part of Teacher Researcher Day organized by Emily van Zee and Deborah Roberts and supported by a grant from the Spencer Foundation.
Van Zee, E., Roberts, D., Alvarez, E., Benson, S., Dickerson, D.L., & Dawkins, K.R. (2003). Practitioner research: Looking at data – Part I and II. Sessions supported by a grant from the Spencer Foundation conducted in March at the National Association for Research in Science Teaching in Philadelphia, PA.
Dawkins, K.R. & Dickerson, D.L. (2003, March). Students' conceptions regarding scientific theories. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching in Philadelphia, PA.
Dawkins, K.R. & Dickerson, D.L. (2003, April). Pre-service teachers' pedagogical content knowledge regarding density. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association in Chicago, IL.
Minogue, J., Flynn, L., & Dickerson, D.L. (2002,November ). Examining your own teaching for profit and fun. Hands-on session conducted at the annual meeting of the North Carolina Science Teachers Association, Greensboro, NC.
Dickerson, D.L. & Dawkins, K.R., (2002, October). Earth-View: Earth processes and human impacts. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Science Teachers Association Eastern Regional Convention, Louisville, KY.
Dickerson, D.L. & Dawkins, K.R., (2002). Scientific fieldwork: An opportunity for pedagogical-content knowledge development. Paper presented at the International Conference of the Association of Teacher Education in Europe, Warsaw, Poland.
Dawkins, K.R. & Dickerson, D.L., (2002). Teacher networking: An unintended outcome of professional development. Paper presented at the International Conference of the Association of Teacher Education in Europe, Warsaw, Poland.
Dickerson, D.L. & Dawkins, K.R., (2002). Examining science fieldwork In earth/environmental science professional development: A case study. Paper presented at the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, New Orleans, LA.
Dickerson, D.L., (2002). Teachers’ content knowledge construction through hydrologic fieldwork. Paper presented at the North Carolina Association for Research in Education, Chapel Hill, NC.
Dickerson, D.L., (2001). How do in-service fieldwork-based workshops evoke conceptual and pedagogical changes? Paper presented as part of symposium entitled, Qualitative investigations of informal and formal education: Contexts for learning science, at the North Carolina Association of Researchers in Education, Charlotte, NC.
Dickerson, D. L. & Dawkins, K. R., (2001). Teachers’ pedagogical content knowledge in earth/environmental science. Paper presented at the North Carolina Association of Researchers in Education, Charlotte, NC.
Dickerson, D. L. & Dawkins, K. R., (2001). Technology as a support mechanism for Earth-View. Poster presented at Instructional Technology-Expo, North Carolina State University. Raleigh.