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• To the Editor: An Invitation to Blog

We are trying something new. In hopes of encouraging more reflection and interaction among our readers, we have created a blog. Go to http://constructblog.blogspot.com/ and sign in. We want to hear what you think about the journal and your response to the ideas offered in the articles.

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On Becoming Professional: Preservice and In-service for Teachers

Developing Doctoral Students as Scholarly Writers

Julie Rainer Dangel, Ph.D.
Georgia State University

Mona W. Matthews, Ph. D.
Georgia State University

Constructing an Ethic of Care in Teacher Education

Colette Rabin, Ed.D.
San Jose State University, CA

Applications: Practitioners Use of Constructivist
Principles in Two Learning Environments

The Stories Bad Guys Tell: Promoting Literacy & Social Awareness in Preschool

Mary Ellin Logue
University of Maine

Hattie Shelton
University of Denver

Honoring Children’s Mathematical Constructions

Kathryn Castle
Oklahoma State University

Keri Russell
Sangre Ridge Elementary School
Stillwater, OK

Alignment: Learn About Programs that Have Constructivist Underpinnings

Call for Papers

Theoretical Constructions: Analyzing Core Beliefs

Call for Papers

Research: Rigorous Studies that Support
What We Do

Call for Papers

Leading the Way: How Administrators Can Help Teachers Construct Knowledge

Call for Papers

Chris W. Gallagher is Associate Professor of English and Coordinator of Composition at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, where he teaches courses in writing, rhetoric, literacy, and teaching.   He has been involved with Nebraska's School-based, Teacher-led Assessment and Reporting System (STARS), for several years, including a stint as Coordinator and Principal Investigator for the Comprehensive Evaluation of STARS.   He has written about this system in several articles and most recently in a book, Reclaiming Assessment: A Better Alternative to the Accountability Agenda.  He agreed to write about this innovative idea for THE CONSTRUCTIVIST.   Chris can be reached at cgallagher2@unl.edu.

Catherine Twomey Fosnot is Professor of Childhood Education and Director of Mathematics in the City, a national center of in-service for math education, at City College of New York. She has written many books on issues critical to thinking and learning. She is the first president of ACT and founded, then edited the ACT journal THE CONSTRUCTIVIST for several years. Kelly Kent-Johnson sat down with her after Cathy gave a presentation on teaching math to special education teachers in Virginia last year. ctfosnot@ccny.cuny.edu

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