Christopher J. Cappelli
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View article: Individual Mobility across Clusters: The Impact of Ignoring Cross-Classified Data Structures in Discrete-Time Survival Analysis
Individual Mobility across Clusters: The Impact of Ignoring Cross-Classified Data Structures in Discrete-Time Survival Analysis Open
In the social and behavioral sciences, it is common for event-history data to have a multilevel structure, such that individuals (e.g., students) in a lower-level are clustered into some higher-level context (e.g., schools). However, littl…
View article: An exploratory study of STEM teachers’ mentorship networks
An exploratory study of STEM teachers’ mentorship networks Open
Background The Noyce Scholarship Program was created to attract and retain science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) teachers in high-need schools. Teacher support networks, and specifically mentorship support, have been lin…
View article: A Mixed Methods Study of Self-Efficacy, the Sources of Self-Efficacy, and Teaching Experience
A Mixed Methods Study of Self-Efficacy, the Sources of Self-Efficacy, and Teaching Experience Open
Although teaching self-efficacy is associated with many benefits for teachers and students, little is known about how teachers develop a sense of efficacy in the early years of their careers. Drawing on survey ( N = 179) and interview ( N …
View article: Biologically Inspired Design For Engineering Education: Online Teacher Professional Learning (Evaluation)
Biologically Inspired Design For Engineering Education: Online Teacher Professional Learning (Evaluation) Open
Biologically inspired design has become increasingly common in graduate and undergraduate engineering programs, consistent with an expanding emphasis by professional engineering societies on cross-disciplinary critical thinking skills and …
View article: Rule the Air! Summer Camp for High School Students
Rule the Air! Summer Camp for High School Students Open
Rule the Air! Summer Camp for High School StudentsDuring a weeklong summer camp, high school students were introduced to aviation and theairline industry. The camp curriculum centered on the use of airline simulation software toprovide stu…
View article: Reinventing the InVenture Prize: Transforming a Year-long Invention Program into a Week-long University-based Summer Program
Reinventing the InVenture Prize: Transforming a Year-long Invention Program into a Week-long University-based Summer Program Open
In recent decades, invention education programs have been posited as a way to engage students in STEM through the hands-on process of designing their own inventions. The K12 InVenture Prize (IP) program is an example of one such program, o…
View article: A new way for handling mobility in longitudinal data
A new way for handling mobility in longitudinal data Open
In the social sciences, applied researchers often face a statistical dilemma when multilevel data is structured such that lower-level units are not purely clustered within higher-level units. To aid applied researchers in appropriately ana…
View article: Evaluating University-Based Summer STEM Programs: Challenges, Successes, and Lessons Learned
Evaluating University-Based Summer STEM Programs: Challenges, Successes, and Lessons Learned Open
As interest increases in promoting STEM education in America, summer STEM programs are a promising option for increasing student engagement, interest, and knowledge of STEM. However, STEM programs pose challenges for evaluation, especially…
View article: Measuring Functional Impairment in Children and Adolescents: Psychometric Properties of the Columbia Impairment Scale (CIS)
Measuring Functional Impairment in Children and Adolescents: Psychometric Properties of the Columbia Impairment Scale (CIS) Open
The role of measuring functional impairment holds an important place in research, clinical practice, and service provision for children and adolescents. Responding to the growing need to measure serious emotional disturbances at the local,…
View article: A Multi-Pronged Exploration of a STEM Teacher Leadership Framework.
A Multi-Pronged Exploration of a STEM Teacher Leadership Framework. Open
STEM teacher leadership represents the intersection of two important educational foci in the U.S.: STEM education and teacher leadership. This paper set includes studies that explore a conceptual framework for STEM teacher leadership both …